Music
Music Scholarship Application
Welcome to the Music Scholarship Application! We look forward to your audition and your interest in SAGU. For additional help, please feel free to contact 972.825.4793 or lrobins@sagu.edu .
- The scholarship is available through audition only. The applicant should make an appointment to come on campus
for the audition, or may submit a video (VHS or DVD format) for the audition. The audition needs to include the following:
- Brass Audition:
Brass Performance, Music Education, Music Ministries
--All major/minor scales - 2 octaves
--Two movements from a concerto or sonata from the same or different piece of literature - All State (ATSSB) music is acceptable.
--Optional: a performance with a worship team - Woodwind Audition:
Woodwind Performance, Music Education/Woodwind Specialization
--All major/minor scales - 2 octaves where possible
--A prepared piece from a high school solo list or All State music.
--Jazz students must also play and improvise three jazz standards of contrasting style.
Music Ministries/Woodwind Specialization
--All major/minor scales - 2 octaves where possible
--A prepared piece from a your All State music list
--One sacred composition, original or professional arrangement appropriate for Assemblies of God Fine Arts.
--Optional: a performance with a worship team - Percussion Audition:
Percussion Performance, Music Education, Music Ministries
--All major scales - 2 octaves (keyboard); snare solo and 40 Rudiments
--Drum Set - three contrasting styles: Latin, Funk, Rock, Blues, Swing, Ballad, etc.
--Demonstrate ability to read on multiple instruments.
--Optional: a performance with a worship team - String Audition:
String Performance, Music Education, Music Ministries
--All major/minor scales - 2 octaves
--Fast movement from a concerto
--Etude or Caprice
--Solo movement from a Bach Suite (Performance majors only)
--Optional: a performance with a worship team - Guitar Audition:
(Acoustic Guitar) Performance, Music Education, Music Ministries
--Major, minor and pentatonic scales (at least 2 out of the 3)
--Two pieces featuring varying styles/techniques
--One jazz standard or one classical piece
--Sight-read one line of guitar tab and one melody on a treble clef
--Optional: a performance with a worship team
(Bass Guitar) Performance, Music Education, Music Ministries
--All major and minor scales and arpeggios
--Two pieces featuring varying styles and techniques
--Two jazz standards including bass line (at least one walking line), melody and solo
-- Optional: a performance with a worship team - Piano Audition:
Performance, Music Education, Music Ministries
--All Major/minor scales and arpeggios (hands together in 2 octaves)
--A movement from a Classical sonata - memorized (Piano Performance only)
--Two contrasting works from a different time periods (memorized)
--Optional: a performance with a worship team; one sacred composition, original or professional arrangement appropriate for Assemblies of God Fine Arts; a standard or jazz tune with your own improvisation - Voice Audition:
Performance
--One aria/art song
--Sight-reading
--Read through the text of a foreign language piece
--Demonstrate piano skills by playing the melody of an aria
Music Education, Music Ministries
--One song (classical or contemporary)
--Sight-reading
--Demonstrate piano skills by playing the melody of an aria
--Optional: a performance with a worship team
- Brass Audition:
- Fill out the Music Scholarship Application online by clicking here.
- Recipient must:
- Apply for admission to SAGU
- Declare Music as the major
- Be continuously enrolled full-time and maintain satisfactory academic progress in order to be eligible for a continuing scholarship
- All scholarships are disbursed over at least two semesters. Continuing scholarships are based on continued eligibility.