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UNT Choir Auditions

Fall 2025 Audition Schedule

Please arrive 10-15 minutes before your audition time. First-Year Students Should Register for a Choir Audition on Monday or Tuesday. Check-in for all auditions will be just outside of the Choir Room (MU 230).

Monday, August 11, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, August 12, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, August 13, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, August 14, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Callbacks will be held on Friday, August 15 for A Cappella Choir and on Saturday, August 16 for Concert Choir and University Singers.

Audition Registration

All singers who audition must first register and sign up for an audition time. Fill out the registration form to do so.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Which choirs at UNT require an audition?
  • A Cappella Choir
  • Concert Choir
  • University Singers
  • Vox Aquilae

Learn more about our ensembles here.

  1. What will take place at the audition?
  • You will be given brief exercises to demonstrate your sight-reading skills with one of our graduate students.
  • You will perform a solo for the choral faculty: Art Song, shorter Operatic Aria, hymn, or “My Country, Tis of Thee”.
  • An accompanist will be provided for your audition. Bring a copy of the piece that you will perform for the audition. The music should be a clean copy in a three-ring binder, not loose sheets of music.
  1. Who is required to participate in the Choir Placement Auditions?
  • Undergraduate vocal performance majors
  • Undergraduate choral music education majors
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music voice students (until degree requirements are completed)
  • Graduate voice majors fulfilling their MULB requirement or seeking choral scholarship consideration

Please note that enrollment in at least one MULB each long semester is required of all music majors.

  1. Who is not required to participate in Choir Placement Auditions?
  • Instrumental music majors
  • Students not majoring in music

These students may choose to audition or to simply sign up for Camerata (MULB 1803.501, for sopranos & altos) or Chorale (MULB 1815.500, for tenors & basses). If they would like to participate in one of our auditioned ensembles, they should sign up for an audition and follow the audition procedures as listed on this page.

  1. I'm new to UNT, what section of choir should I register for until I'm assigned to a choir?
  • If you are a Soprano or Alto: Register for MULB 1803.501 (Camerata)
  • If you are a Tenor or Bass: Register for MULB 1815.500 (Chorale)
  • Graduate S/A is MULB 5171.507. Graduate T/B MULB 5171.505
  1. How will I know if I receive a callback audition?
  • Callback invitations will be sent to students' UNT email address.  Check your email frequently.
  1. If I have additional questions, who are the people that I should contact?

Audition Callback Schedule

Friday, August 15 - A Cappella Choir
Basses 10:00-11:00 am
Tenors 11:00-12:00 pm
Altos 12:00-1:00 pm
Soprano 1:00-2:00 pm
Saturday, August 16 - University Singers/Concert Choir
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

 

2025-2026 CHORAL ENSEMBLES

Note:  Enrollment in at least one MULB each long semester is required of all music majors.+

COURSE & INSTRUCTOR COURSE CODE MEETING DAY(S) MEETING TIME(S) MEETING LOCATION(S)
A Cappella Choir*
Dr. Allen Hightower		 MULB 1801.500 MTWRF 1:00-1:50PM MU 230 (MWF),
MU 232 (TR)
Camerata (S/A)
Ms. Kathryn Davidson		 MULB 1803.501 MTWR 12:00-12:50PM MU 232 (MW), MU 230 (TR)
Chorale (T/B)
Mr. Matt Carlson		 MULB 1815.500 MTWR 12:00-12:50PM MU 230 (MW), MU 232 (TR)
Concert Choir*
Dr. Jessica Nápoles		 MULB 1802.500 MTWR 2:00-2:50PM MU 230
University Singers*
Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett		 MULB 1816.500 MTWR 1:00-1:50PM MU 232 (MW), MU 230 (TR)
Vox Aquilae
Dr. Allen Hightower		 MUEN 4530.002 MWF 2:00-2:50PM MW: MU 254 (Voertman Hall)
F: MU 230
Grand Chorus** (members of 1801, 1802, 1816)
Dr. Allen Hightower		 [no course code] T 6:00-9:00PM MU 230
Up Front!* Mus. Ed. Voice concentration. [no course code] MW 3:00-3:50PM MU 230

*Admittance by audition only

**The singers of A Cappella Choir, University Singers, and Concert Choir comprise the Grand Chorus, and must be available for combined rehearsals on Tuesday evenings during the Spring semester. 

***All choral music education majors are required to participate in Up Front! (Questions: contact Jessica.Napoles@unt.edu)

+Laboratory and ensemble participation of scholarship recipients will be closely monitored by the COM Scholarship Office CH211).  An unsatisfactory report from any of the ensemble directors will result in disciplinary action, including possible termination of scholarship assistance.
 

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