Skip Section Navigation

UNT Choir Auditions

Fall 2026 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 10, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, August 11, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, August 12, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, August 13, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Callbacks

All auditioning singers must hold Friday and Saturday for Call Back Auditions. If you are called back for A Cappella, University Singers, or Concert Choir, you must attend the call back audition. This includes returning members. Students should reserve time between 9:30am and 5:00pm on each callback day.

Callbacks will be held on Friday, August 14 for A Cappella Choir. Materials for all callbacks will be posted at a later date.

Callbacks for Concert Choir and University Singers will be held on Saturday, August 15. Materials for these callbacks will also be posted at a later date.

Callback Schedule

Callback schedules will be posted at a later date.

Audition Registration Form

The audition registration form will be posted at a later date.

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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. How will I know if I receive a callback audition?

  • Callback invitations will be sent to students' UNT email address.  Check your email frequently.

7. If I have additional questions, who are the people that I should contact?

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 1:25-2:15PM MU 230 (MWF),
MU 232 (TR)
Camerata (S/A)
Instructor TBA		 MULB 1803.501 MTWR 12:20-1:10PM MU 232 (MW), MU 230 (TR)
Chorale (T/B)
Instructor TBA		 MULB 1815.500 MTWR 12:20-1:10PM MU 230 (MW), MU 232 (TR)
Concert Choir*
Dr. Jessica Nápoles		 MULB 1802.500 MTWR 2:30-3:20PM MU 230
University Singers*
Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett		 MULB 1816.500 MTWR 1:25-2:15PM MU 232 (MW), MU 230 (TR)
Vox Aquilae
Dr. Allen Hightower		 MUEN 4530.002 MWF 2:30-3:20PM 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 3:30-4:30PM 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! (For 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.