Seton Hill University Music Department Auditions

Audition Required

Acceptance as a music major or performance minor requires an audition. This can be done in person, allowing you to see our incredible facilities and meet faculty members and current students. If travel is an issue, a prerecorded or virtual audition can be arranged.

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Visual and Peforming Arts Major for a Day

What does it take to be an Art, Dance, Music, or Theater Major at Seton Hill? Come find out! You’ll be able to attend classes, tour the Seton Hill Visual and Performing Arts buildings, meet with faculty in your major, and see what current SHU students are doing. Guests will have the opportunity to attend Student Life, Admissions, Financial Aid, and faculty sessions. Auditions and main Campus Tours will be offered at the end of the event. View Poster

PMTA Conference

Save the Dates for “Head to Heart: Celebrating the Power of Musical Connections”

Register Now! Early bird registration is available until April 15, 2024.

PMTA Conference

Save the Dates for “Head to Heart: Celebrating the Power of Musical Connections”

PMTA Chamber Music Competition

When: March 5, 2022
Where: Penn State School of Music, University Park, PA
Eligible Coaches: Both PMTA members and non-members
Eligible Ensembles: 3-6 members from String, Brass, Piano with other instruments, or Woodwind
Questions directed to: Gloriana Sewell, competition coordinator
Application form deadline: mail by postmark date February 1, 2022 or scan by email to: 
Gloriana Sewell
PO Box 199
Milford Square, PA 18935

Honors Music Institute

The Penn State Summer Music Camp (The Honors Music Institute) is one of the most exciting of its kind for talented high school musicians. Now in its ninth year, the Institute is an intensive, week-long immersion in the art of music making for talented high school students. As one of the most exciting summer music camps of 2023, specific areas of study include Chamber Choir (32 students), Jazz Combo (8 or more students), Wind Ensemble (50 students), Music Technology (up to 10 students), Composition (up to 6 students), and Piano (up to 24 students). Students entering 9th grade in the fall of 2023 (current 8th graders) through students who will graduate in the spring of 2023 (current seniors) are eligible to audition.

Penn’s Woods Music Festival

Penn’s Woods Music Festival (PWMF) offers outstanding chamber music, jazz and orchestral performances by professional musicians. Supported jointly by Penn State and the surrounding community, the festival seeks to inspire a passion for classical music through innovative concert programming, educational activities, and informal events.

The event will be held in Recital Hall, Music Building I

 

Keystone Concerto Festival  

The Keystone Concerto Festival will take place on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Online registration will open on Monday, October 9, and will close on Wednesday, October 20 at 11:59 PM.

 

Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival and Keystone Concerto Festival

The 2024 PMTA Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival Showcase Recitals will occur on Saturday, November 9, at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA.
Local Music Teacher Associations are required to hold their preliminary auditions no later than Sunday, October 20.  Local Festival Chairs are required to submit their audition reports no later than Monday, October 21.  Online registration will open on October 14  and close on Sunday, October 27.

Jonathan Flowers
Chair, DSPF State Showcase
jonathan@mindfulmusicllc.com