Auditions

Auditions for the Fall 2026 Semester have now closed. We will be accepting auditions for the Winter 2027 Semester in January.

A general overview of our audition process can be found below.

Audition Instructions

To audition, you will need to record a video of yourself including the following: 

  1. An introduction of yourself (first and last name, please!)
  2. A solo song (a verse and chorus of a song of your choosing A Cappella)
  3. A range test (follow along with the video and instructions below)

This video will be submitted through a Google Form. Following virtual auditions, selected auditionees will be invited to an in-person callback to meet and sing with current group members.

If you are a vocal percussionist, we prefer that you complete the whole audition and use the solo song portion to showcase some of your skills (if you sing AND do VP, you can do both a singing and VP solo). If you really don’t like to sing and are only interested in VP, you can skip the range test and sung solo, and submit a VP solo only.

Range Test Instructions

For the range test component of auditions, please select the video below that corresponds to your voice part (basses/tenors use the low voices video; sopranos/altos use the high voices video). The video tutorial by our former Music Director, Colin, will have you complete two exercises, one going up and one going down the scale. Use his example to learn the exercise, then pause the video and continue repeating the exercise on your own in ascending/descending keys until you have reached your highest/lowest comfortably sung notes. 

If you have any questions about auditions, please feel free to reach out to us at gradtones@umich.edu