PREPARATION FOR AUDITION Applicants will be sent before their audition/interview. You will be given at least 4 weeks from the date we invite you to audition to the date of your audition to allow you to prepare. Before the Audition Activity/Task (1) Activity/Task (2) Activity/Task (3) Format You will be given a selection of prescribed texts. You must choose and prepare one of these texts and prepare one for audition. You will be to create a short piece of original performance for audition. You will be given a task. For example (you may be asked to watch a live performance or read a newspaper article). This will be in preparation for a live discussion during audition All materials will be available in English. The audition process will be carried out in one day. On the day of the Audition. Activity/Task (1) Who will attend the group discussion? Who will the panel be? Points to note Group discussion about the programme allowing for questions. All members All applicants who have been invited to audition Head of the Programme 1 member of staff 1 external practitioner BSL Interpreters will be present throughout the day. Activity/Task (2) Who will attend the group discussion? Who will the panel be? Group discussion based upon the prescribed task (Please refer to Activity/Task (3) in the All panel members Head of the Programme 1 member of staff This discussion will allow the panel to observe your ability to engage in a discussion,
Before the Audition section above) All applicants who have been invited to audition 1 external practitioner demonstrating an intelligent engagement with the topic. Activity/Task (3) Who will attend? How will you be assessed? Who will assess me? You will present both of your prepared pieces to the panel. Only the panel members and yourself. This will be a private task. An assessment form will be completed for each candidate and a awarded. The panel members. All audition panels will be chaired by the Head of the Programme to ensure the process is consistent for all candidates. Please note that the Conservatoire uses an Audition Assessment Format. This is closely aligned to the assessment format used within our Programmes.
CEFR UK Occupational Standards Listening/Speaking (for Sign Language = Sign Receptive/Production) Reading (Written English) Writing (for Sign Language = translation) C2 Complex & Specialist Fluent (Excellent) User CAN advise on or talk complex or sensitive issues, understanding colloquial references and dealing confidently with hostile questions. CAN understand documents, correspondence and reports, including the finer points of complex texts. CAN letters on any subject and full notes of meetings or seminars with good expression and accuracy. C1 Extended/Complex Complex Fluent (Very Good) User CAN contribute effectively to meetings and seminars within own area of work or keep up a casual conversation with a good degree of fluency, coping with abstract expressions. CAN read quickly enough to cope with an academic course, to read the media for information or to understand correspondence. CAN prepare/draft professional correspondence, take reasonably accurate notes in meetings or write an essay which shows an ability to communicate. B2 Varied/Extended Intermediate (Better than B1) User CAN follow or give a talk on a familiar topic or keep up a conversation on a fairly wide range of topics. CAN scan texts for relevant information, and understand detailed instructions or advice. CAN make notes while someone is talking or write a letter including non-standard requests.