Program Overview
Gracias Music at Mahanaim provides a different type of music education. The educational music programs offered at Mahanaim allow students to tap into something deeper than technical excellence or artistic expression. Gracias Music helps musicians discover their true musicality through a life-transforming change of heart. Mahanaim realizes the importance of understanding the world of the heart and having its students be true reflections of the heart of the composer. Achieving this not only elevates the level of the performance, but creates a path for the listener to make an unforgettable connection to the music. Each one of the music curriculum offered at Mahanaim focuses on mastery of technique, cultivation of artistic expression, and discovering the depth of the spirit.

Program Description
Gracias Music offers a broad range of programs that mold talented students into true professionals of music. Gracias Music offers four concentrations: stringed instrument, piano. Voice, and choral conducting. Student course schedules include both classroom instruction and individual lessons in their specific concentration of study on an average of 23 hours per week. Students engage in four terms of course work. Students will also be given the opportunity to take an optional Bible study course each morning.

Admissions Requirements

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
In addition to a completed admissions application package, all music applicants are required to submit a pre-screening MP3 file (preferred) or CD along with their completed application and application fee.

Following the submission of their application and pre-screening materials, applicants will be notified of the Live Audition date, time and location. (NOTE: There is only one Live Audition date for each applicant.) Failure to attend the scheduled Live Audition automatically disqualifies the applicant’s eligibility for admission.

PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants for all programs are required to submit pre-screening materials with their application.

PRE-SCREENING RECORDING:
Must be recorded on a CD or submitted as an MP3 file.

HOW TO LABEL PRE-SCREENING MATERIAL:
1. Applicant’s name
2 . Applying to: List Concentration Here
3. Repertoire List

REPERTOIRE:
Pre-screening and Live Audition must meet the required repertoire requirements . Applicants may perform the same piece(s) for their pre-screening recording and Live Audition.

ACCOMPANIMENT POLICY:
All works requiring accompaniment must be performed with piano accompaniment for their pre-screening recording.

RECORDING:
All recordings must be genuinely performed by the applicants and may not be edited or have added “reverb” effects. To increase the ability to properly evaluate the applicant’s pre-screening material, avoid excessive distortions, buzzing noise, and imbalance between you and your accompanist. Please review your pre-screening recording before mailing your materials to ensure they are playable in standard CD players.

RECORDED MATERIALS:
Once submitted, all recorded materials will not be returned. They will be retained and archived as property of Mahanaim. Please make additional copies for your own records.

LIVE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

LIVE AUDITION:
All applicants whose material passes pre-screening will be invited to the LiveAudition. There will only be one Live Audition date for each applicant therefore, all applicants should take special note of their scheduled Live Audition date and time. Failure to attend Live Audition automatically disqualifies the applicant. Please arrive early.

ACCOMPANIST:
All works with piano accompaniment must be performed as is for the audition. Please notify the Office of Admissions if the applicant requires an accompanist at least 1 week prior to the date of the Live Audition. Applicants must submit their piano piece 1 week prior to the Live Audition.

ADMISSION NOTIFICATION:
All applicants will be notified of their acceptance status by email and standard mail. You will receive your Letter of Admission from the Office of Admissions.

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS

STRINGED INSTRUMENT:

• Select one movement from Mozart’s Concerto No. 3, No.4, or No.5
• Select one movement from a Romance Concerto
• One or two pieces from an Etude.
• Scale

PIANO:

• One complete Beethoven Sonata with all the piece’s movements.

VOICE:

1. Select any Aria from the 18 th or 19 th century
(The piece may be performed in any language.)
2. Select any Romance piece from the 18 th or 19 th century.

CHORAL CONDUCTING

• Select one a Capella piece
• Select one choir piece accompanied by an orchestra