Students wishing to major or minor in Music at Grand Valley State University should complete an online application for the Music Program, where you will choose your audition date. Students are encouraged to audition early, as spaces and scholarships are limited.

More information about audition requirements can be found at this page: Music Audition Information

Summer 2021 Information
During the Summer of 2021, we will be scheduling Music program auditions on an individual basis. Please email Bridgett Vanderhoof at vandebri@gvsu.edu to set up an audition time between May and August 2021.

Friday, August 13 (For Fall 2021 entry)
Application Due by July 13

Saturday, November 6, 2021
Application Due by October 6

Friday, February 4, 2021
Application Due by January 4

Saturday, February 19, 2022
Application Due by January 19

Saturday, March 19, 2022
Application Due by February 19

Friday, April 8, 2022
Application Due by March 8

Please visit the GVSU Choral Ensembles page for detailed information about our ensembles. Please contact Dr. Kody Wallace with questions about auditioning at wallacko@gvsu.edu.

Please contact Professor Tim Froncek (froncekt@gvsu.edu) to arrange an audition.

Audition information is available at https://www.gvsu.edu/marchingband/

All brass, percussion, string and woodwind students enrolled in applied music lessons are required to participate in Wind Symphony (MUS 112, TR 2:30-4:20 pm), Orchestra (MUS 103, MWF 1:00-2:20 pm) or Concert Band (MUS 102, MWF 2:30-3:50 pm), except Bachelor of Arts majors who may elect other ensembles as indicated in the student handbook. You will play a single audition and will be placed in an ensemble based on the audition committee's decisions. Music majors and non-majors who are not enrolled in applied music lessons may elect to only audition for one ensemble, but will not be guaranteed placement in that ensemble.

Those students not enrolled in applied lessons who are only interested in auditioning for the Concert Band, please click here  for your music and information.

Auditions will be conducted behind a screen and require the preparation of a specific set of musical pieces which is available below. Audition results for wind, brass, and percussion will be posted by the end of the first day of classes.

If you have questions about the audition process, please contact Dr. Mark Williams at willima1@gvsu.edu.

Note:  Please show up 15 minutes prior to the designated audition time block for your instrument. You will need to fill out an audition form.  After submitting your form, you will be assigned a number and will then audition in numerical order behind a screen for the audition committee.

Please visit our Ensemble Audition Information page for more information.

Each year, our department presents four Mainstage productions, as well as many special events. All production roles are open to all GVSU students.

Actors: Audition notices will be posted here as they become available.

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Technicians/Crew Members: Please email your interest to Chris Mahlmann at mahlmanc@gvsu.edu

We conduct scholarship auditions at Michigan Thespians Festival and our annual Theatre Day. 

The Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival is Michigan's oldest and largest Shakespeare Festival, having operated annually since 1993. More than 6,000 patrons attend our Festival activities each season, which include mainstage performances of the Bard's works, high school touring shows, workshops, new plays projects, symposia with visiting scholars, an all-campus student art competition, a Renaissance Festival, and other events. 

For more information, head over to the GVSF website at gvsu.edu/shakes.

ReACT! Anti-Violence Peer Education Group: ReACT! performs live scenes and uses interactive theatre methods, with GVSU student actors on the GVSU campus, which aim to help prevent incidents of dating and domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in a college-age population.  Audience members explore how they can engage in realistic, safe, and effective methods of preventing violence.  ReACT! is the product of a partnership between GVSU’s Women’s Center and the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, and is funded by the Office of Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. Since the group's premiere in 2010, ReACT!'s professional peer theatre educators have performed for thousands of college students and social service providers across the state of Michigan. Please contact Dr. Alli Metz about the process of becoming a ReACT! student actor.

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In addition to our department's theatre season, there are always student-run projects on campus looking for actors, directors, writers, and theatre technicians. Please check back here often for new opportunities.

Students wishing to major or minor in Dance at Grand Valley State University should complete an online application for the Dance Program, where you will choose your audition date.  Students are encouraged to audition early, as spaces and scholarships are limited.

Please visit Dance Audition Information for more information on Dance program auditions.