Valor Summer Conservatory

Application for Admission

The 2009 summer term for VSC will be June 7 – August 7. Application dates, and other dates below, will be updated and posted by September 1, 2008.

Valor Summer Conservatory focuses on training college-age musicians called to a career and/or ministry in music. Applicants must be High School graduates who will have successfully completed at least one semester of college, university or Bible institute by June 7, 2008. Post-graduate musicians are also eligible and will be admitted up to age thirty-three.

Note: All applicants must use the online application form. VSC will not process mailed-in forms at this time. Payment of the application fee must also be made online rather than by mailed check or money order.

You may save your application at any time and edit it later by following the instructions at the bottom of the page, however, we suggest that prior to filling out this form you may wish to:

Print this form out for your own reference (Do not mail it in).
Read the complete form before starting.
Use the printed form as a reminder and a checklist for gathering your information and getting it organized and at hand.

Thank you for using our online application.

Personal Information

Title:

First Name:

Middle Name:

Last Name:

Preferred Name:

Social Security Number: --

Gender:

Date of Birth:

Are you a US citizen?

Country of Citizenship:

If you are not a US citizen but are residing in the US, please indicate your status?

Country of Birth:

Non-US citizens will have to produce a copy of an appropriate visa and demonstrate adequate verbal skills in English before enrollment can be finalized.

Contact Information

Email:

Alternate Email:

Current:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City:

State:

Postal code:

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Phone: --

Permanent:

Address 1:

Address 2:

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Former Education

College

Please give the name, location, contact information, and dates of attendance for colleges, universities, or Bible institutes that you are attending or have attended even if only for a brief time.

Most recent attended:

Name:

Location:

Website:

Dates Attended:

Registrar's Name:

Registrar's Email:

Registrar's Phone: --

You must request a transcript from your most recently attended institution be sent to Valor Summer Conservatory, 211 Bradley Blvd., Greenville, SC 29609, or sent as an email attachment from the registrar’s office to info@valorsummerconservatory.org. If you have not completed a semester at the college, university, or Bible institute where you are currently attending, in lieu of a transcript, you must have a letter or email sent from the registrar certifying your current good standing as to disciplinary, spiritual and financial matters. Transcript or communication regarding current standing must be received by VSC by Feb. 16, 2008.

Attended prior to the above:

Name:

Location:

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Dates Attended:

Registrar's Name:

Registrar's Email:

Registrar's Phone: --

High School

Name:

City:

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Website:

Administrator Email:

Phone: --

Date Diploma Received: (MM/YY)

Have you taken the GED?

Church Information

Name:

Address 1:

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Other Information

Have you ever been expelled or dropped by any school or college?

Have you ever been suspended by any school or college?

Have you ever consumed alcoholic beverages?

Have you ever take marijuana, narcotics, or other dangerous drugs?

Do you have a police record?

Are you now, or have you ever been under the supervision of a parole office or under the custody of a juvenile or other court?

Have you ever served in the United States Armed Forces?

If so, were you honorably discharged?

Parent or Guardian Information

Father or Male Guardian

Is still living?

If so, please fill out the questions below.

Title:

First Name:

Last Name:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City:

State:

Postal code:

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Email:

Phone: --

Mother or Female Guardian

Is still living?

If so, please fill out the questions below.

Title:

First Name:

Last Name:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City:

State:

Postal code:

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Email:

Phone: --

Marital Information

Please be advised, that married or married students with children pose a number of potentially insurmountable financial, educational and logistical challenges. Decisions regarding married applicants will be evaluated on a case by case basis; however, VSC reserves the right to refuse any married applicant if it deems enrollment contrary to the applicant’s best interest or logistically infeasible for VSC.

Marital Status:

Do you plan to marry before attending VSC?

Spouse's full name if married or plan to marry:

If married or plan to marry, how do you plan to come to VSC?

References

Please note that when this application is submitted an automatically generated email will be sent to the references you have indicated below. You are strongly encouraged to contact each reference to make sure he/she has received this email. If the reference does not have an email account, please encourage him/her to use the email form found at this site. The authenticity of such a transmission from the reference will be checked by VSC. Recommendations from references must be received by Feb. 16, 2008.

Pastor

Name:

Email:

Phone: --

Reference 1

Name:

Email:

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Reference 2

Name:

Email:

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Musical Resumé

Repertoire

Please list performed or performance ready selections representing the most significant works in your repertoire. For performed compositions, please indicated the time, place, and occasion of the event.

Awards, Contest, and Scholarships

Please list significant awards, contests (indicate placement conferred, i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd), and scholarships received. Please list the name and address of each granting or sponsoring institution.

Private Teacher Information

Please list the past two to three teachers you have studied with on the same performing instrument you wish to pursue at VSC. Please include name, address, contact information, and the music/educational institution at which your teacher was teaching you, if applicable.

Teacher 1

Name:

Email:

Phone: --

Institution:

Teacher 2

Name:

Email:

Phone: --

Institution:

Teacher 3

Name:

Email:

Phone: --

Institution:

Auditions

Length

The music prepared for the audition must not exceed 25 minutes. Live auditions may be limited to 10 minutes, therefore although the auditionee must be prepared to perform all of the selections submitted on the application, he or she may be asked to stop before concluding a selection and there may be insufficient time to hear all of the selections.

Number and Type

All auditionees must be prepared to perform four selections: three classical compositions and one sacred arrangement. The three classical selections must be in contrasting style from literature widely esteemed to be genuine classical concert repertoire. The three classical selections must represent more than one style period. All prospective students are required to perform an arrangement of a doctrinally sound hymn or gospel song in a traditional and clearly conservative style.

Memorization

Instrumentalists must perform at least one selection by memory. Vocalists may perform one selection using the music - the other three must be memorized.

Additional Literature Requirements for Singers

Vocalists must sing in at least two foreign languages. One selection must be in English and this requirement may be satisfied by the hymn or gospel song arrangement. One selection must be either an oratorio aria written after 1720 or an opera aria written after 1765. All arias (oratorio or opera) must be sung in the original language and traditional key, and, if applicable, with any traditionally observed high note(s), and, also if applicable, with stylistically authentic cadenzas and/or embellishments.

Audition Recording in Lieu of Live Audition

Any student unable to make a live audition in Greenville, SC, USA, Saturday February 16, 2008, may submit a recording in lieu of a live audition. Audio-only recordings are not allowed. Recordings must be audio-visual and must show enough of the performer to help demonstrate the audio is not dubbed. There should be no doctoring of the sound. A wide variety of video formats are acceptable, however, the applicant must be advised that if the auditors cannot readily play the submitted video on equipment at hand, the audition may be discounted. Standard VHS, DVD and other standard video formats such as QuickTime movies, Windows Media format etc. using standard audio and video codecs on CD-Rom are acceptable. Length should not exceed 25 minutes.

Deadline and Submission

Applicants planning a live audition need to submit their application by Feb. 7, 2008 to insure the scheduling of their audition on Feb. 16, 2008. Applicants sending in video-recorded auditions should have the application submitted and video received by VSC by Feb. 16, 2008. Applications and video-recorded auditions received after Feb. 16, 2008 will be considered if particular positions are still unfilled at that time.

How do you plan to audition?

Selection 1

Title:

Larger Work: