Planning to apply for BMus at Melbourne Uni(Jazz & Imp) and Monash Uni(Popular Music). Need audition/interview tips! 😭

Planning to apply for BMus at Melbourne Uni and Monash Uni. Need audition/interview tips! 🙏

Hey everyone, I’m planning to apply for music programs in Melbourne and I'm looking at Jazz & Improvisation at Melbourne Uni (VCA) and Popular Music at Monash Uni as a Pop Vocalist.

I’ve read the course description, but I’m still lowkey panicking about the interview and the music theory/aural test part.

For those who’ve been through the audition, I have a few specific questions:

• Theory/Intervals: When they test your theory, do they show you written questions (like on a sheet or screen), or is it all verbal? (ex. What's the major 6th of Bb?) How specific do they get? Do they ask you to identify progressions (like ii-V-I) or specific scales (Dorian, Mixolydian, etc.) by ear? 😭 It would be much appreciated if you could let me know what specific topics they cover for the theory part😭 plz 🙏

• Piano Access: Am I allowed to have a piano/keyboard with me to figure out intervals and chords during the interview, or does it have to be all by ear/mental?

• Aural/Sight-reading: For the aural part, do they make you sight-read and sing a melody on the spot? Or is it more about clapping rhythms and identifying time signatures?

• Program Differences: For those who know both schools, what's the biggest difference in what they're looking for in a vocalist?

I’ve been researching for days and I’m still so nervous. If anyone has auditioned for the Jazz & Imp program at Melbourne Uni and Popular Music at Monash Uni (especially vocalists!), please share your experience. Anything helps! Thanks in advance!