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Strengthen your skills as a “triple threat” with the Music Theatre minor in the College of Creative Arts. Whether you love Broadway musicals, opera, or revues, here’s your chance to creatively enhance the coursework of your major. Minors take courses in acting, singing, and dancing, with performance opportunities. (20 semester hours)
Eligibility
While the Music Theatre minor is open to any Miami student, live auditions are required for admission. All courses in the minor must be taken for a grade; a minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in a minor.
Music Theatre Curriculum and Courses
The courses you choose will open up a wealth of career opportunities — not lock you into one occupation. You’ll extend your education way beyond the classroom to every area of your life. Below is a sample of courses you could take.
- THE 151 Stage Makeup
- THE 123 Acting for the Non-Major: Text and Performance
- SLM/THE 110G Beginning Modern Dance
- MUS 216 Applied Voice for Music Theatre
- THE 295 The Musical in American Culture
at miami, there’s something for everyone.
Music Theatre Minor Registration and Audition Information
The deadline to apply for auditions for Fall 2025 was Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.
Audition Guidelines
- Between 12 and 20 students are admitted each year.
- Students may audition in their freshman or sophomore year, performing two vocal selections, a monologue, and a dance audition. Auditions will be held annually each fall semester.
- Live auditions are required.
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You will perform two vocal selections (an accompanist will be provided). You may be given a short ear-training test.
Guidelines for vocal selections
- Two selections of 36 measures each, one ballad and one up-tempo.
- Choose music that shows your voice at its best, including range, expression, and diction.
- Music must be memorized (bring music for the accompanist).
- Bring clean copies of your selections to the audition with your cuts clearly marked.
Recommendations for success
- Work with a voice teacher to select a repertoire that is suitable for your voice and allows you to sound your best.
- Choose repertoire that you have already performed, or will perform before your audition.
- Choose two contrasting selections (style, tempo, mood). Selections may include pop, rock, jazz, movie, and musical theatre repertoire.
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You will perform one monologue.
Guidelines for monologue selections
- 1-2 minutes in length (please do not go over the 2-minute limit).
- Choose a monologue that is modern/contemporary – do not choose classical or verse material or a monologue that requires a dialect or accent.
- Text must be memorized.
- Text may be comedic or dramatic.
- Text may be chosen from a play, musical, or other written narrative form, such as a novel or short story, as long as it is in the first person. Please do NOT use text from a movie.
Recommendations for success
- Work with an acting teacher to select a monologue that is suitable for your type and allows you to show off your talent.
- Choose a monologue that is “active” – you are talking to someone and you want something from them in the current moment. Do not choose a monologue in which the character is telling a “story” from the past without a clear need to accomplish something in the present.
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You will learn and execute a short piece of choreography during the audition.
Guidelines for preparation
- Warm up before the audition.
- Wear appropriate dance or movement attire (jazz pants, leggings, tights, leotards, form-fitting athletic wear). Do not wear shorts, baggy sweatpants, or sweatshirts, or shirts that expose a bare midriff, etc.
Admission and Aid
Explore what it means to be a college student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where students prepare to go anywhere and everywhere. We’ll be here to help every step of the way as you prepare for college admission, enrollment, and success.
Contact Us
Undergraduate Admission
513-529-2531
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Department of Theatre
Marly Wooster, MFA
Lead Departmental Advisor
Department of Theatre
Center for Performing Arts 119
420 S. Patterson Ave.
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-3053
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Department of Music
Benjamin Smolder, M.M.
Interim Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Music
Presser Hall 204
501 S. Patterson Ave.
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-6009
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