Admission Criteria for DSA Exercise - Aesthetics 

AESTHETICS Talent Area

Audition Date

Selection

Selection

Process

        Choir 

Friday
5 August 2022

• Member of primary school choir
  OR

• Has participated in choral or singing events / competitions

• Sing a scale and arpeggio using a vowel
• A major for lower voice
• D major for high voice
• Perform one prepared song or an excerpt from a longer song (maximum 2 mins) without accompaniment.
• Complete tasks on musicianship skills
• Interview

Concert Band

Tuesday 

2 August 2022

• Member of primary school band
  OR

• Has at least 2 years’ experience learning to play a wind or percussion instrument

• Perform one prepared piece 
• an etude/a study exercise) or solo parts written for the instrument (maximum 2 mins)
• Perform B flat and E flat major scales and arpeggios of at least 1 octave 
• Complete tasks on musicianship skills
• Interview

English Drama            

Thursday 

14 July 2022

• Member of primary school Drama CCA
  OR

• Has participated in drama events or competitions

• Present one prepared monologue (not more than 1 minute) 
• Complete an improvisation task
•  Interview

Chinese Dance

Tuesday

5 July 2022

• Member of primary school Dance CCA for at least 2 years (since P4)
  OR
• Has participated in relevant dance events or competitions

• Perform one prepared dance item (not more than 1 minute) 
• Complete an unprepared dance task
• Interview

Indian Dance

Tuesday
12 July 2022

Malay Dance              

Friday
1 July 2022

Modern Dance

Friday 
8 July 2022

String Ensemble

Tuesday
26 July 2022

• Member of primary school String Ensemble 
  OR

• Has at least 3 years’ experience learning to play a string instrument (excluding the guitar)

• Perform one prepared piece of music (not more than 3 mins) without accompaniment.
• Play 2 prepared scales, of at least 2 octaves:
• 1 major
• 1 harmonic or melodic minor,
• Complete tasks on musicianship skills
• Interview 

Visual Arts

Friday
15 July 2022

Submit an e-portfolio* to SMSSDSA2022@gmail.com by 10 June 2022 consisting of up to 3 best artworks created solely by the applicant.

Works chosen:

• Should be completed in the last 3 years and can include works done in school Art lessons, Art CCA.
• Can include 2D/3D works

• Individual Art task
• Interview

*Instructions on e-portfolio submission for Visual Arts:

• Can be in PowerPoint, Word or PDF format with the following file-naming convention:

Student’s Current School Name_Student’s Name_Visual Arts

• Email the file (<20MB) to SMSSDSA2022@gmail.com by 10 June 2022

Please note: E-portfolios submitted will only be used for DSA selection purpose and will be deleted after selection is completed.