DR JoseSPiano, I'll bet you've got many great audition, rehearsal, and performance stories.
How many bars does a singer get at a typical audition these days, in your experience?
It's still the usual 16 or 32 bars. Basically, a verse and refrain. Or just the refrain. I just wish the schools would stop teaching that "16 Bars Means 16 Bars". No one is counting bars. And if you're doing 16 bars of a ballad, well, then you get more time to sing than if you were doing 16 bars of an uptempo. Basically, since a whole "idea", or 30 seconds. Whichever comes first.
*However, for Equity calls and appointment, the courtesy of singing a full song is still granted (and expected). -Now, if it's an Equity chorus call, and there are tons of people in line, then the producers can state just how many bars they would like to hear, have the time to hear. It usually starts at 16, then down to 8... Then even sometimes down to 4.