Request for GRADUATE Composition Audition
2011 - 2012 (for students entering in Fall 2012 or Spring 2013)

Completed admissions application must be postmarked no later than December 15(DMA) or March 1 (MM). 

Prospective MM students may choose to audition February 4, February 25, or March 10, 2012.

Prospective DMA students may choose to auditionFebruary 23-24 or March 8-9, 2012-- Two days required. (DMA auditions are pre-screened, and only those invited following pre-screening may audition. )

Masters –

• Complete all University and School of Music application requirements.
• Composers submit portfolio (minimum 3 – 5) original scores and recordings. 
• Theorists submit a minimum of 3 papers that exhibit scholarly work in music.  At least one of these papers must be analytical in nature.

Doctoral –

• Complete all University and School of Music application requirements
• Submit a portfolio of original scores and recordings.  These will be evaluated before an invitation to campus for testing and an interview is issued.
• In addition to School entrance examination requirements, composers invited to campus are tested in the areas of keyboard literacy, orchestration, and counterpoint.  The results of these exams are factored into the admission decision.

Take me to the online MASTERS AUDITION request!
(If you do not wish to use the online request, you may download the form here.)

Take me to the online DOCTORAL AUDITION request!
(If you do not wish to use the online request, you may download the form here.)

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