Request for GRADUATE Keyboard (Piano or
Organ) 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 audition February 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 Piano Students should
prepare repertoire chosen from:
- A program of at least
three works from different stylistic periods,
to include a complete sonata or other
large-scale composition
- Length of audition is
30 minutes
- All music must be performed
from memory
DMA Piano Students Pre-Screening Recording Requirements*:
- A recording of a minimum of three stylistic periods should be presented, including a major work from the classical period.
- The recording must be a minimum of 30 minutes.
- All music must be performed from memory.
- Only DVD recordings will be accepted and must be an unedited, fixed camera recording from the last two (2) years.
Invited Piano DMA Students Final Audition Requirements*:
- A program of a minimum of three stylistic periods should be presented, including a major work from the classical period. The prepared program should be at least 60 minutes in length.
- Length of live audition is 30 minutes, followed by a 15 minute interview.
- All music must be performed from memory.
- Applicant must present a dossier at the audition which must include the audition program, a vita, and a repertoire list.
*Final DMA Auditions are by invitation only following review of the applicant’s pre-screening recording and application materials.
Artist Diploma Piano Students should
prepare repertoire chosen from:
- One work from the Baroque
period
- One complete sonata
from the Classical period
- One major work from
the 19th century
- Two etudes of virtuosity,
one of which must be by Chopin
- One work from the 20th
or 21st century
- All music must be performed
from memory
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Graduate Organ Students will perform:
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