Audition Process
•Bullet: No audition is required for university admission or major declaration
•Bullet: Optional performance auditions are used for scholarship consideration
•Bullet: Registration for 2026-27 first-year scholarship auditions is closed; the school says additional funds may still be available
Audition Expectations
•Bullet: In-person auditions were offered on designated campus dates and were preferred
•Bullet: Applicants could instead submit a recorded audition, due February 16, 2026 for the 2026-27 cycle
•Bullet: Keyboard: two contrasting solo compositions, four-octave major scales and sight-reading
•Bullet: Vocal: two contrasting accompanied selections plus a music-reading exercise; no pianist is provided
•Bullet: Instrumental: a contest solo or standard etude, chromatic and major scales, and sight-reading; no accompanist is provided
•Bullet: Percussion: at least two solo works or etudes on at least two different percussion instruments
Post-Enrollment
•Bullet: Entering students are heard by applied faculty for applied-study placement
•Bullet: Continued applied study is decided after the first-term jury
