Audition Process
•Upload scores, recordings, and written statements via the SOMD Admissions File Upload Page (link emailed a few days after the SOMD application)
•Most optional scholarship auditions are 10-15 minutes in duration
Audition Expectations
•A portfolio is required for admission — no live audition is required
•Composition applicants may optionally perform an audition on their primary instrument or voice for scholarship consideration
•An optional primary-instrument audition follows that studio's published requirements (e.g., piano: three contrasting Baroque/Classic/Romantic/20th-21st-century works, scales, and sight-reading)
Portfolio Options (Choose One)
•Option 1 — Portfolio of compositions: submit 2-5 original works (qualifies you to begin the Composition I sequence in your first year)
•Option 2 — Background portfolio: a performance-proficiency video plus written responses (begin the Composition I sequence in your second year)
Decisions
•March 19, 2027: SOMD issues admission decisions
•April 1, 2027 (approx): Scholarship offers emailed
•May 1, 2027: Enrollment deposit deadline and SOMD Admission Response form due
