Artistic Profile Requirements
•The Bachelor of Music in Music Theory does not accept applications from first-year or final-year students. All applicants must be transfer students from U-M or from other institutions with a minimum of one full year of music theory coursework with grades no lower than “B”. U-M applicants must complete Music Theory courses 139, 140, 149, and 150 before applying. All applicants should have a background in performance or composition and in a keyboard instrument.
•Current SMTD students do not need to fill out a Common Application or cross-campus transfer application.
•To be considered, upload these materials to your Artistic Profile:
•Two or three samples of voice leading, model composition, or counterpoint exercises
•An original composition or arrangement, or a musical analysis
•One sample of your English writing (any topic)
•An artistic recommendation (if you are a current U-M student, please upload a recommendation letter from a U-M Music Theory professor)
•A personal statement (no more than 1 page) speaking to your interest in the field of Music Theory and what you hope to learn from a degree in Music Theory
•A speaking video in which you answer these questions; the format can be casual.
•Why do you want to study Music Theory in college?
•Where would you like to see yourself 5 years from now? What would you like to be doing?
•Unofficial copies of your college and high school transcripts (optional for U-M students)
