Audition Process
•Audition required for departmental admission; no student may declare any music major without this audition
•Audition also determines scholarship eligibility
•Complete the Basic Musicianship Evaluation (brief test of rudimentary music skills)
•Piano placement audition also required (proficiency not required for admission)
•November 22: 1st deadline for department review
•January 24: 2nd deadline for department review
•February 28: final deadline for scholarship consideration
•May 1: NASM binding date for undergraduates
Audition Expectations
•In-person by appointment on Audition Days
•Zoom audition by appointment on Audition Days
•URL submitted through Music Department Application (last resort)
Sight-Reading
•Sight-reading is part of the audition
Repertoire Note
•Avoid short two-page pieces from standard classical anthologies; popular and religious arrangements are not acceptable
Repertoire & Technique
•Perform two works selected from the categories below, all by memory:
•An etude by Chopin or Moszkowski
•A major work from the Baroque period
•A major work from the Classical period
•A major work from the Romantic period
•A major work from the French Impressionists or the later 20th century
Scales & Technique
•Play major and minor scales and arpeggios at two or three octaves
