Audition Repertoire

​Music Education Major

• Prospective students will be required to interview with the Music Education faculty.
• Students with piano or guitar as primary instruments will be required to audition on a secondary instrument.

Music Composition Major

• In addition to submitting Composition prescreening materials listed above, prospective students must audition on their primary instrument.
  

​Teaching Concentration

MM Teaching applicants should use the Music Portfolio to submit the required materials below.

1. Document: Your music education philosophy (we suggest 1-2 pages)

2. Video: A 20- to 30-minute video of your best teaching

• All videos should be from the perspective of the class/ensemble (facing the teacher).

• Should you teach multiple class settings (e.g., ensemble, composition, guitar, music technology) or age groups, we encourage you to include clips from all settings.

In addition, please note:

• Prospective students are not required to audition on a primary instrument.

• Prospective students will be required to interview with the Music Education faculty, who will reach out later to schedule with you.

Conducting Concentration (Choral, Orchestral, Wind Band)

Conducting applicants should use the Music Portfolio to upload the required application materials below:

1. Video: a 20- to 30-minute video of conducting in rehearsal

2. Video: a 20- to 30-minute video conducting in performance.

3. [Orchestral Applicants Only] Video: performance on a primary instrument.

All videos should be from the perspective of the ensemble (facing the conductor), not the perspective of the audience. Prospective students must also submit an up-to-date repertoire list of all works conducted. Feel free to delineate between works conducted in performance and those studied/not conducted in performance.

Composition Concentration

In addition to the requirements outlined under the section “All Applicants,” applicants must complete the following tasks in order to be considered for admission to the composition program at the graduate level:

• The completion of a Graduate Theory Examination.

• Portfolio Submission. An applicant’s portfolio will include the following items:

• Résumé or CV that includes:

• Full contact information

• List of works. Each work should contain information about the year composed, instrumentation, list of performance(s) of the work, including dates, performers, and locations

• Performance accomplishments on your primary instrument

• Education, including your principal teacher(s)

• Teaching Experience

• Three (3) recent works (a work in multiple movements is considered one work). Works may be in different genres, instrumentations and/or electronic media. Each work will have:

• a PDF file of the full score, fully notated (chord charts are not accepted). This requirement is waived for electronic/electroacoustic works that have no score component.

• a recording of the same work. Live recordings are preferred, but MIDI realizations are accepted. Accepted formats are MP3, AIFF, or WAV.

• a program note that accompanies the work. For works that have no score component, there should be descriptions of how the works were realized.

• Composition Interview. This interview is an opportunity for each applicant to demonstrate musical knowledge and ability, as well as leadership skills. Applicants will discuss their composition portfolio with a composition faculty member.

Graduate Percussion Group

Students applying for graduate chamber ensembles fellowships (i.e., the Graduate Woodwind Quintet, Brass Quintet, or String Quartet) are required to submit solo audition repertoire in addition to chamber ensemble recordings. Requirements for graduate chamber ensemble fellowships can be found on the Audition Repertoire page.​​

Brass Quartet Fellowship​

Students applying for graduate chamber ensembles fellowships (i.e., t​he Graduate Woodwind Quintet, Brass Quintet, or String Quartet) are required to submit solo audition repertoire in addition to chamber ensemble recordings. Requirements for graduate chamber ensemble fellowships can be found on the Audition Repertoire page.​​