Audition Repertoire
Familiarize yourself with the specific requirements for your instrument, voice, or composition area on the audition repertoire page. If you have any questions or concerns about the requirements, please email a SoM faculty member in your studio area, or School of Music Admissions.
Music Theory Placement Exam
Music applicants who select an in-person audition will take a Music Theory Placement Exam (MTPE) during their audition day at the end of January. Applicants with a recorded submission will take the MTPE at a later date following enrollment.
The MTPE is not an admissions requirement. It is a brief diagnostic assessment that also allows prospective majors to meet a member of the music theory faculty and to learn more about academic courses in music theory at the University of Delaware. The MTPE provides the theory faculty with information about the incoming class that is used when designing the first-year theory courses. Finally, the MTPE enables theory faculty to encourage students regarding their readiness for theory coursework and to suggest areas for practice prior to arriving. In short, we hope you find the MTPE to be a welcoming experience that sets you up for success in the innovative, student-centered music theory courses at UD.
During the MTPE, students will be asked to sing short patterns, melodies, and rhythms. No background in music theory is required or expected, and the entire appointment usually takes less than five minutes.
Interviews
Music Education applicants: All music education applicants will be required to interview with the Music Education faculty as part of their audition. For recorded auditions, this will be in addition to your video interview with studio faculty as part of the audition experience (below).
Recorded audition applicants can have an opportunity to meet with studio faculty for a video interview via Zoom based on the faculty panel and student’s mutual availability. Video interviews are brief and intended as a mutually valuable two-way conversation. It is a chance for us to learn about each applicant and their goals, but also as a place for students to ask questions and to learn more about the music major experience.
Transfer Applicants
The only opportunity to audition for 2025 admission or change of major will take place during scheduled in-person dates no later than January 22-24 2025, or recorded submission submitted by January 15. View the audition repertoire for specific requirements.
External Transfer Applicants
External transfer applicants, or those transitioning from the Associates in Arts program may apply to the School of Music to attend the in-person auditions in late January or submit a recorded audition. The audition request form will be accessible to applicants once they have been considered provisionally admissible to the University of Delaware by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Applicants who select recorded submission There will receive be access to upload recorded audition materials to the music portfolio within the customized My Blue Hen Home student portal.
Applicants who wish to transfer general education credit may access the transfer credit matrix via the Transfer Admissions page. Music course work will require a separate transfer credit evaluation. If applicable, please send unofficial transcripts for music coursework and course syllabi for music courses to facilitate the transfer credit process to musicadmissions@udel.edu as early as possible to allow time for review and planning.
Internal transfer applicants (change of major)
Internal transfer applicants (change of major) require an audition for admission into the major. As an enrolled UD student, you are encouraged to consult with studio faculty in your area to discuss your interest in the major and schedule an appointment to discuss your prospective music major with the School of Music academic advisor. You can receive access to the UD SoM Audition Submission Request form due no later than January 15.
Non-Majors
Students interested in music as a non-major music should visit pages for music minors, merit and honors private study, and ensemble participation. These music opportunities are for enrolled UD students and require auditions held at the start of each semester.
Music Merit Scholarship
Applications submitted by January 15 will be automatically considered for a music merit award after the completed audition.
