Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art
Benjamin T. Rome School of Music -
Catholic University
Composition Audition
Information
Undergraduate Audition
Requirements
All applicants to the Bachelor of Music program in Composition are required to pass an audition in their principal performance area (instrument or voice) in order to be admitted to the School of Music. Applicants should prepare a 10-minute audition of three contrasting pieces of standard classical repertoire on their principal instrument. Please call the Departments of Music if you need a clarification. Audition committees reserve the right to select audition pieces.
Portfolio
and interview (required)
Applicants to the Bachelor of Music program in Composition must also submit a
portfolio of original compositions for review by the composition faculty. This
portfolio should consist of two-to-three scores and recordings (if available).
Applicants are welcome to submit materials online.
Applicants must also take an interview with the composition faculty. This
interview is usually done in person on one of the live audition days. If a
student is submitting a video audition, they should contact Dr. Stephen Gorbos, the head of
composition-theory, to set up an interview on one of the School of Music's
audition days via video chat.
All applicants, regardless of degree program, who audition in person are considered for performance-based music scholarship.
Graduate Audition Requirements
For graduate audition requirements please visit the Composition Division Page.
Further
information:
The division of composition and theory website has extensive information on our
degree programs, faculty, students, and alumni. Please visit our webpage if
you are curious about studying composition at Catholic University.
Dr. Stephen Gorbos, the head of composition-theory at Catholic University, is
happy to answer questions from prospective students. Prospective applicants may
email him at gorbos@cua.edu.
Helpful links for prospective applicants from the composition website include:
Being a composition
student
Current students and
alumni profiles
The
theory and composition faculty
Information
specific to each degree program
The composition calendar
(come to one of our concerts!)
Composition and the church
Additional FAQ's
Updated on 08/30/2018