Peabody Institute - Johns Hopkins University

Keyboard Audition Information

Piano

Undergraduate piano applications must upload a pre-screening video to the Peabody application by December 1. The video must include:

• A complete classical sonata
• A romantic work of at least 10 minutes in length Several shorter works can be combined, such as Brahms Op. 118, Nos. 1-3, or a movement of a large sonata (Chopin, Schumann, etc.). 
• A virtuosic etude

Applicants passing the pre-screening will be required to perform at Peabody in person for admission. Here is the required repertoire:

• Baroque – a prelude and fugue or any other work containing a fugue by J.S. Bach
• Classical – complete sonata by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, or Schubert. Mozart’s G Major Sonata, K. 283, and Beethoven’s Sonata, Op. 49 may not be used to fulfill this requirement.
• Romantic – a major solo work by a 19th-century composer For example, Chopin’s Ballade, Scherzo, or Sonata; Brahms’ Op. 118 or 119 (complete); Liszt’s Dante Sonata, Vallee d’Obermann, or a Hungarian Rhapsody. Note: A Chopin nocturne or etude may not be used to fulfill this requirement.
• 20th Century – a major solo work
• Etude – a virtuoso etude by one of the following composers: Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Debussy, Bartok, Ligeti, or Stravinsky
• TRANSFER STUDENTS ONLY: Must present one additional virtuosic etude by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, or Rachmaninoff.

Organ

The Bachelor of Music degree program at Peabody Conservatory is designed to offer gifted students the training to prepare themselves for careers in performance, composition, computer music, music education, recording arts, and related areas of professional activity.

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Also available:

• BM in Music Education/Organ
• BM in Recording Arts/Organ
• Minor in the Business of Music
• Minor in Musicology
• Minor in Liberal Arts
• Five-Year BM/MM Program
• Joint Degree with Yong Siew Toh Conservatory

Updated on 09/15/2018