Boston University
School of
Music | College of Fine Arts - Boston University
Keyboard Audition Information
Prescreening
Applicants to the following programs and instruments need to submit a prescreening video recording or portfolio for review before they can be invited to a live audition or interview.
Prescreening recordings and portfolios are due by December 1. Applicants will be notified of prescreening results in early January.
Piano (BM)
Prescreen & Audition Repertoire
The repertoire for the prescreening and live audition is the same.
Memorization is recommended if possible. Concerto literature is not appropriate for the live audition.
Arrangements of popular music, jazz compositions, reductions, simplifications, and/or transcriptions of original compositions are not acceptable for auditions.
Organ (BM)
BM Repertoire
• A
work by J.S. Bach (a chorale prelude, or a prelude and fugue excepting
“little”)
• A work from before 1750
• A work from after 1800 (until the present)
Of these, one should be lyrical, another brilliant, and they should represent two different nationalities. A short sight-reading test will be given.
Updated on 09/24/2018