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Keyboard Audition Information

Piano (BM)

Prescreen Repertoire

l  Preliminary submission is by video and is identical to the live audition requirements.

l  Good audio quality helps the faculty make an accurate assessment of your playing.

l  The faculty would prefer a recording which does not have compressed dynamics. Try if possible, to set your recording levels manually. Please set the automatic volume to the "off" position.

Please use the link at the bottom of this page to upload your preliminary materials. There is a $10 fee to use this service. If you have not heard from us by January 4, 2019, please email us.

                                                        Preliminary Dropbox

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l  Required undergraduate repertoire for both preliminary submission and live audition

l  Thirty minutes of memorized repertoire representing three of the following four style periods:

l  Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Impressionist/Contemporary.

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Suggested live audition repertoire:

l  Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier

l  A sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert

l  A solo piece from the Romantic repertoire

l  The addition of an étude is optional

l  A work by a 20th or 21st century composer

Any questions regarding your application may be directed to Phyllis Smith.

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Organ (BM)

Prescreen Repertoire

Please use the link at the bottom of this page to upload your audition profile information. If you have not heard from us by January 4, 2019, please email us.

Preliminary Dropbox

Live audition repertoire

l  A major work by J.S. Bach (excluding BWV 553-560)

l  Two contrasting works composed since 1750.

l  Tests in sight-reading.

l  Memorization of one or more works is encouraged.

Any questions regarding your application may be directed to Phyllis Smith.

* Please plan on spending 2 days with us. A practice session on the organ is scheduled the first day and your audition is scheduled the second day.

You are welcome to attend classes, recitals and take a tour of the university. 

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Please see the Visit page for more information.

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                                                                                                                Updated on 04/30/2019