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Recording and Portfolio Submission

Submit Your Music-Specific Materials

Submit Your Video Audition: 

If you would like to submit a recorded audition in lieu of a live audition, please use the appropriate link below to upload your materials. Undergraduate video auditions should be uploaded within five days after the application deadline.

Submit Your Portfolio & Essays 

If your program requires a portfolio and/or additional supplemental essays please use the appropriate link below to upload your materials. Undergraduate portfolio and supplemental essay submissions should be uploaded within five days after the application deadline.

Program Specific Requirement for Your Major

Students may be required to complete a talent review as part of the admissions process. The below is a general overview of our music application requirements by degree:

The School offers several undergraduate degrees: BA, BMUS, BMA, BME, and BS in Music. Please note that our Musicology and Music Composition programs offer curricula in both the BA and BMUS degrees. Curriculum details and complete music application material requirements can be found by program:

BA: Bachelor of Arts in Music 
No audition, portfolio/additional essays may be required. Click on program for more information.

BMUS: Bachelor of Music
Auditions are required for all BMUS degrees (see Audition Dates and Requirements); Music Composition applicants must submit a composition portfolio, Musicology and Open Studies applicants may have an additional essay requirement. Click on program for more information.

BMA: Bachelor of Musical Arts
Audition required for BMA degree. Click on program for more information.

BME: Bachelor of Music Education
Audition required for BME degree (see Audition Dates and Requirements); A follow-up interview with Music Education faculty will be scheduled separately from your audition. Click on program for more information.

  • BME – Music Education: Choral Concentration
  • BME – Music Education: General Music Concentration
  • BME – Music Education: Instrumental Music Concentration
  • BME – Music Education: Music Technology Concentration

BS: Bachelor of Science in Music
No audition is required for the BS degree; however, a CS + Music portfolio and additional essays are required, with interviews by invitation only.

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