For auditions taking place during the 2021–2022 academic year
All information is current as of press time and subject to change. Contact schools for up-to-date information. While every effort was made to include as many schools as possible, inclusion in the guide is voluntary.
Key:
B=Bachelor’s
M=Master’s
MSM=Master of Sacred Music
D=Doctoral
PC=Performer’s Certificate
AD=Artist Diploma
Appalachian State University–Hayes School of Music • Boone, N.C.
Degree(s): B, M, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: see website
Additional skill demonstration: one standard hymn
Examinations: aural skills
Piano auditions: allowed
828-262-6467
Email: belljr@appstate.edu
Website: music.appstate.edu
Arizona State University • Tempe, Ariz.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: B: one prelude and fugue from Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach) or a comparable Baroque work; two chorale preludes from Orgelbüchlein; one Romantic or modern work suitable for the Fritts organ. M/D: one pre-Bach work; one major Bach work; one Romantic or modern work suitable for the Fritts organ.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Piano auditions: B—allowed; M/D—not allowed
Email: AccessASU@asu.edu
Website: music.asu.edu/admissions
Stephen F. Austin State University • Nacogdoches, Tex.
Degree(s): B, M, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 19, 20, Mar. 26, 27
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: at least two standard works
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Examinations: general musicianship
Piano auditions: allowed
833-937-8661
Email: weston.jennings@sfasu.edu
Website: music.sfasu.edu
Ball State University • Muncie, Ind.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan.–Mar.
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Baroque work; one contrasting 19th- or 20th-century work
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; hymn-playing
Examinations: B: theory placement; piano proficiency; M/D: history placement, theory placement
Piano auditions: not allowed
203-512-1200
Email: scprice@bsu.edu
Website: bsu.edu
Bard College • Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 19, 20, by appointment
Application deadline: Jan. 1
Repertoire: one Bach work; one movement from a 19th-century work; one post-1900 work
Additional skill demonstration: hymn sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: organ and piano repertoire list
Piano auditions: allowed
845-758-7379
Email: admissions@bard.edu
Website: bard.edu
Baylor University • Waco, Tex.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Dec. 3, Jan. 28, 29, Feb. 4
Application deadline: Feb. 1
Repertoire: see website
Additional skill demonstration: scales and arpeggios
Piano auditions: not allowed
254-710-6509
Email: Ruth_Tucker@baylor.edu
Website: baylor.edu/music
Biola University–Conservatory of Music • La Mirada, Calif.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Baroque work; one Romantic work; one contemporary work
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Examinations: aural skills
Piano auditions: allowed
562-903-4892
Email: music@biola.edu
Website: biola.edu
Boston University–School of Music • Boston, Mass.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Jan.–Feb.
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: see website
Additional skill demonstration: keyboard skills; sight-reading
617-353-3341
Email: cfamusic@bu.edu
Website: bu.edu
Brigham Young University–Idaho • Rexburg, Idaho
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Bach work; one Romantic or modern work from the standard repertoire. Piano students may prepare one keyboard work of Bach and one significant work from another period on the piano.
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn with introduction and two verses with contrasting registration; at the piano, one major and one minor scale in parallel motion (four octaves) and contrary motion (two octaves) in sixteenth notes; quarter note = 92.
Piano auditions: allowed; may prepare one Bach work and one significant work from another period
208-496-4964
Email: kerrd@byui.edu
Website: http://www.byui.edu
Capital University • Columbus, Ohio
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: TBA
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: at least two contrasting works (three preferred) (minimum expected difficulty level of Prelude in g or Prelude in F from Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach))
Additional skill demonstration: hymn sight-reading
Examinations: music theory placement
Piano auditions: allowed; piano applicants should play a Bach two-part invention or other intermediate to early advanced piano repertoire
614-236-6011
Email: admission@capital.edu
Website: http://www.capital.edu
The Catholic University of America–Benjamin T. Rome School • Washington, D.C.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: TBD
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Bach work (excluding Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach)); one 19th-century work; one 20th- or 21st-century work
Additional skill demonstration: see website
Additional materials required at audition: M: letter of application; curriculum vitae; personal statement; 20–30 minute conducting video demonstrating works of contrasting styles
Examinations: see website
Piano auditions: not allowed
202-319-5414
Email: cua-admissions@cua.edu
Website: http://arts.catholic.edu/
Cleveland Institute of Music • Cleveland, Ohio
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Feb. 13, 20 (other dates if needed)
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: one Bach work; one 19th-century work; one 20th- or 21st-century work
Additional skill demonstration: hymn-playing; sight-reading
216-791-5000
Email: admission@cim.edu
Website: http://cim.edu
College of the Holy Cross • Worcester, Mass.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Dec. 3
Application deadline: Oct. 15
Repertoire: Recorded: one major Bach work; two contrasting works
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; hymn-playing
Piano auditions: not allowed
860-836-0193
Email: emenende@holycross.edu
Website: http://holycross.edu/music
Concordia University • Seward, Nebr.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: recorded: Oct. 15; live: Dec. 6
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn
Examinations: music theory; aural skills; music theory
Piano auditions: allowed
402-643-7282
Email: jeffrey.blersch@cune.edu
Website: http://cune.edu/music
Concordia University Chicago • River Forest, Ill.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Nov. 13, Feb. 19, 21, 26
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one pre-1750 contrapuntal work; one contrasting Romantic, 20th- or 21st-century work
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn with or without introduction, with two stanzas
Additional materials required at audition: recommendation of current teacher
Examinations: music fundamentals
Piano auditions: allowed
708-209-3069
Email: steven.wente@cuchicago.edu
Website: http://cuchicago.edu/
Duquesne University–Mary Pappert School of Music • Pittsburgh, Pa.
Degree(s): B, M, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Dec. 3, Jan. 7, 21, Feb. 4, 18
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Bach fugue; one Romantic work; one 20th- or 21st-century work
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn; hymn sight-reading, with pedals
Piano auditions: allowed
412-396-6080
Email: musicadmissions@duq.edu
Website http://duq.edu/musicadmissions
The Eastman School of Music • Rochester, N.Y.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb.
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: B: one Baroque work; two Romantic or contemporary works, one primarily lyrical and one primarily virtuosic; M/D: up to 30 minutes, including one major Bach work, and other contrasting works
Additional materials required at audition: see website
585-274-1060
Email: admissions@esm.rochester.edu
Website: http://esm.rochester.edu/
Florida State University • Tallahassee, Fla.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 29, Feb. 12, 26
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: three contrasting works; M/D: three contrasting works including one major Bach work
Piano auditions: allowed, which must include one major Bach work
850-644-6102
Email: musicadmissions@fsu.edu
Website: http://music.fsu.edu/
Furman University • Greenville, S.C.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 22, Feb. 12
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works not to exceed 10 minutes; one piano work from any period
Additional skill demonstration: keyboard skills
Examinations: aural skills; theory placement; analytical skills
Piano auditions: allowed
864-294-2099
Email: charles.tompkins@furman.edu
Website: http://furman.edu/academics/music
Gustavus Adolphus College • St. Peter, Minn.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn with introduction, standard harmonization, and alternate harmonization
Piano auditions: allowed
507-933-7447
Email: cwinterf@gustavus.edu
Website: http://gustavus.edu
Hillsdale College • Hillsdale, Mich.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: Mar. 15
Repertoire: one Bach work; one contrasting work
Additional skill demonstration: hymn sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition:
repertoire list
Piano auditions: allowed
517-607-2287
Email: dstauff@hillsdale.edu
Website: http://hillsdale.edu
Hope College • Holland, Mich.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 17, Feb. 18, 19
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: 10 minutes including one Bach work
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Examinations: aural skills; theory diagnostic
Piano auditions: allowed
616-395-7650
Email: lewis@hope.edu
Website: http://hope.edu/academics/music
Houghton College • Houghton, N.Y.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two or three contrasting works,
including one Bach work
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Piano auditions: allowed
585-567-9400
Email: Judy.congdon@houghton.edu
Website: http://houghton.edu/majors-programs/academics/music
Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Indiana, Pa.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: see iup.edu/music/undergrad/
audition
Application deadline: Mar. 31
Repertoire: two works, including one Baroque work, of contrasting styles (at least one work memorized); see website for suggested audition material.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; one hymn (include at least three registration changes)
Examinations: piano proficiency
724-357-2390
Email: orgel@iup.edu
Website: iu.edu/music
Iowa State University • Ames, Iowa
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Baroque work; one 19th-century work; one 20th- or 21st-century work; if no previous organ study, similar representative harpsichord and/or piano literature
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; hymn-playing
Additional materials required at audition: repertoire list
Piano auditions: not allowed
352-214-8521
Email: minerva@iastate.edu
Website: http://www.iastate.edu
The Juilliard School • New York, N.Y.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 28, Mar. 1
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: one Bach prelude and fugue or comparable work; one 19th-century work; one 20th- or 21st-century work
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition:
repertoire list
Piano auditions: not allowed
212-799-5000
Email: admissions@juilliard.edu
Website: juilliard.edu/admissions
Lawrence University • Appleton, Wis.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: autumn and winter
Application deadline: Nov. 1
Repertoire: one major Bach work; two contrasting 19th- or 20th-century works
Additional skill demonstration: hymn sight-reading; simple organ music sight-reading
Piano auditions: allowed
920-832-6500
Email: musicadmissions@lawrence.edu
Website: http://lawrence.edu
Luther College • Decorah, Iowa
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Baroque work; one contrasting 19th-, 20th-, or 21st-century work
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn with introduction and multiple stanzas
Additional materials required at audition:
repertoire list
Piano auditions: allowed
563-387-1205
Email: petegr01@luther.edu
Website: http://luther.edu/music
Manhattan School of Music • New York, N.Y.
Degree(s): M, D, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Mar. 4
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: M/PC: one major Baroque work; one major Romantic work; one major post-1930 work. D: 60-minute recital representing at least three contrasting periods, including a post-1930 work.
Examinations: D: music history; music theory
Piano auditions: not allowed
212-749-2802
Email: admissions@msmnyc.org
Website: http://www.msmnyc.edu/
McGill University–Schulich School of Music • Montreal, Que.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: TBA
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: see website
Additional skill demonstration: see website
Additional materials required at audition: see website
Piano auditions: not allowed
514-805-6479
Email: recruitment.music@mcgill.ca
Website: http://mcgill.ca/music
Mississippi College • Clinton, Miss.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: TBA
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one pre-1700 work; one 1700–1900 work; one post-1900 work
Additional skill demonstration: one hymn
Piano auditions: allowed
601-925-3440
Email: music.mc.edu
Website: http://music.mc.edu
Missouri State University • Springfield, Mo.
Degree(s): B, M, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 19, 25, Mar. 4, 5
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works
Examinations: B: music theory placement
Piano auditions: allowed
417-836-3028
Email: jchesman@missouristate.edu
Website: http://missouristate.edu/music
Nazareth College • Rochester, N.Y.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: see website
Application deadline: Feb. 1
Repertoire: one Baroque work; one virtuosic Romantic or contemporary work; one lyrical Romantic or contemporary work
Additional skill demonstration: scales and arpeggios; sight-reading
Examinations: music theory assessment; aural skills assessment
Piano auditions: not allowed
585-389-2700
Email: music@naz.edu
Website: http://www2.naz.edu/school-music/majors-programs
Northern Illinois University • DeKalb, Ill.
Degree(s): B, M, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: TBD
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: one polyphonic work in three voices (e.g., a Rheinberger trio, a three-voice chorale setting of Dupré); one work of comparable difficulty of the Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach). M/PC: one major Bach prelude and fugue; one movement from a Bach trio sonata; two contrasting movements from the 19th- or 20th-century French repertoire
Additional skill demonstration: B: hymn sight-reading with soprano, alto, and tenor on one manual, bass in pedal; hymn sight-reading with soprano on one manual (right hand), alto and tenor on a second manual (left hand), bass in pedal; a few short pedal exercises selected by student; M/PC: sight-reading a trio of moderate difficulty
Piano auditions: not allowed
815-753-1551
Email: jbrown35@niu.edu
Website: http://niu.edu/music
Oberlin Conservatory of Music • Oberlin, Ohio
Degree(s): B, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Jan.
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: pre-recorded: 10 minutes, due Dec. 4; three or four standard contrasting works, including one Bach work; works by women and other minority-represented composers strongly encouraged
Additional skill demonstration: hymn sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: music theory placement
Piano auditions: allowed
440-775-8413
Email: conservatory.admissions@oberlin.edu
Website: http://oberlin.edu/con
Ohio University • Athens, Ohio
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Dec. 4, Jan. 22, Feb. 12, 19, 21
Application deadline: Feb. 15
Repertoire: one Baroque work; contrasting works by other composers
Additional skill demonstration: scales; sight-reading
Piano auditions: not allowed
740-274-0093
Email: barte@ohio.edu
Website: ohio.edu
Oklahoma City University • Oklahoma City, Okla.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: one Baroque work; one Romantic or contemporary work; M: 30-minutes including one major Baroque work; two additional Romantic or later works in differing styles
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn
Additional materials required at audition:
repertoire list
Piano auditions: not allowed
405-208-5650
Email: mmplamann@okcu.edu
Website: http://okcu.edu/music/admissions/auditions
Pacific Lutheran University • Tacoma, Wash.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 25–27
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works from contrasting regions and periods
Piano auditions: not allowed
253-535-7255
Email: mailto:paul.tegels@plu.edu
Website: http://plu.edu/organ
The Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, Md.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: recorded; in-person: Feb.
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: B: no more than 20 minutes including one Bach work (excluding Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach)); two contrasting works. M/D: no more than 30 minutes including one major Bach work; two contrasting works. AD: 60-minute recital representing at least three stylistic periods and including at least two major works.
Additional materials required: M/D: aural training placement; D: musicology; music theory
Piano auditions: not allowed
667-208-6600
Email: admissions@peabody.jhu.edu
Website: http://peabody.jhu.edu/
Pittsburg State University • Pittsburg, Kans.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: at least two contrasting works
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition:
repertoire list
Piano auditions: allowed
620-235-4467
Email: smarchant@pittstate.edu
Website: http://pittstate.edu/music
St. Anselm College • Manchester, N.H.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Baroque or Classical work; one Romantic work; one work from any period
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn; hymn or service music sight-reading; two major and minor scales
Piano auditions: not allowed
603-641-7277
Email: ebermani@anselm.edu
Website: http://anselm.edu/
St. Olaf College • Northfield, Minn.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: no live auditions
Application deadline: Jan. 15
Repertoire: one Bach prelude and fugue; one
Romantic or contemporary work; one two-part Bach invention at the piano
Additional skill demonstration: one hymn with
introduction and two stanzas
Examinations: aural skills; sight-singing; theory
Piano auditions: allowed
507-786-3297
Email: music@stolaf.edu
Website: http://stolaf.edu
Shepherd University • Shepherdstown, W.V.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: autumn: (video), Jan. 29, Feb. 26
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two works in contrasting styles
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: see website
Examinations: music theory placement; piano placement
Piano auditions: allowed
304-876-5555
Email: mking@shepherd.edu
Website: http://shepherd.edu/music
Southern Methodist University–Meadows School of the Arts • Dallas, Tex.
Degree(s): B, M, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Jan. 29, Feb. 26
Application deadline: Jan. 15
Repertoire: contact Prof. Engels
Additional skill demonstration: contact Prof. Engels
Additional materials required at audition: contact Prof. Engels
Examinations: contact Prof. Engels
Piano auditions: allowed
972-750-1443
Email: sengels@smu.edu
Website: http://smu.edu/meadows/areasofstudy/music/departments/organ
Susquehanna University • Selinsgrove, Penn.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Dec. 11, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, 18, 21, & Mar. 4
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works from different periods and styles
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Examinations: basic musicianship; aural skills
570-372-4309
Email: musicdept@susqu.edu
Website: https://www.susqu.edu/music
Syracuse University–The Setnor School of Music • Syracuse, N.Y.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan., Feb.
Application deadline: Jan. 1
Repertoire: B: one Baroque work, two contrasting works; M/D: 40 minutes of contrasting works, including one major Bach work
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn; sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: repertoire list; resume
Examinations: music theory; aural skills
Piano auditions: not allowed
585-469-4089
Email: alaver@syr.edu
Website: http://vpa.syr.edu/
Trinity University • San Antonio, Tex.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: in-person by appointment, recorded, or via Zoom
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Baroque work; one additional contrasting work
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn; sight-reading; piano scales
Additional materials required at audition: repertoire and technique list
Piano auditions: allowed
210-999-8249
Email: dheller@trinity.edu
Website: http://trinity.edu/academics/music
University of California–Los Angeles • Los Angeles, Calif.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan., Feb.
Application deadline: Nov. 30
Repertoire: see website
Additional skill demonstration: see website
Piano auditions: allowed
310-825-4761
Email: cbull@ucla.edu
Website: http://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music • Cincinnati, Ohio
Degree(s): B, M, D, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Jan. 15, 22, Feb. 12
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: see website
Additional skill demonstration: B: sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: see website
Piano auditions: B: allowed; M/D/AD: not allowed
513-556-9479
Email: ccmadmissions@uc.edu
Website http://ccm.uc.edu/admissions-and-aid/admissions/auditions
University of Denver–Lamont School of Music • Denver, Colo.
Degree(s): B, M, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 29, Feb. 5, 12
Application deadline: Jan. 15
Repertoire: B: 20 minutes including one Baroque work; one Romantic work; one 20th-or 21st-century work. MM/PC: 30 minutes including one pre-1750 non-Bach work; one Bach work; one Romantic work; one 20th-or 21st-century work (for the Romantic and 20th-/21st-century works, one must be primarily lyric, and one must be primarily virtuosic)
Piano auditions: not allowed
303-871-6973
Email: joseph.galema@du.edu
Website: http://du.edu/lamont
University of Dubuque • Dubuque, Iowa
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works
Piano auditions: allowed
563-589-3564
Email: cbarland@dbq.edu
Website: http://www.dbq.edu/academics/officeofacademicaffairs/academicdepartments/fineperformingarts
University of Florida • Gainesville, Fla.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 22, 29, 30, Mar. 19
Application deadline: Nov. 16
Repertoire: B: one pre-1800 work; one post-1800 work; one 20th-century or contemporary work. M/D: three contrasting works.
Piano auditions: allowed
352-273-3181
Email: lrellis@ufl.edu
Website: http://arts.ufl.edu/sites/organ-studio/welcome
University of Iowa • Iowa City, Iowa
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 29, Feb. 5, 12
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: see website
Additional materials required at audition: see website
Examinations: see website
Piano auditions: allowed
319-335-1630
Email: gregory-hand@uiowa.edu
Website: http://music.uiowa.edu/
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, Mich.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 4, 11
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: see website
Additional materials required at audition: repertoire list; curriculum vitae
Piano auditions: B: allowed; M/D: not allowed
734-764-0593
Email: smtd.admissions@umich.edu
Website: http://smtd.umich.edu/apply
University of Minnesota School of Music • Minneapolis, Minn.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: B: Dec. 4; B/M/D: Jan. 22, Feb. 5, 19 (snow date)
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: B: three contrasting works, including one Bach work; memorization recommended; M: 30 minutes of contrasting styles including one Bach work and one 19th- or 20th-century work; D: 45 minutes of contrasting styles including one Bach work and 17th-, 19th-, and 20th-century works.
Additional skill demonstration: B: hymn-playing; hymn tune harmonization; sight-reading; scales and arpeggios at piano; M: hymn-playing; hymn tune harmonization; improvisation; sight-reading a choral score or other open score using one or more C clefs
Additional materials: repertoire list; D: a sample of written work
Piano auditions: not allowed
992-992-9258
Email: dwb@umn.edu
Website: http://cla.umn.edu/music
University of North Texas • Denton, Tex.
Degree(s): B, M, D, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 29, Feb. 4, 26
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: 20 minutes to include several works from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein. M/D: 30 minutes including one Bach work; one 19th-century French or German work; one 20th-century work.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; hymn-playing
Additional materials required at audition:
repertoire list
Piano auditions: not allowed
940-231-4955
Email: jesse.eschbach@unt.edu
Website: http://organ.music.unt.edu/
University of Oklahoma (OU) • Norman, OK.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 4, 5, 18, 19, or by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: contrasting works, if possible including Baroque, Romantic, and contemporary. Playing from memory encouraged but not required.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading, keyboard skills
Examinations: general musicianship
Piano auditions: allowed
214.697.9145
Email: dspritzer@ou.edu
Email: adam.pajan@ou.edu
Website: https://ou.edu/finearts/music
University of Oregon School of Music and Dance • Eugene, Oreg.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Baroque work; one Romantic work; one contemporary work
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: repertoire list
Piano auditions: allowed
541-346-3791
Email: bbaird@uoregon.edu
Website: http://music.uoregon.edu/areas-study
University of South Carolina • Columbia, S.C.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: TBA
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: one contrapuntal Bach or Buxtehude work; one 19th-century work; one 20th-century work
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; hymn-playing
Piano auditions: allowed
803-777-4280
Email: thomasrussell61@gmail.com
Website: http://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music
University of Southern California–Thornton School of Music • Los Angeles, Calif.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Jan. 22, 23, Feb. 5, 6, 12, 13
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: pre-audition recording: two contrasting standard works; in-person: three or more contrasting standard works
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn; sight-reading
Examinations: D: written
Piano auditions: not allowed
626-441-6814
Email: laddthom@usc.edu
Website: http://usc.edu/music
University of Tennessee–Knoxville • Knoxville, Tenn.
Degree(s): B, M, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 5, 12, 19, by appointment, or by video
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: one prelude and fugue from Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach) or another Baroque work of similar or advanced difficulty; two contrasting works including one 20th-century work. M/AD: one free Bach work or one or more movements from a trio sonata; one contrasting Romantic work; one 20th- or 21st-century work.
Additional skill demonstration: hymn sight-reading; one prepared hymn with introduction and two stanzas
Piano auditions: allowed
865-521-0277
Email: ejohns76@utk.edu
Website: http://music.utk.edu/
University of Texas–San Antonio • San Antonio, Tex.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Nov. 6, Feb. 19, Mar. 5
Application deadline: Mar. 1
Repertoire: three works in contrasting styles and periods
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
Examinations: music theory; music history
Piano auditions: allowed
801-735-9874
Email: andrew.lloyd@utsa.edu
Website: http://sandrewlloyd.com/utsaorgan
University of Toronto • Toronto, Ont.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Feb.
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: B: one pre-Bach work; one Bach work; one 20th- or 21st-century work; one contrasting work if program is under 20 minutes. M: 45–60 minutes including one major Bach work (excluding BWV 553–560); either trio fast/slow from BWV 525–530 or one fast movement from BWV 525–530 plus one prelude from BWV 651–668 or 645–650; one major Romantic work; one major 20th- or 21st-century work. D: pre-audition video: 20–30 minutes including three contrasting works; live: 60 minutes minimum demonstrating contrasting styles, composers, tempi, and registrations.
Additional skill demonstration: B: trio texture sight-reading; sight-singing; interval and chord-quality identification
Additional materials required at audition: one copy of repertoire performed for jurors
Piano auditions: not allowed
416-978-2079
Email: kevin.komisaruk@utoronto.ca
Website: http://music.utoronto.ca/
University of Utah • Salt Lake City, Utah
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: one Baroque work; one post-Baroque work. M: 20–30 minutes from at least three periods; see website
Piano auditions: not allowed
801-581-6762
Email: kenneth.udy@utah.edu
Website: http://music.utah.edu/
University of Washington–School of Music • Seattle, Wash.
Degree(s): B, M, C
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 8, 22, Feb. 5
Application deadline: Nov. 15
Repertoire: see website
206-685-9872
Email: somadmit@uw.edu
Website: http://music.washington.edu/
Valparaiso University • Valparaiso, Ind.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Nov. 13, Feb. 11, 12, 19, 21
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two to three contrasting works
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn; sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: letter of recommendation
Examinations: music theory assessment
Piano auditions: allowed
219-464-5454
Email: music@valpo.edu
Website: http://valpo.edu/music
Wartburg College • Waverly, Iowa
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: rolling video submissions
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works
Piano auditions: allowed
319-352-8275
Email: karen.black@wartburg.edu
Website: http://valpo.edu/music
Westminster Choir College of Rider University • Lawrenceville, N.J.
Degree(s): B, M, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Dec. 4, Jan. 22, Feb. 26; M/PC: Feb. 18, Mar. 4
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: see website
Additional skill demonstration: hymn sight-reading; sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: see website
Examinations: aural skills
Piano auditions: allowed
609-896-5000
Email: admissions@rider.edu
Website: http://rider.edu/
Wheaton College-Conservatory • Wheaton, Ill.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Dec. 4, Jan. 15, Feb. 12
Application deadline: Feb. 15
Repertoire: two works of contrasting periods and styles (one fast and articulate; the other slow and lyrical); memorization encouraged
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn; sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: organ and piano repertoire list
Piano auditions: allowed
630-752-5097
Email: music@wheaton.edu
Website: http://wheaton.edu/wheaton-college-conservatory-of-music
Wichita State University • Wichita, Kans.
Degree(s): B, M, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Nov.–Feb. by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: see website
Additional skill demonstration: B: hymn sight-reading; all major scales and arpeggios
Piano auditions: allowed
316-978-6218
Email: lynne.davis@wichita.edu
Website: http://wichita.edu/academics/fine_arts/music
Yale Institute of Sacred Music • New Haven, Conn.
Degree(s): M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Feb. 21–27
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: pre-recorded: one major Bach work; one Romantic work; one contemporary work; in-person: applicants strongly encouraged to perform different repertoire than performed in recording, selected from the same three categories above
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; other skills
Examinations: see website
Piano auditions: not allowed
203-432-9753
Email: ism.admissions@yale.edu
Website: http://ism.yale.edu/admissions/admissions-graduate-study/music-program-admissions
