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Undergraduate Requirements and Dates
All composition applicants must perform an audition on their principal instrument or voice (guidelines are listed under the appropriate department below). In addition, submit up to seven scores of your musical compositions with recordings of each work on indexed compact disc. We do not accept MP3 disks or data CDs. All musical styles are welcome, though it should be noted that the departmental curriculum is geared toward composing for classical instruments and ensembles.
All materials should be sent to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Applications Coordinator, and must be received by December 1. Indicate on all materials your name, UMID if known, address, and the program to which you are applying. Send copies of your work rather than originals. Portfolios will not be returned unless a self-addressed stamped envelope is included, and we cannot be responsible in the event of loss or damage.
After a preliminary review of portfolios, a selected number of applicants will be invited for on-campus interviews and auditions. Please indicate your preference for an audition/interview date on your application. Though an in-person interview is highly recommended, it is not required. All applicants must perform an audition on their principal instrument or voice, and complete a placement evaluation in piano.
Sight-reading, harmonization and transposition, scales and arpeggios, and chord progressions will be tested in order to determine your keyboard placement.
For candidates not living in the continental United States for whom the cost of a campus visit would be prohibitive, it is recommended that a telephone interview be arranged and a recorded audition be submitted.
Please bring a second copy of your scores to the composition interview on your confirmed Ann Arbor audition day to facilitate discussion of your work.
Audition Schedule and Application Deadline Dates
Audition Date |
Application Deadline |
Notes |
02/19/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
no strings |
03/12/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
no percussion |
Principal Instruments
- Organ
- Piano
- Strings
- Cello
- Double Bass
- Harp
- Viola
- Violin
- Winds and Percussion
- Bassoon
- Clarinet
- Euphonium
- Flute
- French Horn
- Oboe
- Percussion
- Saxophone
- Trombone
- Trumpet
- Tuba
- Voice
General Undergraduate Audition and Interview Information
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