Audition Requirements

• All domestic applicants must audition in person. (The area must approve any exceptions.)
• International applicants applying for scholarships and assistantships must audition in person. (The area must approve any exceptions.)
• All other international applicants may submit a recording for provisional acceptance and audition in person in the first semester in residence.
• Applicants who do not pass an audition the first time may audition one more time the following semester.
• A second failed audition precludes any further consideration for admission into the DMA program.
• Applicants will be notified of audition results by the end of March.

Audition Format

The audition consists of:

• A twenty-minute performance from the recital program
• A ten-minute lecture on the music

Recital Portion

• The program should be varied in regard to different periods, styles, and tempi of music.
• The applicant will begin the audition with a selection of her/his choice.
• The audition committee will choose the other selections from the program.

Lecture Portion

• The applicant should be prepared to lecture on any work on the recital program.
• Possible topics might include the formal structure and style of a piece; its compositional techniques and devices; its relationship to other works of the same composer, period, or genre; technical problems; the dramatic setting of an aria; or the historical background of an opera.

Piano Accompaniment

Piano accompaniment is required for voice auditions only. Applicants should bring their own pianist to the audition. (If this is not possible, the College of Music will attempt to put you in contact with pianists who are interested in playing for doctoral auditions.)