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Admission Requirements
Please see information on the School of Music Application Process.

Your audition will consist of an audition on your major instrument (baritone-euphonium, horn, trombone, trumpet, or tuba) for the appropriate faculty. It is not necessary to have an accompanist. The music performed should be as listed below:

  • Any standard solo (one movement of concerto or sonata or comparable solo of Class A level or above)
  • Major, minor, and chromatic scales and arpeggios
  • Sight-reading of commensurate difficulty for all instruments
  • Trumpet and Horn: may be asked to transpose a piece
  • Tuba: if familiar with orchestral repertoire, prepare excerpts of your choice (optional)
  • Trombone: may be asked to play tenor or alto clef
Admission Requirements
Please see information on the School of Music Application Process. In addition:

MM candidates should prepare an audition of 20 minutes in length. An accompanist is optional. Students should be prepared to perform contrasting solos, orchestral excerpts, and sight-reading. Videotapes are NOT acceptable for an audition. Audiotapes are acceptable for preliminary consideration only. All students must audition in person. Consult your major professor for exceptions.
Doctoral Minor
The purpose of the doctoral minor is to add breadth and depth to the DMA or PhD degree. To insure coherence a minor program must be approved by the appropriate department, a student's advisor, and the Director of Graduate Studies, and must include courses at the 300-level or above. Typically, a minor requires 12 credits of work.

Students have a variety of options, including completing an internal minor within the School of Music (e.g., a D.M.A. conducting student who minors in ethnomusicology or a Ph.D. in music theory who minors in clarinet performance), completing a minor in a department outside the School of Music (e.g., a D.M.A. in horn performance who minors in Women's Studies or a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology who minors in East Asian studies). Students may, in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, devise a distributed minor that brings together courses from a variety of departments around a particular topic or area of interest. For example, a D.M.A. student in voice devises a minor in vocal health that includes courses in communicative disorders, or a Ph.D. student in musicology devises a minor in Medieval History that includes courses in art history, history, and languages.
Admission Requirements
Please see information on the School of Music Application Process. In addition:

DMA candidates should prepare a 45-60 minute audition recital. An accompanist is required. The audition should consist of contrasting solo literature and 3-5 orchestral excerpts. For other guidelines the student should consult with the major professor. Videotapes are NOT acceptable for DMA auditions. Audiotapes are acceptable for preliminary consideration only. A live (in person) audition recital is mandatory. Doctoral applicants are encouraged to submit an example of scholarly writing as a part of the application.
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