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Please note: the information on this page is for applicants who have been invited and notified by the Office of Admission about a live audition. These are NOT open-call auditions.

2010 Audition Schedule and Other Important Audition Information

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Prescreening Results

To applicants applying for prescreened majors: Faculty members review prescreening recordings in December. Completed prescreening results will be emailed on December 18, 2009. There are a number of reasons why you may not receive an email.

  • Due to the volume of CDs received, the faculty has not completed the review process.
  • Your CD was never received or did not play on MSM's equipment.
  • Your CD was received after the published deadline.

Any CDs not screened prior to MSM's winter break will be reviewed after the break, beginning January 4, 2010.

Please do not call for prescreening results, as they will not be released over the phone. All results will be emailed to the address that the student provided in his or her online application.

Audition Information

Applicants invited to audition, will receive an email with their scheduled audition date, time, and location by February 1st.

 

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL PLANS OR PURCHASE TICKETS UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR AUDITION HAS BEEN SCHEDULED.

For your convenience and information, a preview of the AUDITION SCHEDULE is available.

Additional Information for DMA Applicants and International Applicants:

  • International Students: If you need an official audition time letter to take to your the embassy, please contact the Office fo Admission at admission@msmnyc.edu. Be sure to include your legal first name, your family name, your instrument, your degree, and your address.
  • DMA Classical Applicants: Please be aware that the DMA Comprehensive Exam will be given on Wednesday, March 3. Interviews with the Doctoral Committee will follow on Wednesday afternoon and continue all day Thursday, March 4. Please make sure that in addition to your audition, that your schedule is clear for the Exam and the Interview.
  • DMA Jazz Applicants: Please be aware that Part 1 of your audition, the Performance/Lecture will take place on Monday, March 3, in the late afternoon. Part 2 of your audition (a callback), the Exam and Interview will take place on Tuesday, March 4, morning and early afternoon.


Scheduling Conflicts

Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School, and Mannes School of Music work hard to coordinate their audition schedules to help minimize conflicts for you, and it is important that you make your auditions your priority that week. Please familiarize yourself with the possible audition dates for your major. If you know that you have a pre-existing conflict on one of the audition dates, please inform Manhattan School of Music in the following way:

To inform Manhattan School of Music of a conflict:

Between DECEMBER 18, 2009 THROUGH JANUARY 5, 2010 ONLY, applicants may email their pre-existing conflicts to auditiondate@msmnyc.edu. Requests received after January 5th, will not be considered.

The email should contain the following information:

  1. Your name (as it appears on your application)
  2. Your complete date of birth (Month-Date-Year)
  3. The degree level to which you are applying (BM, MM, PS, DMA, or AD)
  4. The division and major to which you have applied (i.e. CLASSICAL Violin, ORCHESTRAL Violin, CONTEMPORARY Violin, or JAZZ Violin)
  5. Specific details of your conflict.