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Listed below are the audition procedures as well as the various
audition requirements for each degree level.
Prescreening Procedures
All applicants must submit their scores and recordings (CD preferred)
with their application for prescreening purposes. Applicants who
pass the prescreening will be invited to New York City for an entrance
examination and interview.
Audition Procedures
Applicants who pass the prescreening must complete a two-part
examination/audition taking place over a two-day period. (The procedure
for doctoral applicants may take as long as four days. Please see
the doctoral program for more details.) Students unable to be present
for all parts of the exam/interview cannot be evaluated for admission.
Part I: Entrance Examination
Applicants are required to take an examination lasting 3 hours.
The test covers dictation, sight-singing, harmony, counterpoint,
set theory, orchestration, analysis of musical examples, and composition
exercises in fugue and melody harmonization.
Part II: Audition/Interview
On one of the two days following the written exam, each applicant
will have an individual interview with members of the composition
faculty (15 minutes for undergraduate and graduate applicants and
20 minutes for doctoral). Particular attention will be paid to the
overnight composition assignment. While demonstration of instrumental
proficiency is not required, it is encouraged.
Undergraduate Composition Submissions Requirements
Submit scores of original compositions (maximum of three). Performance
recordings, if available, should be included for
any and all scores. The submission of recordings is greatly
encouraged, though not required. Do not submit MIDI realizations
or video recordings.
Graduate, Professional Studies and Doctoral
Composition Submissions Requirements
Applicants should submit a maximum of three scores. One of these
must be an orchestral work.
NOTE: MM, PS or doctoral applications submitted without an orchestral
work will not be considered.
The three works submitted should demonstrate a variety of insturmentations,
forms, and genres. At least one submitted score must be accompanied
by a recording. MIDI realizations of acoustic works cannot be considered.
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