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If you are a current or former MSM student, please click here for details about your application process.

To find out if your instrument is prescreened and to see the requirements for your instrument, please look at the program page to which you are applying. Prescreening videos are uploaded directly to your application.

Current MSM students and Precollege students who are applying directly to another MSM program are exempt from submitting prescreening videos. (Please note: This excludes MSM students applying to OP Flute, DMA Piano, and the DMA in Jazz Arts. You will still have to submit prescreening as applicants to these majors.)

You are required to upload unofficial transcripts for the initial phase of the admission process. Transcripts may be uploaded to the Application Checklist on your Status Portal after the application is submitted.

Unofficial transcripts are due no later than February 1st. If you are offered admission and choose to enroll, you will be required to provide official transcripts which list your degree and date of graduation.

International students and students who have studied abroad must provide proof of degree or diploma as well as an official translation for all non-English documents.

Applicants for Bachelor of Music

Please submit transcripts from your current high school as well as any other high schools you have attended. We do not require the SAT/ACT scores, but if you have them, we’ll be happy to add them to your file. If you are a homeschooled student or a transfer student, please click here to learn more about our transcript requirements.

Applicants for Master of Music or Professional Studies Certificate

Please list all high schools and colleges that you have attended; however, you only need to submit transcripts from all colleges you have attended. We do not require the GRE or any other tests for graduate or post-graduate studies.

We ask that all applicants have a minimum GPA of a 3.0 or its equivalent.

An artistic résumé will be a requirement on your application checklist once you have submitted your online application. Your résumé should include: academic study (institutions, dates and degrees awarded), applied/private study (e.g. subjects, with whom, dates, where), performance experience, awards, distinctions, festivals, and summer programs.

While your audition and music credentials give us an understanding of you as a musician, we’d like to get to know you a little more outside of your musical life. You should have fun with your answer, be creative, and show us the real you! Please find this year’s essay prompt below. The essay should be about 500 words and it will be a requirement on your application checklist once you have submitted your online application. Please do not mail us a copy of your essay.

Essay prompt:

You have a popular podcast about a non-musical subject. What is the title and what is the topic? Please describe one of your favorite episodes from your podcast series.

All applicants are required to submit letters of recommendation. Recommendation letters must be received by February 1st. You will be asked to supply your recommender’s name and email address while you are filling out your online application. Once you submit your application, your recommender will receive an email asking him or her to write a letter on your behalf that will load directly to your application. Your recommender may also mail us their recommendation.

Applicants for Bachelor of Music:

• One letter from the current teacher of your primary instrument
• One letter from your guidance counselor or an academic teacher

Applicants for Master of Music, Professional Studies Certificate, Artist Diploma:

• One letter from the current teacher of your primary instrument
• One letter from another musical reference

Applicants for Doctor of Musical Arts:

• Three letters from recommenders of the applicant’s choosing

When you are ready to submit your application, you will be asked to pay a $125 non-refundable application fee. Current MSM and Precollege students, MSM alumni, and applicants to the Barnard/MSM Lesson Exchange Program pay a reduced fee of $50. All application fees are non-refundable. There is no application fee for exchange applicants applying from one of MSM’s partner institutions abroad. Late applicants must be approved by the Admissions Office. If approved, late applications will be assessed an additional $25 late fee.

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