Before scheduling an audition, please review the School of Music audition policies.
Boston auditions | Regional auditions
SPECIFIC INSTRUMENT AND VOICE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
Students who reside more than 300 miles from an audition location may submit a self-prepared recording. Applicants submitting the self-prepared audition must submit a Recorded Audition Information Form [PDF]. This interactive PDF document may be typed on and mailed with the recording.
Further information is available online for undergraduates and graduates.
All MusB applicants are required to present an instrumental or vocal audition, regardless of major. This means that, for example, MusB applicants majoring in composition must audition on an instrument offered by the School of Music.
Students seeking admission to graduate programs other than theory and composition, musicology and ethnomusicology, or music education must present an instrumental or vocal audition.
All applicants must complete an application to Boston University College of Fine Arts Online Graduate Application before their audition can be confirmed. Audition dates for the 2008-2009 cycle will be available by October 1, 2008.
Applicants may audition in Boston or at one of our regional audition sites. Applicants who live further than 300 miles from an audition site may submit a self-prepared audition.
The School of Music considers mid-year transfer applicants on a case-by-case basis.
High School Students applying for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute must follow the audition repertory listed below: Audition repertory for Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
*Applicants to the Collaborative Piano Department must audition live in Boston.