All applicants to the School of Music must audition for acceptance. The information below details specific requirements and scheduling concerns.
Boston auditions | Regional auditions locations and addresses.
Before scheduling an audition, please review the School of Music audition policies. Self-prepared (recorded) 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. Undergraduate 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.
Undergraduate applicants submitting the self-prepared audition must submit a Recorded Audition Information Form. This interactive PDF document may be typed on and mailed with the recording. 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, or the Doctor of Musical Arts in music education, must present an instrumental or vocal audition.
Applicants to the Master of Music program in music education must present an audition per the requirements of the Master of Music degree in performance. Applicants to the "professional track" in music education are not required to 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 2007-2008 cycle will be available by October 1, 2007.
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.