Boston Auditions

Please note that auditions must be scheduled online by the applicant.  To schedule an audition, prospective students must first submit an application to Boston University.  To access the scheduling system, undergraduate applicants must set up a web account on the applicant link (for assistance with setting this up, please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at admissions@bu.edu or 617.353.2300), from which there is a link to the scheduling system.  Graduate applicants will receive an email upon submitting the application online with a link to the scheduling system.

Because auditions can be scheduled only after completion of an online application, we strongly encourage applicants to apply well before the deadline.

2012 Audition Dates

Early Decision, Trustee and MLK Applicants

  • Early Decision applicants have a November 1 application deadline.   The Early Decision audition date will be Friday, November 18, 2011, but auditions must be scheduled before November 10.  Upon submission of the Early Decision application, applicants will receive instructions about how to schedule the audition online. We strongly encourage applicants to apply as early as possible, as appointments must be made online before November 10.  If the audition is not scheduled by this date, the applicant will need to submit an audition recording online in order to receive consideration.
  • Trustee Scholarship, MLK Scholarship, and other special scholarship applicants have a December 1 application deadline.  The Trustee and MLK audition date will be Friday, December 9, 2011, but auditions must be scheduled by December 1.  Upon submission of the application applicants will receive instructions about how to schedule the audition online. We strongly encourage applicants to apply as early as possible, as appointments must be made online by December 1.  If the audition is not scheduled by this date, the applicant will need to submit an audition recording online in order to receive consideration.

All Other Applicants

Please note that dates and locations marked with an asterisk are tentative and will be confirmed by September 1.

Artist Diploma (prescreening required) Feb 6 10am – 12pm Concert Hall
Bassoon Feb 3 

Feb 24

9:30 – 11:30am 

9:30 – 11:30am

Room 410 

Room 165

Cello Feb 3 

Feb 17

Feb 24

9am – 5pm 

9am – 5pm

9am – 5pm

Room 171 

Concert Hall

Room 171

Choral Conducting (prescreening required) Feb 3 

Feb 10

8am – 5pm 

8am – 5pm

Library 

Library

Clarinet Feb 3 

Feb 10

Feb 24

1 – 4pm 

1 – 4pm

1 – 4pm

Room 406 

Room 406

Room 406

Collaborative Piano Feb 9 

Feb 10

10am – 3pm 

10am – 3pm

Marshall Room 

Marshall Room

Double Bass Feb 3 

Feb 10

9am – 12pm 

9am – 12pm

Marshall Room 

Concert Hall

Euphonium Feb 17 9am – 12pm Room 410
Flute (prescreening required) Feb 3 

Feb 17

9am – 12pm 

9am – 12pm

Room 165 

Room 165

Harp Feb 17 5 – 8pm Room 410
Historical Performance Feb 10 11am – 5pm Room 426
Horn Feb 3 

Feb 24

1:30 – 7pm 

10am – 7pm

Room 410 

Room 410

Oboe Feb 3 

Feb 24

9:30 – 11:30am 

9:30 – 11:30am

Room 167 

Room 414

Opera Institute (prescreening required) Feb 27 

Feb 28

TBD 

TBD

TBD 

TBD

Orchestral Conducting (prescreening required) Feb 17 9am – 2pm Room 167
Piano Jan 27 

Feb 3

Feb 10

Feb 17

Feb 24

9am – 5pm 

9am – 5pm

9am – 5pm

9am – 5pm

9am – 5pm

Room 409 

Room 409

Room 409

Room 409

Room 409

Percussion Jan 27 

Feb 3

Feb 10

9am – 12pm 

10:30am – 1:30pm

9am – 12pm

Room B33F 

Room B33F

Room B33F

Saxophone Feb 3 

Feb 24

9:30 – 11:30am 

9:30 – 11:30am

Room B28H 

Room B28H

Trombone Feb 3 

Feb 24

1:30 – 7pm 

10am – 7pm

Room 410 

Room 410

Trumpet Feb 3 

Feb 24

1:30 – 7pm 

10am – 7pm

Room 410 

Room 410

Tuba Feb 17 9am – 12pm Room 410
Viola Feb 3 

Feb 17

Feb 24

9am – 5pm 

9am – 5pm

9am – 5pm

Room 171 

Concert Hall

Room 171

Violin (prescreening required) Feb 3 

Feb 17

Feb 24

1 – 5pm 

10am – 5pm

9am – 5pm

Room 167 

Room 171

Room 167

Voice – Undergraduate (prescreening required) Feb 3 

Feb 17

Feb 24

1 – 5pm 

1:30 – 5pm

1:30 – 5pm

Marshall Room 

Marshall Room

Marshall Room

Voice – Graduate (prescreening required) Jan 27 

Feb 17

Feb 24

9am – 12:30pm 

9am – 12:30pm

9am – 12:30pm

Marshall Room 

Marshall Room

Marshall Room