Undergraduate Music Audition Application

Email addresses for two recommenders familiar with your educational and/or professional accomplishments will be requested near the end of the application. Be sure that you have this information before you begin work on the form. Throughout the form, please use proper capitalization (i.e., John Smith, 555 Main Street, etc.).

Contact Information First Name Last Name Address City Country State Province / Region Zip / Postal Code Email Phone

High School High School Name High School City High School Country High School State

Graduation Month Month Graduation Year Year

High School GPA ACT / SAT Score Name of Band, Orchestra, or Choral Director

Prior Post-Secondary Education (Transfer Students)

If you have not attended college skip this section.

Name of Most Recent College Attended

From Month Year

To Month Year

Total College Credit Hours Earned College GPA

Admission

Have you applied for admission to EMU? Yes No

Have you been admitted to EMU? Yes No

Which semester do you plan to begin study? Term Year

Enrolling as I am applying to the School of Music & Dance for admission as

If a music major, which degree program are you interested in? Bachelor of Music Education - Instrumental (MEDI): Teaching instrumental music in public schools Bachelor of Music Education - Vocal (MEDV): Teaching vocal and general music in the public schools Bachelor of Music Therapy (MUTR): Practice of Music Therapy in a clinical or school setting Bachelor of Music (MPRF): Professional performance; teaching in a private studio Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science (MUSC): Non-teaching degree Note: If you are interested in an undergraduate degree in Music Therapy, please select "Music Major" from the scroll-down menu above and check the "Bachelor of Music Therapy" box below. If you are interested in the Post-Baccalaureate Music Therapy Equivalency Certificate, please select "Music Therapy Equivalency Certificate" from the scroll-down menu above and check the "Bachelor of Music Therapy" box below. You must already have an undergraduate degree in music to apply for Music Therapy Equivalency Certificate.

Principal Instrument / Voice Audition Principal Instrument/Voice Which date do you wish to audition? List the selection(s) you expect to perform on your primary instrument/voice at your audition.

Secondary Instrument / Voice Audition

A secondary instrumental/voice audition is required only of guitar and keyboard principals applying for the Bachelor of Music Education degree (MEDI or MEDV). All other applicants should skip this section.

Guitar and keyboard principals applying for the Bachelor of Music Education - Instrumental degree (MEDI), please select the secondary instrument on which you will also be auditioning Guitar and keyboard principals applying for the Bachelor of Music Education - Vocal degree (MEDV) will automatically be scheduled for a secondary voice audition.

Piano Placement

Piano study is a part of every major or minor curriculum. There are 4 semesters in the sequence. Those with little or no previous keyboard experience will be assigned to the beginning piano class. Students who are auditioning with piano, organ, or harpsichord as their principal instrument do not take the piano placement exam. Students with 2-4 years of previous piano experience may choose to take the piano placement exam in order to determine which semester in the sequence is appropriate.

Those taking the piano placement exam should be prepared to play the following:

A piano solo representative of your current level of playing
A piano faculty-selected sight-reading piece

Piano Audition

Music Theory Exams

All prospective music students take a music theory exam. These exams are given on regular scheduled audition days.

Music Theory Entrance Exam: for individuals who have not studied music theory at the college level.
Music Theory Advanced Placement Exam: for individuals who have studied music theory at the college level who would like to possibly place into a higher level of theory instruction. Individuals electing to take the Music Theory Advanced Placement Exam who have never taken theory and aural skills at a college or university will be required to also take the Music Theory Entrance Examination. Transfer students who elect not to take the Music Theory Advanced Placement Exam are required to take the Music Theory Entrance Exam.

Music Theory Exam

Musical Background List examples of significant prior repertoire studied (title and composer) or a repertoire list List any other instruments you play Summarize your background in music (solo and ensemble festival ratings, private music teacher, summer camps, competitions, etc.)

Recommendations

Provide the information requested below for two individuals familiar with your educational and/or professional accomplishments. These individuals will be contacted by the School of Music & Dance and requested to complete a brief online recommendation form. Before submitting your application, please contact each recommender to request their permission, to confirm their email address, and to ask that they check their email "Junk" folder if the automated recommendation request doesn't arrive in their Inbox immediately after you have submitted your application. Incorrect email addresses or "junked" recommendations requests will delay the processing of your application. In submitting these names, you agree that the recommendation will be confidential and you waive the right of review.

Recommendation 1 Recommendation 1 prefix Recommendation 1 first name Recommendation 1 last name Recommendation 1 title or relation to you Recommendation 1 email

Recommendation 2 Recommendation 2 prefix Recommendation 2 first name Recommendation 2 last name Recommendation 2 title or relation to you Recommendation 2 email

Authorization

By entering your initials below, you agree give the School of Music & Dance Admissions Committee members the authority to review and verify any information submitted. This authorization is required by FERPA - Family Educational Rights Privacy Act. Applications cannot be processed without your initials.

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