Supplemental Application Requirements: Collaborative Piano & Piano Performance (MFA)

For all MFA applicants in Collaborative Piano and Piano Performance, a pre-screening video audition is required and must by submitted by December 1st. Applicants will be notified on December 10 as to whether they should proceed with the remaining required application materials due January 1. After receiving those materials, accepted pre-screened applicants will be scheduled for an in- person audition.

Graduate Audition Repertoire Requirements | Collaborative Piano

For the audition in Collaborative Piano, applicants should be prepared to perform the following:

1. Two complete instrumental sonatas from contrasting stylistic periods.

2. Four songs including a Schubert through-composed Lied, a Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, or Strauss Lied, a 19th century French Mélodie, and a post-1950 Art Song in English.

3. One solo work to be performed from memory.

The audition will also include a sight-reading component.

Graduate Audition Repertoire Requirements | Piano Performance

For the audition in Piano Performance, applicants should be prepared to perform:

1. A prelude and fugue, toccata, or work containing a fugue by J. S. Bach.

2. A complete classical sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.

3. A complete romantic or contemporary work.

4. An etude of virtuosity.

All works must be performed from memory. The audition will also include a sight-reading component.

Recorded Auditions
Exceptional cases only, approval required.  Contact Professors Scolnik and Griffitt to request approval to substitute an online link in place of the on-campus audition/interview. Approval must be obtained by December 15. Recorded materials must include audio and video.