Prescreen
All applicants for the composition concentration must submit a portfolio of sample scores for faculty review. Based on this prescreening, they may be invited to the required live interview. Composition applicants currently enrolled in the College are not prescreened.
Applicants should submit PDFs of three recent scores (preferably written within the last two years) accompanied by corresponding sound files, if available (live performance recordings are preferred over MIDI files).
If a work is multimedia in nature, a video file may be submitted. If a piece is non-notateable (for example, an electronic piece), a sound file should be submitted, accompanied by a written description of the piece and its concept, in lieu of a score.
Master of Music and Professional Studies Diploma applicants are encouraged to submit an orchestra or large ensemble work as at least one of their scores.
Final Audition
Applicants invited to the final round are welcome to upload additional new materials for consideration in the final round.
Candidate portfolios in the final round should include at least four original compositions in diverse instrumentation representative of their work during the previous three years, and are encouraged to include at least one work for orchestra or large ensemble.
Applicants invited to the final round are interviewed by members of the composition faculty to ascertain their knowledge of music and general musical culture. More information regarding the interview will follow.