Graduate Auditions

Local Auditions

  • Saturday, November 17, 2012
    Open to all areas except pre-screenings and strings.
    Only official audition date for Spring applicants.
  • Saturday, January 19, 2013
    Open to all areas except flute, graduate voice, and Prof. Lewis' and Ms. Yamamoto's violin studios.
    Only day for organ.
  • Saturday, January 26, 2013
    Open to all areas except clarinet, harp, trumpet, and Miró quartet studios.
  • Saturday, February 02, 2013
    Open to all areas except Prof. Lewis' violin studio.
  • Saturday, February 16, 2013
    Collaborative Piano only.
  • Saturday, February 23, 2013
    Open to all areas except flute and Prof. Nel's piano studio.





Live Audition Information:

All graduate performance applicants must perform and pass a live audition. Exceptions may be made those applying to a Jazz Performance degree or residing outside of the United States; these students must get approval from the head of the appropriate division to audition with a DVD instead. Audition requirements vary for each instrument/division, please see links below for your audition repertoire requirements.

All applicants must submit the UT application and the Butler School of Music application before an audition can be scheduled. The deadline for requesting an audition date or review of a recorded audition, which is done through the BSoM application, is January 1, 2012. No applications, requests for live auditions, or requests for review of recorded auditions will be accepted after the deadline.

You will receive confirmation of your audition date by email after we receive your BSoM application and verify the receipt of your UT application with Main University Admissions. Please do NOT make travel plans until you have received an audition confirmation email. We do our best to place applicants on their requested audition date. We cannot guarantee a slot on your requested audition date if you wait until the last minute to submit your applications and audition request. Due to the high volume of audition requests, it is not possible for the School of Music to accommodate specific audition times. Auditions last either 10 or 15 minutes. Please be prepared to be on campus for the entire day in the case that you receive a time later in the day. It is generally required that you check-in at the School of Music lobby between 8:30 and 9:00 AM. Auditions are held from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Once you have been assigned an audition date, it is VERY UNLIKELY that the date can be rescheduled, so be sure to plan accordingly.

With the exception of the DMA in Music & Human Learning with Piano Pedagogy Specialization, auditions are not required for those applying to our academic programs (Composition, Theory, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Music & Human Learning).


PRE-SCREENING AUDITIONS:

Applicants to conducting, flute, piano, collaborative piano, piano pedagogy (DMA in Music and Human Learning), percussion (non jazz), and voice/opera performance must complete prescreening procedures by submitting a recorded audition. Only selected applicants will be invited and required to play a live audition following the successful completion of the prescreening procedures. Please see information about pre-screening procedures here.

STRING APPLICANTS:

With the exceptions of Alaska and Hawaii, if you are living in the continental United States (citizens, permanent residents and international students alike), you are REQUIRED to audition in person. Recorded auditions are not accepted. ONLY if you are residing outside of the United States is a VIDEO recording accepted. The video may be a DVD or VHS tape. Please see the Video/Audio Media Specifications on this page.


VOICE/OPERA ONLY: ACCOMPANISTS:

Accompaniment will be provided upon request for voice auditions free of charge. Vocalists may request an accompanist through the BSoM application. Accompaniment is not required or provided for instrumental auditions.

The Butler School of Music will provide an accompanist free of charge for vocal auditions ONLY if we RECEIVE your piano sheet music at least three weeks prior to your audition date. Faxed music is NOT accepted. If you pass the prescreening portion of your audition, please contact Jeanne Sasaki (jdsasaki@mail.utexas.edu).


APPLICANTS IN ALL OTHER PERFORMANCE AREAS:

If you are unable to attend any of the above dates but would still like to have a live audition, it may be possible for you to audition privately on a different day. Please contact the appropriate faculty member or division head by calling the Butler School of Music switchboard (512) 471-7764. We suggest that you audition as early as possible. Pending studio approval you may also submit an audio or video recording made within the past twelve months as a substitute for a live audition.

The above audition dates are NOT applicable for Conducting applicants, which are arranged directly between the applicant and the Conducting faculty.

Please click an instrument below to view audition requirements in PDF format:

Pre-screening Format Requirements (Piano, Voice/Opera, Flute, Conducting, Percussion)

Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Collaborative Piano
Conducting (Band/Wind, Choral, Orchestral)
Double Bass
Euphonium
Flute
French Horn
Guitar
Harp
Jazz
Oboe
Organ
Percussion
Piano
Saxophone
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Viola
Violin
Voice/Opera


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