Requirements
Admission to the Bachelor of Music is based on the collective results of your audition, academics, theory and ear training test, interview, reference and optional portfolio.
Prepare four pieces, one from each of the following groups. At least two works must be memorized; memorization of all four is advised. Select one work from each group.
Group 1:
- A work from the Baroque era, in one of the following genres:
- Prelude and Fugue.
- Toccata.
- Three-part Invention (Sinfonia).
- Two movements from a dance suite.
- Work outside of the Western classical canon that incorporates multiple voices (parts).
Note: Other Baroque genres are ineligible even though they may appear on conservatory examination lists.
Group 2:
- The first movement of a sonata composed between 1750 and 1830 (e.g. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert). Fantasias are not eligible.
- A major work outside of the Western classical canon.
Group 3:
- A work written between 1825 and 1925 (Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Brahms, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Debussy, or one of their contemporaries).
- A work outside of the Western classical canon that requires command of advanced keyboard techniques.
Group 4:
- Your own composition, improvisation, or a work written since 1900 (Ravel, Poulenc, Bartók, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, etc.).
All, or portions only of pieces, may be heard at the audition, depending on time. You may choose what you like to begin with. In addition to playing your prepared pieces, you will be asked to sight-read a short passage.
