Audition Dates & Application Deadlines
Who needs to Audition/Interview
Applicants to all degree programs will audition and/or interview on Hartt's scheduled audition/interview dates. Please review the tables below to find out if you will audition, interview, or both. Only graduate level conducting, music education, artist diploma, and doctoral applicants will need to submit preliminary recordings.
Undergraduate Applicants |
| Audition Only | Interview Only | Audition & Interview |
B.S.E. Acoustics Instrumental Performance Jazz Studies | Bachelor of Arts (No Lessons) Performing Arts Management | Actor Training Bachelor of Arts (lessons) Composition Dance Music Education (all disciplines) Music History Music Management Music Production & Technology Music Theatre Music Theory Vocal Performance |
Graduate Applicants |
| Audition Only | Interview Only | Audition & Interview |
Instrumental Performance Organ & Liturgical Music Piano Accompanying Piano Performance with Pedagogy emphasis | Composition Music Education: Early Childhood, Kodály, Pedagogy, Research, or Technology emphases Music History: Scholarship & Research emphasis Music Theory | Conducting* Instrumental Performance with Suzuki Pedagogy emphasis Music Education: Performance or Conducting emphases Music History: Performance Practices emphasis Vocal Performance |
*Conducting auditions with Hartt ensembles will be individually scheduled. Applicants will be contacted by e-mail to schedule their conducting auditions/interviews. Once the preliminary video is reviewed, applicants may be contacted with an invitation to audition in person on a date to be arranged.
Scheduling an Audition/Interview
Applicants will select their preferred audition/interview dates on the Hartt Supplemental Application. Both the University of Hartford and Hartt Supplemental Applications must be submitted before an audition/interview will be scheduled. Hartt Admissions will mail an Audition/Interview Confirmation Letter to the applicant confirming the audition date and schedule.
Please note: the application deadline for recorded auditions and telephone interviews is January 15.
On-Campus Audition/Interview Dates & Application Deadlines
| Audition Type | To Audition On: | Apply By: |
Graduate Majors & Quick Response Undergraduate Majors | December 5, 2009 | November 1, 2009 |
| All Undergraduate and Graduate Majors | January 29, 2010 | December 18, 2009 |
| All Undergraduate and Graduate Majors | January 31, 2010 | December 18, 2009 |
| All Undergraduate and Graduate Majors | February 12, 2010 | January 12, 2010 |
| All Undergraduate and Graduate Majors | February 13, 2010 | January 13, 2010 |
Actor Training & Music Theatre Off-Campus Audition/Interview Dates & Application Deadlines
National Unified Theatre Auditions Home Page| Location | To Audition On: | Apply By: |
| New York City-American Management Association | January 30, 2010 | December 18, 2009 |
| New York City-American Management Association | January 31, 2010 | December 18, 2009 |
| Chicago-Palmer House Hilton | February 1, 2010 | December 18, 2009 |
| Chicago-Palmer House Hilton | February 2, 2010 | December 18, 2009 |
| Chicago-Palmer House Hilton | February 3, 2010 | December 18, 2009 |
| Los Angeles-Westin Los Angeles Airport | February 6, 2010 | December 18, 2009
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