Interview and Score/Paper Requirements

Composition

Submit copies of no more than three samples of your work in score and/or CD form. Please note:CD-Rs in AIFF format are acceptable, but applicants should NOT send MP3 files on disc. Discs should be playable on a dedicated CD player, not just a computer. An interview (phone is acceptable, but in-person preferred) with a faculty member in the composition department is required. Compositions must be submitted with the application, and will not be returned.

Music Education

All applicants in Music Education must interview in person with a music education faculty member and meet with the Graduate Studies Director. The interview will include singing a prepared patriotic song and a test of singing, where applicants echo-sing (a capella) 24 tonal patterns and 8 rhythmic patterns of varying difficulty.

Music History

Applicants will interview with a music history faculty member.
 
Scholarship and Research Emphasis
Submit a research paper at least two weeks in advance of the interview date selected. The paper will not be returned. Applicants in music history/scholarship and research emphasis are required to interview with a faculty member in the music history department.

Performance Practice Emphasis
Submit a research paper at least two weeks in advance of the interview date selected. The paper will not be returned. Applicants in music history/performance practice emphasis are required to interview with a faculty member in the music history department. All music history--performance practice emphasis applicants are required to audition on a classical instrument or voice.
 

Music Theory

Applicants are required to interview with a Hartt music theory faculty member on a scheduled audition day. Telephone interviews are not permitted. The interview provides an opportunity for the applicant to discuss the program and a career in music theory. During the interview, the applicant will be asked to verbally analyze the melody, harmony, and form of an excerpt from the Beethoven piano sonatas. The interview also allows the faculty member to evaluate the applicant's background and training in music theory. At least two weeks prior to the scheduled interview date, applicants are to submit two research papers. Both papers must be on music, one of which must be an analysis paper. The papers will not be returned.