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AUDITION SCHEDULE - February Audition Week
Audition Week in February is like a carnival. All admissions-related events are held, including graduate assistantship interviews and doctoral interviews. The other audition events (regional and in May) have limitations. For instance, regional auditions in the U.S. are only available for undergraduates, and there are no Flute, Conducting, Composition, Percussion, or DMA auditions in May. Consult your How to Apply sheets and the listings below to get the whole picture.
Auditions will be scheduled on the dates below. Applicants for Music Education, Recording Arts & Sciences, and Pedagogy, as well as Performance majors should plan to audition on the date designated for their principal instrument. Auditions may be performed with or without accompaniment. Peabody provides an accompanist only for voice auditions held on campus, and Artist Diploma auditions. (Voice applicants performing a regional audition must bring an accompanist.) Applicants auditioning at Peabody may provide their own accompanist, but not all audition rooms will have a piano. DMA auditions will be scheduled on a space available basis. Auditions are held regardless of the weather.
Please hold all dates open for your major until you are contacted. Sometimes we need to shift things around a little, so please check back here for the latest information.
February Audition Week 2009:
Monday through Friday, February 16 through 20, 2009
| Major | Audition Dates |
| Bassoon | Monday, February 16 |
| Cello | Monday & Tuesday, February 16 & 17 |
| Clarinet | Monday, February 16 |
| Composition (February Only) | Wed.-Fri., Feb. 18 through 20 |
| Computer Music | Friday, February 20 |
| Conducting (February Only) | Tues, Wed & Thurs, Feb 17 - 19 |
| Conducting-Wind (February Only) | TBA Audition Week |
| Double Bass | TBA Audition Week |
| Early Music | Monday, February 16 |
| Euphonium | TBA Audition Week |
| Flute & Piccolo (Feb. only) | Monday, February 16 |
| French Horn | Monday, February 16 |
| Guitar | Thursday and Friday, Feb. 19 & 20 |
| Harp | Tuesday, February 17 |
| Harpsichord | Monday, February 16 |
| Jazz | TBA Audition Week |
| Musicology | Wednesday, February 18 |
| Oboe | Monday, February 16 |
| Organ | TBA Audition Week |
| Percussion | Monday, February 16 |
| Piano - Undergrad. | Monday & Tuesday, Feb. 16 & 17 |
| Piano - Graduate | Wednesday - Friday, Feb. 18 through 20 |
| Saxophone | TBA Audition Week |
| Theory Pedagogy | Monday-Friday, February 16 through 20 |
| Trombone | Monday, February 16 |
| Trumpet | Monday, February 16 |
| Tuba | Tuesday, February 17 |
| Viola | Monday, February 16 |
| Violin | Monday - Thursday, February 16 through 19 |
| Vocal Accompanying | Monday, February 16 |
| Voice | Monday-Friday, February 16 through 20 |
May Audition Week 2009:
Monday through Thursday, May 11-14
All performance majors are heard in February, but May auditions are limited in a number of ways:
- There are no May auditions in Composition, Conducting, Flute, or Percussion.
- There are no music education interviews in May
- There are no DMA auditions or Artist Diploma auditions in May.
- Applicants for the Homewood/Peabody double degree program cannot audition in May.
- Graduate Assistantships are awarded based on February audition results, so while you may audition for acceptance to the MM or GPD programs in May, you may not apply for a graduate assistantship.
May Audition Week scholarships and financial aid will be dependent on funds remaining from February Audition Week.
2009 Regional Audition Schedule
Note: Sometimes we need to shift things around a little, so please check back here for the latest information.
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Los Angeles, California |
TBA |
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San Francisco |
TBA |
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Chicago |
TBA |
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Orlando |
TBA |
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Seattle |
TBA |
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Boston |
TBA
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Regional Auditions are available for undergraduate applicants only. The Director of Admissions travels to the above locations to tape auditions and to meet with applicants and their families. Members of the faculty do not attend regional auditions. The tapes, and any written comments, are presented to the appropriate faculty during February Audition Week.
Due to limitations, we cannot schedule Regional Auditions for Composition, Percussion, Organ, or Jazz.
Accompaniment for Regional Auditions
If you are a Voice Applicant, you must provide your own accompanist. The Director of Admissions (who records regional auditions) nearly flunked piano when he was a student at Peabody. Believe us, you don't want to ask him to try to accompany you. Accompanists in other majors are optional, but not necessary.
