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NEW PHONE NUMBERS

As of August 8, 2009 the admissions office phone numbers are changed to:

(410) 234-4848 local

(800) 368-2521 toll free


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 Application Instruction Sheet 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 2010:
Monday through Friday, February 15 through 19, 2010

Major Audition Dates
Bassoon Monday, February 15
Cello Monday & Tuesday, February 15 & 16
Clarinet Monday, February 15
Composition (February Only) Wed.-Fri., Feb. 17 through 19
Computer Music Friday, February 19
Conducting (February Only) Tues, Wed & Thurs, Feb 16 - 18
Conducting-Wind (February Only) Thursday, February 18
Double Bass Monday, February 15
Early Music Wednesday, February 17
Euphonium Tuesday, February 16
 
Flute & Piccolo (Feb. only) Monday, February 15
French Horn Monday, February 15
Guitar Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 16 & 17
Harp Tuesday, February 16
Harpsichord Wednesday, February 17
Jazz Tues. - Thurs., Feb. 16 - 18
Musicology Wednesday, February 17
Oboe Monday, February 15
Organ Tues. - Thurs., Feb. 16-18
Percussion Thursday, February 18
Piano - Undergrad. Monday & Tuesday, Feb. 15 & 16
Piano - Graduate Wednesday - Friday, Feb. 17 through 19
Saxophone Tuesday, February 16
Theory Pedagogy Tuesday-Friday, February 16 through 19
Trombone Monday, February 15
Trumpet Monday, February 15
Tuba Tuesday, February 16
Viola Monday, February 15
Violin Monday - Thursday, February 15 through 18
 
Vocal Accompanying Monday, February 15
Voice Monday-Friday, February 15 through 19

 

May Audition Week 2010:
Monday through Thursday, May 17-20
 

 

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.

2010 Regional Audition Schedule

Note: Sometimes we need to shift things around a little, so please check back here for the latest information.

Los Angeles, California

 TBA 

San Francisco

 TBA 

Seattle

 Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Chicago

 Monday, January 25, 2010 

Sarasota

 Wednesday, January 27, 2010

New York

 Friday, January 29, 2010

Boston

 Tuesday, February 9, 2010

 

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.

 
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