We also welcome examples of teaching. Second round applicants will also be asked to meet for individual auditions see DMA audition repertoire requirements, above and interviews with the voice faculty that will review your training, current work, future goals, and performances of one or more of your previously-submitted material. To apply for admission, all applicants to the DMA must submit an Artistic Profile and an official application, transcripts, and recommendations.
Upon a favorable evaluation of your materials, an online audition may be scheduled. Hard copies of pre-screening materials will not be considered. Piano accompaniment is preferred, but not required. Students who advance to this stage of the application process will be invited to meet with Bassoon faculty for a discussion of your training, future and career goals, a review of your previously-submitted recordings, and live playing.
Students who advance to this stage of the application process will be invited to meet with Clarinet faculty for a discussion of your training, future and career goals, a review of your previously-submitted recordings, and live playing. Upload four compositions from the standard solo flute repertoire video recordings to the SMTD Artistic Profile, as well as four orchestral excerpts representing your highest level of proficiency.
One of the compositions must be memorized. Please include a movement of a concerto as one of your selections. You may upload only two movements from a composition with multiple movements. Choose from the contrasting styles of the Baroque, Classical, French, or Contemporary literature.
Students who advance to this stage of the application process will be invited to meet with Flute faculty for a discussion of your training, future and career goals, a review of your previously-submitted recordings, and live playing. Skills are assumed in performance techniques appropriate to the graduate level. Be prepared to sight-read. Students who advance to this stage of the application process and conduct their audition in-person will play the following selections for the final round.
Students who complete online auditions will submit recordings of each of these selections. A post-audition online interview will be required for all online finalists and may be requested of students who performed a live final audition.
Online finalists will start their interview with a short sight-reading selection. You are encouraged to include repertoire from female composers and composers of an underrepresented background. Also upload two-four orchestral excerpts of your choice. The entire recording should be minutes in length. Students who advance to this stage in the application process will be invited to meet with Oboe faculty to perform an audition.
Also prepare four orchestral excerpts of your choice. Familiarity with all major and minor scales and thirds is assumed. You may also be tested in sight-reading skills. Students who advance to this stage of the application process will meet with Saxophone faculty for an audition and a brief discussion of your training, future and career goals.
Prepare an audition program with approximately 20 minutes of music that showcases your point of view as an artist, while demonstrating your highest level of musical and technical expertise. The music for the live audition may be the same or different from that submitted on your videos. Please upload the appropriate material for the instrument on which you will audition:. Students who advance to this stage of the application process will meet online with Trombone faculty for live playing, a review of your previously-submitted recordings and discussion of your training.
In addition to these selections, upload 15 minutes of your choice of standard solo recital literature, etudes for trumpet and standard excerpts from the orchestral repertoire representing your highest level of proficiency. You are encouraged to demonstrate your knowledge of different stylistic periods and ability to perform on the piccolo. Students who advance to this stage of the application process will meet with faculty for a discussion of your training, future and career goals, a review of your previously-submitted recordings, and some live playing of your previously-submitted recorded material.
You will be asked to transpose while sight-reading. Upload the appropriate pre-screening material as determined by your primary instrument. Prepare an audition on your primary instrument following the audition requirements listed above. Each DMA applicant must first pass a pre-screening prior to the live audition.
Follow the instrument sections below for specific pre-screening repertoire requirements. Indicate in your Artistic Profile the works you intend to perform for your audition. Be prepared to perform a varied program of at least 30 to 45 minutes duration selected from the repertoire specified below.
For consideration for admission to the DMA program, each applicant must first pass a pre-screening that will be evaluated prior to the live audition. Prepare a video recording of at least 30 minutes of music of your choice, including at least one standard work for bassoon and piano, at least one unaccompanied work for solo bassoon and orchestral excerpts of your choice.
The pre-screening requirement is waived for current University of Michigan graduate bassoon majors applying to the DMA program. For the in-person audition, each applicant must be prepared to play the following:. Piano accompaniment is strongly encouraged, but not required if it would cause undue financial hardship. Please contact Dr. Lyman for more information.
Please upload video recordings of five movements from a diverse and varied repertoire from the clarinet literature. If you would like suggestions or if you would like to confirm your repertoire, please write to Professor Dan Gilbert nosqueak umich.
Students who advance to this stage of the application process will be invited to meet with Clarinet faculty for a discussion of your training, future and career goals, and a review of your previously-submitted recordings with the possibility of some live playing. Students who advance to this stage of the application process will meet online with Flute faculty for a discussion of your training, future and career goals, a review of your previously-submitted recordings, and some live playing.
For consideration for admission to the DMA program, each applicant must first submit a pre-screening video to be uploaded prior to the live audition. Piano is recommended but not required for the pre-screening video. The pre-screening requirement is waived for current University of Michigan graduate horn majors applying to the DMA program.
Students who complete online auditions will submit recordings of each of these selections without edits. For consideration for admission to the DMA program, each applicant must first pass a pre-screening to be uploaded prior to the live audition. Select thirty minutes of repertoire from the audition repertoire listed below. The pre-screening requirement is waived for current University of Michigan graduate oboe majors applying to the DMA program.
For the in-person audition, each applicant must be prepared to play two major works of the oboe literature from the Baroque period, two major works from the Classical or Romantic period, and two major contemporary works, to equal six 6 complete works which demonstrate technical facility, rhythmic complexity, and musical expression.
Students who advance to this stage of the application process will meet in-person or online, depending on any ongoing Covid restrictions with Saxophone faculty for live audition playing and a brief discussion of your training, future and career goals. The music for the live in-person or online audition may be the same or different from that submitted on your videos; however, invited finalists must also include one transcription of your choice and key of any solo work by J.
An accompanist is expected for a live, in-person audition, which can be arranged with one of our staff collaborative pianists. If auditions are purely online by the time of the final audition, an accompanist will not be required.
Students who advance to this stage of the application process will meet online or in-person with Trombone faculty for live playing, a review of your previously-submitted recordings and discussion of your training. Prepare the same repertoire as listed above for pre-screening. Select thirty minutes of repertoire from the repertoire listed below.
Recordings of past recitals or gigs are encouraged. For the audition, each applicant must be prepared to play one selection in categories 1 through 5, six or more selections from category 6, and sight reading at the discretion of the committee. An equivalent work substituted for one of the following should be of similar musical stature and difficulty.
The pre-screening requirement is waived for current University of Michigan graduate tuba majors applying to the DMA program. An audition, interview, or portfolio review is required for every graduate program.
All portfolios and pre-screening recordings must be submitted by December 1, with a complete academic application. Pre-screening and audition recordings must be uploaded using your Artistic Profile. Placement tests are only administered to specific applicant groups. Orchestral conductors will take a written and aural theory exam online in advance of their audition. Otherwise, all placement tests will be given during summer orientation. We ask your understanding and thank you in advance.
Moore Building, Baits Dr. Ann Arbor, MI Search for: Search. Upload to the Artistic Profile: at least two unedited recordings of chamber music works in which you are a participant.
Movements of larger works are acceptable, and work may be from a performance in any setting. In-person Audition Requirements Prepare the audition requirements as specified for your instrument.
Personal Statement: Upload a personal statement indicating how your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan. For example, if you grew up in a community where educational, cultural, or other opportunities were either especially plentiful or especially lacking, you might discuss the impact this had on your development and interests.
This should be a discussion of the journey that has led to your decision to seek a graduate degree. Please do not repeat your Academic Statement of Purpose. Portfolio Requirements In your Artistic Profile, submit up to seven scores of your musical compositions with recordings of each work.
Live Online Interview Requirements After a preliminary review of online portfolios, a selected number of applicants will be invited to complete virtual interviews. Personal Statement For MM applicants: Upload a personal statement where you discuss how a particular performance has influenced your thinking about the relevance of music to contemporary life and culture. For DMA applicants: Upload a personal statement indicating how your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan.
No substitutions will be considered. Video Requirements Upload the following to the SMTD Artistic Profile: Face-to-the-camera video s conducting in performance and in rehearsal interacting with an ensemble you regularly conduct are required. This may be a performance you attended or one in which you participated. For DMA applicants only : Upload a written analysis of a movement from a major choral orchestral work.
Video Requirements Upload the following to the SMTD Artistic Profile: Face-to-the-camera videos of conducting in performance and in rehearsal interacting with an ensemble you regularly conduct. The examples may be incomplete but should include both performance and rehearsal work.
A variety of different styles are welcome. A video in which you address these topics: 1 speak briefly about yourself and your musical background; 2 describe your goals in pursuing graduate studies in conducting.
A video that expresses your views about the role and repertoire of a 21st century conductor with a concentration in the area of choral music. Two short videos demonstrating one sample each of your vocal and piano abilities. Tell us at the start of each video which is your primary or secondary applied area. Personal Statement Upload a personal statement indicating how your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan.
Video Requirements Upload to the SMTD Artistic Profile: Face-to-the-camera videos of conducting in performance and in rehearsal interacting with an ensemble you regularly conduct. The two exams will be an examination of aural skills and a written examination primarily focused on the audition repertoire but including questions of a more general nature.
Personal Statement words or fewer : Upload a personal statement indicating how your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan. How to submit your transcript. Please see the International Applicants page for details. Recommend three — five complete works.
Writing Sample : a 5- to page sample of previously completed research. Types of writing samples can vary, and can include, for instance, academic papers, grant applications, or extended program notes.
Submit the same Academic Statement of Purpose here and to the graduate school. Personal Statement: words or fewer : How have your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan?
For example, if you grew up in a community where educational, cultural, or other opportunities were especially lacking, you might discuss the impact this had on your development and interests. Submit the same Personal Statement here and to the graduate school. A recent photograph or headshot. Qualified applicants will have a Zoom interview on December 14 with members of the Dance faculty. Plan for about five minutes to share your creative work and five minutes of dialogue with the faculty.
Video Pre-Screening Requirements Please upload videos of a solo free improvisation, including pulse-based groove-based and non-pulse improvising, and also samples of collaborative playing. Audition Online Students who advance to this stage of the application process will meet online with the jazz faculty for a discussion of your work and goals, a review of your previously-submitted recordings, and other items of interest. Students are asked to prepare a solo improvisation.
Audition Online Students who advance to this stage of the application process will meet online with the jazz faculty for a discussion of your work and goals, a review of your previously-submitted recordings, and and a live demonstration of playing in a variety of styles and contexts. Statement of Purpose: a page academic statement of purpose about your academic and research background, your career goals, and how this graduate program will help you meet your career and educational objectives.
Writing Sample PhD applicants only : a recent research manuscript, term paper, or publication that relates to music education. UM-Flint graduate students not only receive rigorous education but also earn a nationally recognized UM degree. At the University of Michigan-Flint, we understand that many of our graduate students are busy working professionals who want to pursue their graduate degrees or certificates while keeping their employment.
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