Audition Information
Piano Requirements
Audition / Interview Information
by Department
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music Education
Master of Music (M.M.), Performer Diploma-Solo Performance (P.D.S.P.), Artist Diploma (A.D.)
Doctor of Music (D.M.)
Along with the application to the Jacobs School of Music, all applicants in piano must submit a screening recording to the Office of Music Admissions. This recording must arrive at the admissions office no later than December 1, 2012. (For DM applicants only, the submission deadline is January 7, 2013). Recordings will be reviewed by a committee from the Piano Department shortly after the deadline. We encourage you to apply as early as possible and cannot guarantee that recordings which arrive after the December 1 deadline will be heard by the committee or considered for advancement in the admission process. We encourage you to produce your recording well in advance of the deadline, because illness and emergency at the last moment could result in a late submission.
Recordings must be DVDs or CDs. Video recordings must be compatible with US television standards. Label the recording clearly with your name and the degree that you are seeking. Be certain that the recording is of good quality, and check to see that it is playable before sending it. Your recording should be produced without any artificial enhancement such as echo or electronic reverb. You should make your recording on a piano of adequate quality that is in tune.
NOTE: To be considered for an on-campus audition, label your recording "screening". If you are unable to come to campus for any of our audition weekends, please label your recording "final audition".
Bachelor of Music (B.M.)
B.M. applicants should prepare:
(1) one Prelude and Fugue from J.S. Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier;
(2) one complete Beethoven Sonata (except Op. 49, Nos. 1 and 2 and Op. 79);
(3) a romantic work demonstrating considerable technical accomplishment; and
(4) a twentieth or twenty-first-century work of the applicant's choice.
All pieces must be presented from memory. Applicants must also submit a complete repertoire of works performed or studied at the time of application to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.)
Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field (B.S.O.F.)
Bachelor of Music in Composition, with a Piano Concentration
All B.M.E., B.M. Composition, and B.S.O.F. applicants should prepare:
(1) one Prelude and Fugue from J.S. Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier;
(2) any first movement of a Sonata by Beethoven, Haydn, or Mozart; and
(3) a short work from the nineteenth or twentieth century.
All pieces must be presented from memory. Applicants must also submit a complete repertoire of works performed or studied at the time of application to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Master of Music (M.M.), Performer Diploma-Solo Performance (P.D.S.P.), Artist Diploma (A.D.)
All Master's and Diploma applicants should prepare from memory three major contrasting works from different styles and periods. Any sonata presented should be presented in its entirety. Master of Music and Performer Diploma applicants who are admitted on the basis of a recorded audition will be required to perform one piece of their choice during the first week of the semester. Applicants must also submit a complete repertoire of works performed or studied at the time of application to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Doctor of Music (D.M.)
Doctor of Music auditions in piano are granted only after the faculty has reviewed screening CDs (Please do not send DVD's for DM screening).CDs should be received by the Office of Music Admissions no later than January 7, 2013. The CD repertoire should be of substantial scope and length, with complete works from at least three differing stylistic periods. The CD should be accompanied by a complete list of repertoire ever learned, studied, performed or rehearsed by the applicant (solo, chamber, and concerto), an endorsement from the applicant's most recent piano teacher and a written personal statement about the applicant's goals for the degree. Evidence of an acceptable TOEFL score must be submitted together with the application by December 1, 2012. If an admissible TOEFL score of (600 PBT, 250 CBT, 100 IBT) has not been received by the Office of Admissions by the application deadline of December 1, 2012, the application and CD will not be reviewed.
Doctoral applicants whose screening CDs are selected for an in-person audition will perform for the faculty on February 25 and 26, 2013. The committee will choose one-half hour of music from a one-hour long recital program. The program should be of substantial scope, with complete works from at least three differing style period, and may include pieces submitted as part of the screening process. Any questions regarding repertoire should be directed to the chair of the piano department. Applicants will be interviewed by members of the department regarding the program and repertoire list.
