Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.), Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field (B.S.O.F.), Master of Music (M.M.), Doctor of Music (D.M.), Performer Diploma, Solo Performance (P.D.S.P.)
The following information is for entry into the 2026-27 school year.
There is no prescreening for organ applicants.
You will be scheduled for one of the following audition dates and will receive your schedule by email 3-4 weeks prior to your audition:
- January 30-31, 2026
- February 13, 14, & 15, 2026
- February 27-28, 2026
Applicants should prepare the following audition repertoire requirements.
Audition Requirements (for all applicants)
Repertoire: prepare three works from contrasting historical periods (pre-Classical, preferably a work by Johann Sebastian Bach, Romantic, and Contemporary) and style (balancing virtuosic works with at least one expressive piece)
Diagnostic testing of other keyboard skills: sight-reading in both homophonic and contrapuntal textures, with pedal
- BM applicants: Sight-reading in both homophonic and contrapuntal textures, with pedal.
- Graduate degree applicants: in addition to the sight-reading outlined above, realization of a brief passage of figured bass, transposition of a brief passage of music, improvisation of a brief modulatory bridge between two excerpts. (See below for information regarding this exam for those auditioning by recording.)
Memorization is encouraged but not required for auditions into any of the degree programs.
Auditions are thirty minutes in length:
- Undergraduate applicants: maximum of 25 minutes for repertoire and 5 minutes for keyboard skills diagnostic exam
- Graduate applicants: maximum of 23 minutes for repertoire and 7 minutes for keyboard skills diagnostic exam
If you wish to bring a longer program, be prepared to shorten at least one work as requested by the faculty (e.g., two movements of a Bach trio sonata, without repeats, rather than three movements).
Inquiries for specific information should be directed to the department chair, Janette Fishell, at jfishell@iu.edu.