SCHEDULE AN AUDITION – Graduate

Note:  Applicants must submit a Penn State Graduate School on-line admission application BEFORE submitting this form to request a graduate audition.

Voice, string, and *piano performance applicants must complete an on-line form to schedule an audition. This form will be submitted electronically to us.  If you have difficulty with this on-line form, contact the music graduate admissions office at 814-865-1052.  Brass, woodwind, and percussion applicants should arrange an audition directly with a faculty member in the applicant's area. See faculty contact information listed by instrument on the Audition Requirements (Graduate) page.  If the brass, woodwind, or percussion faculty ask you to audition on one of our undergraduate audition days, you will need to complete the on-line form to schedule an audition.

*Graduate PIANO auditions will be held on all four Saturday audition dates.  The dates are listed on the graduate schedule an audition form listed above.  If an applicant is unable to meet any of these audition date options, please e-mail Dr. Timothy Shafer, at tps1@psu.edu, to schedule an individual appointment with the piano faculty.  Please plan to be here from 10:15 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., as the piano faculty may schedule meeting times and call-back auditions with some candidates.  Available teaching assistantships will be offered in early March, and late auditionees will be at a competitive disadvantage.

In certain cases, permission may be granted to send a recorded audition; however, the voice area does not accept recorded auditions in lieu of an in-person audition.  Check with faculty in your audition area for recorded audition format (i.e. may require a DVD instead of a CD).

* Exceptions to audition dates are listed below.  Some instruments only have auditions on certain dates.

Trombone:     Scheduled on Sundays during audition season.  Fill out the audition request form; list "other."
Double bass:  Select January 28 or February 4. Other dates by appointment.
Viola:             Select January 21 or 28. Earlier auditions by appointment.
Horn:              February 4 is not available.
Cello:             Select January 21.  Other dates by appointment or will accept recorded audition.
                       Send e-mail to Prof. Kim Cook, kdc3@psu.edu.
Piano:            January 21, February 4, and February 18 dates are filled.