How to Audition

Piano Studies will accept video auditions as well as in-person auditions for Fall 2025 admission. Video auditions and live auditions will be given equal consideration.

Live in-person auditions will be held on February 8 and February 15, 2025. (Note that Early Decision I, Early Decision II, and Transfer applicants must audition via video.)

Applicants requesting a live in-person audition must fill out the audition form by January 15, 2025. Those submitting video auditions must upload their portfolio on Slate.

Early Decision I Application Deadline: November 1, 2024
Early Decision I Video Submission Deadline: November 6, 2024
Early Decision II Application Deadline: January 1, 2025
Early Decision II Video Submission Deadline: January 6, 2025
Regular Decision Application Deadline: January 5, 2025
Regular Decision Video Submission Deadline: February 15, 2025
Transfer Video Submission Deadline: TBD

Audition Details and Requirements

Audition repertoire must be memorized and works prepared in their entirety. Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis; applicants with questions should contact Dr. Manuel Laufer.

Video auditions must contain the complete audition repertoire, played in its entirety. Individual works may not be edited. It is preferred that all repertoire be recorded in a single take, with the performer announcing their full name and the date of the recording at the beginning.

Required Repertoire

Undergraduate applicants must present four works, selected from five possible eras: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Post-1945. The following, sometimes overlapping time spans should be used as a reference. No two pieces chosen should be from the same time period or overlapping years.

• Baroque (to ca. 1750)
• Classical (ca. 1750–ca. 1830)
• Romantic (ca. 1830–1899)
• Modern (1900–1945)
• Post-1945 (1945–2025); original compositions may also be offered as a supplement, but not instead of this requirement.