How to Apply

BM, String Studies

Submit Your Prescreen Video

The program in String Studies requires a pre-screen video to be submitted via GetAcceptd. 

Prescreen Details and Requirements

Please prepare the following for your prescreen:

• Violin, viola, and cello: A Movement of Bach and a Movement of a Concerto
• Bass and harp: two contrasting movements

Please note it is not mandatory to have an accompanist for either the prescreen or the final audition.

No prescreen is required for Early Decision I applicants.

Early Decision II applicants must submit the prescreen by December 15, 2024.

For all other undergraduate applicants, the prescreen is due no later than January 7, 2025.

Audition Dates

Early Decision I

No prescreen is required for EDI applicants.

The audition is on November 1–3, 2024.

Early Decision II

The program in String Studies requires a pre-screen video to be submitted via GetAcceptd. 

Invitations for final auditions/interviews will be sent out by mid-January.

The audition is on January 17, 2025.

Regular Decision

The program in String Studies requires a pre-screen video to be submitted via GetAcceptd. 

Invitations for final auditions/interviews for the Bachelor's degree applicants will be sent out by mid-January.

Auditions will take place from February 28–March 2, 2025.

These are the last dates for scholarship consideration.

Transfer Students

The final audition for transfer students are by arrangement but they must be complete by April 5, 2025.

Remote or Video Auditions

Should you be unable to attend a live audition at NYU, applicants may submit audition videos via GetAcceptd. Please review the deadlines for Early Decision I and Early Decision II applicants. You must submit your audition video online by the dates listed. Regular decision applicants must submit their video audition no later than February 24, 2025.

Additional Notes

• Please be aware that audition invitations are only requested if the faculty would like more information on an applicant. Not being invited to the live audition does not mean that you have been rejected from NYU.

• Though NYU's deadline for Spring transfer admission is October 15 and our deadline for Summer/Fall transfer admission is March 15, we suggest that you submit your Common Application one month in advance. Submitting your Common Application early will leave you more time to schedule an audition by our deadlines above.

Audition Requirements

Please note, it is not mandatory to have an accompanist for your final video audition.

Violin repertoire:

1. Two movements from the unaccompanied sonatas and partitas by Bach memorized
2. A first or last movement from a standard concerto and/or other virtuosic solo piece memorized
3. A movement of a sonata from the standard repertoire

Viola repertoire:

1. Two movements from an unaccompanied Bach suite (originally for cello) or sonata or partita (originally for violin) memorized
2. A first movement of a standard concerto memorized
3. A movement of a standard sonata or a short work

Cello repertoire:

1. Two contrasting movements of a Bach suite memorized
2. One movement of a standard concerto memorized
3. A movement of a standard sonata or a short work

Double bass repertoire:

1. A short étude (or a short portion) displaying technical proficiency
2. Two contrasting movements from a Vivaldi or Marcello sonata or comparable work
3. Two standard orchestral excerpts

Harp repertoire:

Note: Substitutions of equal level/ability may be made with a prior consultation with Professor Brandee Younger (bay209@nyu.edu).

1. One Pozzoli étude (numbers 21–30)
2. One movement from the Handel Concerto in B-flat Major (either Salzedo or Grandjany transcriptions)
3. Tournier’s Au Matin or Debussy’s Premiere Arabesque.

Questions 

Professor Stephanie Baer
Professor Cyrus Beroukhim
Jess Bauer
mpap-string-studies@nyu.edu