MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Entrance Audition Dates
Requirements and Forms

An entrance audition is required for new and transfer students applying for the following degrees: the BA in Music, the BA in Music with a concentration in Musical Theatre, and the BMus in Music Education. All students applying for the MAT in Music Education must audition, as well.

No audition is required for the BA in Music with a Concentration in Music Management.

Fall, 2008 (for either Spring 2009 or Fall 2009 admission):

1. Completed application for admission to Manhattanville College.

2. A short, written music theory placement examination.

3. The performance of three compositions from different periods of music performed on the major performing medium. Pianists and vocalists must perform at least one work from memory.

4. Musical Theatre candidates must perform one classical song or aria, and at least one musical theatre song written before 1966. Ideally, all three selections should be memorized. Musical Theatre applicants should bring a performance resume to the audition.

5. A Music Entrance Audition Form listing the compositions to be performed at the audition must be submitted to the Music Department at least one week before the audition date.

6. An accompanist will be provided for vocalists only.

Graduate Audition Requirements: Link to Audition Form in Adobe .pdf format

1. Completed application for admission to the MAT in Music degree program at Manhattanville College.

2. A one-hour written music theory examination (including analysis, figured bass realization, and general fundamentals).

3. A one-hour written music history and literature examination covering significant musical developments, compositions, and key figures from the Renaissance to the present.

4. The performance of three compositions from different periods of music performed on the major performing medium.

5. A test of sight-reading skills at the piano.

6. A test of sight-singing skills.

7. A test of skills involving the harmonization of a melody at the piano.

Audition Forms

    Print out form and either mail or fax back to the Music Department. 

    Address is at bottom of form.

Undergraduate Audition Form in Adobe .pdf Format.

Graduate Audition Form for the MAT in Music in Adobe .pdf Format.