Organ and Church Music Audition Requirements

Organ & Church Music (BM)

A prescreening video is required of all applicants consisting of the repertoire listed below. All applicants applying for a music major and/or scholarship must audition for the applied faculty. Additionally, all first-year undergraduates invited to audition will be considered for the Nordan Young Artist award. Learn more about the Nordan Young Artist Award program.You will be notified if you advance to the audition round.

All auditions must be completed by February 18.

For entrance into the TCU School of Music and scholarship consideration, candidates are encouraged to audition in person before the TCU organ faculty.

Screening Requirements and Audition Requirements are the same. Three pieces are required as follows:

  • A work by J. S. Bach or or other German Baroque composer
  • One composition from the 19th century
  • A contrasting work of the candidate’s own choosing
  • One traditional hymn

Length of audition is 30 minutes which includes time for a short interview.

Please see Voice Audition Requirements.

Learn more about the church music program at TCU.

Organ (BM)

A prescreening video is required of all applicants consisting of the repertoire listed below. All applicants applying for a music major and/or scholarship must audition for the applied faculty. Additionally, all first-year undergraduates invited to audition will be considered for the Nordan Young Artist award. Learn more about the Nordan Young Artist Award program.You will be notified if you advance to the audition round.

All auditions must be completed by February 18.

For entrance into the TCU School of Music and scholarship consideration, candidates are encouraged to audition in person before the TCU organ faculty.

Screening Requirements and Audition Requirements are the same. Three pieces are required as follows:

  • A work by J. S. Bach or or other German Baroque composer
  • One composition from the 19th century
  • A contrasting work of the candidate’s own choosing

Length of audition is 30 minutes which includes time for a short interview.

MM, DMA, AD

Applications for DMA and Artist Diploma in Organ Performance will not be accepted for the 2023-2024 application cycle (Fall 2024 admission).

A prescreening video is required of all applicants consisting of the repertoire listed below. All applicants applying for graduate studies must audition for the applied faculty. You will be notified if you advance to the audition round.

The video prescreening recording should have good quality sound and should show both hands and feet of the performer.

All auditions must be completed by February 18.

Graduate candidates will perform:

  • A major work of J. S. Bach
  • A work from the nineteenth century French or German repertoire
  • A contrasting work of the candidate’s own choosing
  • Memorization is not required

For the MM program, live auditions are recommended. Length of audition is 30 minutes which includes time for a short interview. If you are unable to attend/schedule a live audition, you may submit video audition recordings.

Learn more about the organ program at TCU.