Voice Audition Requirements for MM
Applicants will be notified if they advance to the audition round to perform on campus. Applicants invited to audition will be considered for scholarships and graduate assistantships.
Vocal Performance
Audition candidates will be tested on tonal memory and understanding of lyric diction rules/pronunciations in French, German and Italian. Applicants must have completed intermediate French, German, or Italian or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.
- Upload recordings with piano accompaniment for the same repertoire listed below for the audition.
Performed with a piano accompanist*:
- One selection must be in English.
- Selections should include art songs and arias (oratorio, operatic, chamber music selections).
- One piece must be written after 2000.
- All selections must be sung from memory.
* An accompanist will be provided for voice auditions, or you may bring your own. High-quality copies of the piano scores must be uploaded as a PDF with the School of Music admission application at least 14 days before the audition.
Cognate in Voice Pedagogy
Audition candidates will be tested on tonal memory and understanding of lyric diction rules/pronunciations in French, German and Italian. Applicants must have completed intermediate French, German, or Italian or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.
- Upload recordings with piano accompaniment for the same repertoire listed below for the audition.
- Submit a 15-minute video recording of a private lesson. International students should include a demonstration of their ability to teach in English.
Performed with a piano accompanist*:
- One selection must be in English.
- Selections should include art songs and arias (oratorio, operatic, chamber music selections).
- One piece must be written after 2000.
- All selections must be sung from memory.
* An accompanist will be provided for voice auditions, or you may bring your own. High-quality copies of the piano scores must be uploaded as a PDF with the School of Music admission application at least 14 days before the audition.
For questions regarding specific audition repertoire, contact:
Master of Music General Admission Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree: To be admitted to the MM/MME degree programs, students must possess a Bachelor of Music or its equivalent, with a major in the area of proposed graduate study, including sophomore-level credit in an approved foreign language in the case of prospective majors in musicology, theory, composition, voice, or voice pedagogy.
Academic Standards: For admission, the student must have satisfactory undergraduate preparation for the particular degree sought which includes at least a “B” average (comparable to at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale) in all undergraduate work and satisfactory scores on the appropriate tests required by the school/college.
International Student Requirements: A minimum score of 80 on the iBT, TOEFL, 6.5 on the IELTS or 105 on the Duolingo English test is required for admission. The TOEFL may be waived for students who hold undergraduate degrees from a university with English as the language of instruction.Test scores must be sent to TCU from the testing agency to school code: 6820. Official scores must be sent to TCU from testing agency by application deadline for application to be considered “complete”. Applicants will not be invited to audition without official scores that meet the standard for admission.
Exemption: Exemptions to this requirement are given if the student has completed (or will before matriculation to TCU) an undergraduate degree from a US institution or from a university where English is the language of instruction. To request consideration for this exemption, submit official final or most current official in-progress transcript using the directions below and indicate exemption request on Accept’d music application when prompted. Translations must be provided for all international transcripts.
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