ENTRANCE AUDITIONS

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To be admitted as a music major, a student must perform an entrance audition that demonstrates background in applied music sufficient to meet the performance requirements of first-year applied music study at the collegiate level. Students have three opportunities to perform the entrance audition:

Auditioning for a music scholarship may count as the entrance audition to the music program as long as the audition requirements are met (see below).

Students may arrange for a separate entrance audition during the fall or spring semester prior to enrollment.

Students may audition when they arrive on campus in August prior to the opening of the fall semester or in January prior to the opening of the spring semester.

There are no specific entrance audition requirements for students planning to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in music (BA MUSC) or the Bachelor of Music Education degree (BME CHOR or BME INST). Students auditioning for these degree programs should be prepared to demonstrate their performance ability effectively by performing two compositions of contrasting styles. Those students wishing to pursue a Bachelor of Music degree in performance are expected to demonstrate technical facility and musicianship which distinguish the student as one who can fulfill the rigorous performance requirements in this professional program.

Students who do not demonstrate an appropriate proficiency level in their major instrument at the entrance audition may be admitted as music majors “with condition.” “Condition” must be removed by the end of two semesters of study for the student to continue as a music major.

For additional information on the entrance audition, please contact the Chair of the Department of Music. Donald M. Rogers, Ph.D., Chair Department of Music Winthrop University 129 Conservatory of Music Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733-0001 Telephone: 803.323.2255 Fax: 803.323.2343 E-mail: rogersd@winthrop.edu