Piano Auditions: B.M. Performance

For consideration into the Bachelor of Music for Piano Performance, applicants must first submit a pre-screening video.

If their video is satisfactory, they will be invited for a live audition.

Note: Piano scholarships are awarded only to students who enroll in the four-year BM degree in piano performance.

---

STEP 1: PRESCREENING 

Submit a 30-minute audio or video via https://app.getacceptd.com/kumusic of:

1. The first movement of a Classical sonata
2. A major Romantic work
3. Other works of the entrant’s choice.

All selections must be played from memory.  The recording does not have to be professional quality, but should be a clear and accurate representation of your playing.  Poor sound quality will lessen your chances of admission.

DEADLINE: Pre-screening submissions via Acceptd are due by December 1, 2017.

---

STEP 2: AUDITION 

For the live audition, you must prepare one piece from each of the following categories: 

1. Baroque: a Prelude and Fugue by J.S. Bach from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I or II;
2. Classical: a complete multi-movement sonata by a Classical composer, up to and including Schubert;
3. Romantic: a major solo work by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann or Liszt;
4. Contemporary: a work from the 20^th or 21^st Centuries.  Works by Impressionistic composers are acceptable in this category;
5. Etude: a virtuoso etude.

All selections must be played from memory.  

---

Faculty Contact: Scott McBride Smith, smcbsmith@ku.edu

---

Audition Dates

(For entry into the Fall 2018 semester) 

     FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2017: Pre-Screening Videos due via Acceptd website.                

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2018: Regular Audition Date - all instruments and voice.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2018: Regular Audition Date - all instruments and voice.

If you cannot attend a live audition date, contact musicrecruiting@ku.edu to make other arrangements.