Audition Requirements
2008 Auditions
Audition Schedule
Audition Accompanist
Audition Procedures
Audition Fee

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Every applicant to The Curtis Institute of Music must audition in person. Video and/or audio recordings will not be considered in place of a live audition at Curtis except as noted for vocal studies (Voice and Opera). Applicants to the Composition Department will have original compositions examined by that department; finalists will have an interview in Philadelphia.

Applicants who wish to be double majors must audition separately for each major department and must be admitted by each faculty.

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2008 AUDITIONS
In February and March 2008, Curtis will offer auditions for those departments that anticipate openings in the fall of 2008. (Click on the "Audition Calendar" button at left to see details.) Since openings occur only as current students graduate, impending openings cannot be determined by the faculty with certainty before January 2008. Should there be no vacancy in the department to which you have applied, Curtis will notify you in writing and your application fee will be refunded.

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AUDITION SCHEDULE
Auditions are scheduled on specific dates for each department at the convenience of the faculty. (Click on the "Audition Calendar" button at left to see details.) Curtis is unable to honor requests for changes in the scheduled audition dates. The filing of an application does not oblige The Curtis Institute of Music to grant an audition.

Application receipt notification will be sent by early January by e-mail to applicants who provide an e-mail address.

Applicants who are granted an audition will receive notification of their audition date at least two weeks in advance. Audition notifications will also be sent by e-mail to applicants who supply an e-mail address. Applicants should add chris.hodges@curtis.edu to their approved senders' list to ensure receipt of Curtis admissions e-mails. The audition calendar is posted on this website in January. All auditions are held at The Curtis Institute of Music, 1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The applicant should be aware that the auditions may be videotaped and recorded (for panel review only).

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AUDITION ACCOMPANIST
Curtis will provide an accompanist for auditions in flute, opera, viola, violin, violoncello, and voice. All other auditions are played without piano. The applicant must supply Curtis's accompanist with the appropriate piano scores at the time of audition; it is up to the discretion of the audition committee whether the audition will be heard if no music is provided. Photocopied music is not acceptable in place of a score. No pre-audition rehearsal with Curtis's accompanist is permitted.

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AUDITION PROCEDURES
Applicants may warm up for thirty minutes in an assigned practice room before their auditions. If an applicant is late for the scheduled audition, the audition committee will decide whether or not to hear the audition. The committee is not obliged to hear all the music that an applicant may have prepared nor to give an audition evaluation.

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AUDITION FEE
A nonrefundable audition fee of $150 is payable once the applicant is notified of the audition date; this fee must be paid before the applicant is permitted to audition. The $150 audition fee is in addition to the $150 application fee.

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