Undergraduate Classical Piano Audition Requirements

The deadlines for receipt of all audition materials, including recordings and a completed audition form, are:

     November 15, 2021 – for admission in Spring 2022
     November 15, 2021 – for Early Decision/Early Action for admission in Fall 2022
     March 2, 2022 – for Regular Decision for admission in Fall 2022

Prior to recording your audition, you MUST contact your performance area coordinator:

     Karen Walwyn
     Coordinator of Classical Piano Studies
     kwalwyn@howard.edu
     202-806-7092

Once you have recorded your audition and uploaded it to a private YouTube channel,

     • download a computer-fillable audition form and complete the appropriate sections;
     • open a new email, address it to your performance area coordinator, and attach the audition form;
     • place the link to your recorded audition materials in the body of the email; and
     • send the email to your performance area coordinator by the applicable audition deadline.

Undergraduate Classical Piano Audition Requirements

Elective Studies in Business, Composition, Music Education, Music History, Music Therapy and Performance majors:

     • the ability to play any scale or arpeggio in moderately rapid tempo, hands together;

     • standard studies, such as Czerny, Op. 299, Bk. 1;

     • easier classical sonatas;

     •  short romantic work; and

     • a work by Bach (equivalent to an Invention or Prelude and Fugue).

An interview will follow the audition—either immediately after a live audition, or by Zoom or telephone call at a future scheduled time for a recorded audition.