Audition Dates

Auditions for music major and minor admissions, transfer student admissions, and scholarships for Fall 2021 will officially take place on the following dates:

Monday, November 4, 2024
Music Career Day
Scholarship consideration and school admission

Saturday, January 11, 2025
Scholarship consideration and school admission

Friday-Saturday, January 24-25, 2025
All-Star Band Weekend
Scholarship consideration and school admission

Monday, February 17, 2025 (President's Day)
Scholarship consideration and school admission

Saturday, March 1, 2025
Scholarship consideration and school admission

Monday, March 3, 2025
Scholarship consideration and school admission

Monday audition times begin at 4pm (tours may be possible upon request) and Saturday audition times take place from mid-morning to mid-afternoon (tours/presentations included). Please fill out the School of Music Application to set up your audition day and time. If you wish to make audition plans outside of these official dates, please contact the School of Music office, 812-237-2771, and let us help you coordinate your visit. Virtual auditions are available if absolutely necessary.

Music Scholarships

Each year the School of Music awards over $275,000 in scholarships to deserving students who have been accepted for admission to Indiana State University.

All music scholarships are performance based. If you are interested in being considered for a music performance scholarship, please visit the Undergraduate Music Scholarship page for detailed information.

Audition Process

An entering music major is expected to have developed music reading skills and to have achieved considerable performing skill on an instrument or in voice. These skills are demonstrated to the music faculty through an audition. Those students who wish to pursue a degree in musical performance are expected to display greater proficiency and aptitude than those who are entering other degree programs.

The Audition Determines:

• Admission to a music curriculum
• Level of placement in applied music study
• Eligibility for a music scholarship

Audition Requirements by Instrument/Voice

Woodwind and Brass instruments

• A solo
• Scales - the student will demonstrate range and styles of articulation through the performance of major scales
• Sight reading

Piano

• Click here for piano audition information (PDF file)

Strings

• Two solos of contrasting styles
• Major scales in three octaves
• Sight reading

Percussion

1. Snare Drum
   • A solo
   • Rudiments (1–13)
2. Mallets (Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone)
   • A solo
   • Major scales
3. Demonstrate proficiency in one of the following:
   • Timpani
   • Multiple Percussion
   • Drum Set
4. Sight reading
   • Snare drum
   • Mallets

Voice

• A classical solo performed from memory on the level of Group 1 (Indiana State Solo Contest List)
• A brief examination in rhythmic and melodic sight reading as well as music theory (major and minor key signatures)