Auditions for Music Majors

Meet faculty, staff and current students, and see the Adelphi campus and our home in the Performing Arts Center. A limited number of special appointment times will be available for those who are not available on pre-scheduled audition dates.

Audition from the comfort of your home as you meet Adelphi faculty, staff and current students, who will be available to chat before or after your audition. Follow up appointments and music department led campus tours available.

Pre-record your audition and submit through our Audition Request Form. Follow up appointments with Department of Music faculty are encouraged, and department led campus tours are available.

For video submissions:
• Record video of yourself performing your two audition selections with accompaniment, if required.
• Complete the Audition Request Form to upload your audition video files or links to video files.

• You must notify in writing (by email) your proposed audition repertoire choices a minimum of two weeks prior to your scheduled audition date.
• Candidates auditioning on more than one instrument, or as singer and instrumentalist, should offer one prepared work in each medium.

Applicants to the Composition Concentration will be asked to present and discuss a small portfolio of printed or manuscript scores of their works (preferably with a recording of at least one of those works). Composers may also offer to perform one of their own works, of which a score must be available. 

A brief test is used to help faculty understand students’ skill levels in key areas of musicianship and to appropriately place students within the sequence of theory and musicianship courses. The test covers pitch and interval recognition, and the ability to discern rhythm, harmony and melody from a recorded or performed musical excerpt.

A brief interview gives faculty the chance to learn more about your background, current work and career plans. You are highly encouraged to bring any supporting material that can help provide further insight into your past and recent music experience (e.g., a high school transcript with a record of music classes taken to date, copies of recent concert programs, etc.).