All graduate Performance and Jazz Studies applicants are required to audition. (Applicants for classical Composition or Music Education do not need to audition.)
Applicants in classical voice, violin, clarinet, and all jazz instruments must submit a pre-audition screening video by the deadline of January 5. Each piece for the pre-screening should be recorded in a single take and uploaded as an individual track. Recordings of individual tracks edited together from multiple takes are not acceptable.
All instrumental auditions are unaccompanied. Voice auditions are accompanied.
All classical woodwind auditions should be performed on the principal
instrument of each woodwind family: flute, oboe, Bb/A clarinet, bassoon,
and alto saxophone.
We encourage all applicants if at all possible, to audition in person.
- Live audition dates are scheduled during the weekends in February. A schedule of live audition dates will be made available by mid-October 2023.
- Recorded video auditions are available by request. Request a recorded audition by emailing musicadmissions@depaul.edu stating your request by January 15, 2024. If your request is approved by faculty, then you will upload your recorded audition to your application portal by February 1, 2024.
All graduate Music Education and Composition applicants must also register for an interview. Please register with the following links: Music Education Composition.