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To begin a graduate program in music, you are required to have completed, with at least a 2.5 accumulative grade-point average, an undergraduate curriculum in music from an accredited institution offering an undergraduate degree equivalent to the requirements of the National Association of Schools of Music. Music education students not holding standard certification must earn Ohio certification.

All candidates should arrange a personal audition and interview. A taped audition is accepted only if a personal audition is difficult or impossible.

Applied majors (performance, performance- pedagogy) must demonstrate graduate-level performance proficiency. Performance-conducting majors must submit a videotape of their conducting and schedule a skill demonstration interview. Music education majors must submit a sample of their writing on a topic assigned by the music education faculty. Music therapy majors must present evidence of experience in working with children or adults with handicaps. Theory, history, and literature majors must submit a scholarly paper. Composition majors must submit scores, a statement of purpose, and, if possible, recorded tapes.

After admission has been granted, placement examinations are given to all entering graduate students during registration week of the first quarter of enrollment. You are required to take a proficiency test in theory and history and literature of music. The results of these placement tests are used in planning your course of study. Deficiencies in undergraduate preparation should be removed during the first year of graduate study.

You may apply for admission to a School of Music graduate program for any quarter. All application materials must be submitted 30 days prior to the quarter in which you plan to begin your graduate program. Typically, the school begins awarding financial aid on April 1 of each year for the next academicyear; therefore, early application for financial aid is encouraged. School of Music-based financial aid is available to students admitted to degree programs.

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