Undergraduate Auditions
Fall 2025 Audition Days
Auditions for entry into Fall 2025 will be held on campus at the Amy E. DuPont Music Building for undergraduate and graduate music applicants on the following dates:
Wednesday, January 22
Thursday, January 23
Friday, January 24
Saturday, January 25 (Graduate only)
This is the only timeline to consider entry into the major for undergraduate applicants, please plan accordingly.
Applicants who cannot attend in-person should submit a pre-recorded video audition using an audition request form by January 15. The audition request form will be accessible to applicants once they have been considered provisionally admissible to the University of Delaware by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Applicants are encouraged to prioritize submission of their application as early as possible to allow opportunity for access to the audition request form and the widest preference for scheduling.
Undergraduate and graduate applications must submit all materials, including audition submissions, no later than January 15 for scholarship, or funding consideration.
Undergraduate auditions for the 2025 application cycle will be held in person at the Amy E. DuPont Music Building from Wednesday, January 22 though Friday, January 25. Applicants who cannot attend in-person should submit a recorded video audition following the completion of the audition request form by January 15. The audition request form will be accessible to applicants once they have been considered provisionally admissible to the University of Delaware by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Applicants who select recorded submission on the audition request form will receive access to upload recorded audition materials to the music portfolio within the customized My Blue Hen Home student portal.
All completed materials, including audition request forms and recorded submissions, are requested no later than the January 15 deadline and will be considered for scholarship consideration pending audition review. Applicants are encouraged to prioritize submission of their application as early as possible to allow opportunity for access to the audition request form, upload of recorded audition materials, or the widest preference for scheduling their in-person audition.
The only opportunity for auditions for 2025 admission will take place during scheduled in-person dates no later than January 22-24 2025, recorded submission submitted by January 15.
Familiarize yourself with the specific requirements for your instrument, voice, or composition area on the audition repertoire page. If you have any questions or concerns about the requirements, please email the School of Music (musicadmissions@udel.edu), or faculty member in your studio area.
Undergraduate Additional Materials
- Voice applicants may provide a performance/artistic résumé (pdf or word doc).
Music Education Major
Prospective students will be required to interview with the Music Education faculty.
Students with piano or guitar as primary instruments will be required to audition on a secondary instrument.
Music Composition Major
In addition to submitting Composition prescreening materials listed, prospective composition majors must audition on their primary instrument.
Applicants who do meet eligibility for composition will be considered for an alternative music major based upon their instrumental or vocal audition with the submission of an audition request form to indicate their in-person audition or submitted recorded audition.
Fall 2025 - Application deadline January 15
August 1: Undergraduate application opens. Apply to the University of Delaware School of Music.
Monday, October 14: School of Music Open House (Schedule a visit)
Tuesday, October 15: School of Music Open House (Schedule a visit)
Monday, November 11: School of Music Open House (Schedule a visit)
Tuesday, November 12: School of Music Open House (Schedule a visit)
January 15: Application deadline. All checklist items in My Blue Hen Home portal must be complete including pre-recorded auditions. Completed applications submitted by January 15 are automatically considered for music merit.
Wednesday - Friday January 22-24, 2025: Audition Days (undergraduate and graduate)
Saturday, January 25, 2025: Audition Days (graduate only)
March - April: decisions released
May 1: deposit deadline
For applicants in Music Composition, MTPE is part of the composition interview process.
Music applicants who select an in-person audition will take a Music Theory Placement Exam (MTPE) during their audition day at the end of January. Applicants with a recorded submission will take the MTPE at a later date following enrollment.
The MTPE is not an admissions requirement. It is a brief diagnostic assessment that also allows prospective majors to meet a member of the music theory faculty and to learn more about academic courses in music theory at the University of Delaware. The MTPE provides the theory faculty with information about the incoming class that is used when designing the first-year theory courses. Finally, the MTPE enables theory faculty to encourage students regarding their readiness for theory coursework and to suggest areas for practice prior to arriving. In short, we hope you find the MTPE to be a welcoming experience that sets you up for success in the innovative, student-centered music theory courses at UD.
During the MTPE, students will be asked to sing short patterns, melodies, and rhythms. No background in music theory is required or expected, and the entire appointment usually takes less than five minutes.
Music Education applicants: All music education applicants will be required to interview with the Music Education faculty as part of their audition. For recorded auditions, this will be in addition to your video interview with studio faculty as part of the audition experience (below).
Recorded audition applicants have an opportunity to meet with studio faculty for a video interview via Zoom based on the faculty panel and student’s mutual availability. Video interviews are brief and intended as a mutually valuable two-way conversation. It is a chance for us to learn about each applicant and their goals, but also as a place for students to ask questions and to learn more about the music major experience.
Internal Transfer Applicants
The only opportunity to audition for 2025 admission or change of major will take place during scheduled in-person dates no later than January 22-24 2025, or recorded submission submitted by January 15. View the audition repertoire for specific requirements.
External Transfer Applicants
External transfer applicants, or those transitioning from the Associates in Arts program may apply to the School of Music to attend the in-person auditions in late January or submit a recorded audition. The audition request form will be accessible to applicants once they have been considered provisionally admissible to the University of Delaware by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Applicants who select recorded submission There will receive be access to upload recorded audition materials to the music portfolio within the customized My Blue Hen Home student portal.
Applicants who wish to transfer general education credit may access the transfer credit matrix via the Transfer Admissions page. Music course work will require a separate transfer credit evaluation. If applicable, please send unofficial transcripts for music coursework and course syllabi for music courses to facilitate the transfer credit process to musicadmissions@udel.edu as early as possible to allow time for review and planning.
Applications submitted by January 15 will be automatically considered for a music merit award after the completed audition.
