Instrument/Program Requirements

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Prescreen and Audition Information

The programs listed below are the available options based on your instrument/genre. Use the charts to find your instrument/program combination and the specific Frost School of Music application requirements.

  • Find your instrument and genre chart.
  • Identify your program in the first column of each chart.
  • Review all requirements with an X. 

 

Instrumental (Classical) | Piano (Classical) | Voice (Classical) | Contemporary | Jazz

 

Instrumental (Classical)

Brass, Percussion, Strings, Woodwinds 

Instruments: Bassoon, Cello, Clarinet, Double Bass, Flute, Guitar, Harp, Horn, Oboe, Percussion, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba/Euphonium, Viola, and Violin.

Program Supplemental Application Prescreen Videos Portfolio Audition Interview
Instrumental Performance (MIP), BM X X X
MADE, BM X X X
Media Scoring & Production (MSPD), BM X X X X
Music Industry (MIND), BM X X X
Music Composition (MTC), BM X X X X
Music Education (MED), BM X X X X
Music Therapy (MTY), BM X X X X
Music Engineering Technology (MUE), BS X X X X
Music major (MUS), BA X X X

 

Piano (Classical)

Program Supplemental Application Prescreen Videos Portfolio Audition Interview
Keyboard Performance (MKP), BM X X X
MADE, BM X X X
Media Scoring & Production (MSPD), BM X X X X
Music Industry (MIND), BM X X X
Music Composition (MTC), BM X X X X
Music Education (MED), BM X X X X
Music Therapy (MTY), BM X X X X
Music Engineering Technology (MUE), BS X X X X
Music major (MUS), BA X X X

 

Voice (Classical)

Program Supplemental Application Prescreen Videos Portfolio Audition Interview
Vocal Performance (MVP), BM X X X
MADE, BM X X X
Media Scoring & Production (MSPD), BM X X X X
Music Industry (MIND), BM X X X
Music Composition (MTC), BM X X X X
Music Education (MED), BM X X X X
Music Therapy (MTY), BM X X X X
Music Engineering Technology (MUE), BS X X X X
Music major (MUS), BA X X X

 

Contemporary: Instrumental/Vocal

Instruments: Bass, Electronic Instrument, Drums, Guitar, Piano/Keyboard, Songwriter/CAM, Strings, and Voice

Program Supplemental Application Prescreen Videos Portfolio Audition Interview
MADE, BM X X X
Media Scoring & Production (MSPD), BM X X X X
Music Industry (MIND), BM X X X
Music Composition (MTC), BM X X X X
Music Education (MED), BM X X X X
Music Therapy (MTY), BM X X X X
Music Engineering Technology (MUE), BS X X X X
Music major (MUS), BA X X X

 

Jazz: Instrumental/Vocal

Bass, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, and Voice.

Program Supplemental Application Prescreen Videos Portfolio Audition Interview
Studio Music & Jazz - Instrumental (MSJI) X X X
Studio Music & Jazz - Vocal (MSJV) X X X
MADE, BM X X X
Media Scoring & Production (MSPD), BM X X X X
Music Industry (MIND), BM X X X
Music Composition (MTC), BM X X X X
Music Education (MED), BM X X X X
Music Therapy (MTY), BM X X X X
Music Engineering Technology (MUE), BS X X X X
Music major (MUS), BA X X X

 

Please note: Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry applicants are not required to be musicians or to prescree/audition. This is the only program within the Frost School of Music that does not require a presceen/audition. Everyone else should use the charts above to identify their instrument and genre requirements by program. 

A supplemental music letter of recommendation is optional for all Frost applicants. It can be submitted along with your CommonApp or sent directly to mydocuments@miami.edu. 

Frost School of Music supplemental application essay: Write a short (2-3 paragraph) essay about what is distinctly appealing to you about the Frost degree program to which you're applying.

CAM Minor: All Frost applicants - regardless of major - are eligible to audition for the Creative American Music (CAM) songwriting minor.

  • If auditioning for the contemporary principal and CAM minor, these requirements only need to be met once. For example, a contemporary voice principal and CAM minor would only need to submit 3 selections - they would all need to be original music, not covers.
  • If auditioning for a different principal instrument genre or performance major (Classical or Jazz), the CAM requirements would be in addition to the requirements for those principal instruments/majors. 

  

CAM Minor