Admission Requirements
- Graduate School application and $40 fee
- Submission of all postsecondary academic transcripts
- Baccalaureate degree or its equivalent in music and at least a 2.8 (A=4.0) overall GPA in undergraduate work.
- International Applicants: Proof of English Proficiency, minimum requirements are TOEFL (79), IELTS (6.5) or equivalent
- An applicant in music education must have state certification in music
- An applicant in performance must pass an audition.
- The audition for admission to the specialization in music performance can be accomplished in one of the following ways:
- A personal audition before a graduate auditioning committee
- A recording of a full recital that may serve as a basis for provisional acceptance to be followed by a personal audition
- The Senior Recital at SIUE may serve as the audition, provided the student makes application through the graduate program director in music at least three weeks prior to the recital. A student who fails to matriculate in the master’s degree program within one year following the senior recital will be required to re-audition.
Program application materials may be uploaded during the application process, but official transcripts must be sent directly from the school attended, and test scores must be verifiable with the appropriate testing service. Please contact the Graduate Admissions office with questions regarding the application submission process at [email protected].
Entering graduate students concentrating in voice or accompanying should have completed one year each of two of the following languages: Italian, French and German. Deficiencies can be removed by enrolling in undergraduate foreign language classes and diction class. Language requirements do not apply to students pursuing an instrumental concentration.
Review the SIUE Admissions Policy for more information.
