Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music with majors including performance, composition, jazz studies and music education.

Department

School of Music

Awarding body

Not stated on the pages we checked

Official award

Bachelor of MusicBM

Award family

BM / BMusA Bachelor of Music or BMus, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.

Qualification level

Bachelor’s degree

Qualification standing

Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.

Orientation

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Previous degree required

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Delivery

On campusTaught at the listed campus.

Study mode

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Duration

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Intakes

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Campus

DePaul University

Taught in

English

English

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Audition

Audition depends on route or instrument

Audition details

• Format: Live or recorded
• Prescreening: Some instruments require a prescreen (all jazz applicants; cello applicants); prescreen repertoire is due December 1 according to the instrument pages (year not printed).
• Prescreening deadline: December 1 (year not printed on the page)
• Audition application deadline: Register for a live audition by January 15 (year not printed on the page)

Required repertoire, as published

• Bassoon: ​We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Audition Repertoire | A solo of your choice (choose one movement of a multi-movement work) | A contrasting etude
• Cello: ​​ We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Audition registration will be available after prescreen results are sent. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Prescreen Repertoire - Due Dec. 1 | A prescreen is required for all applicants who list cello as their primary instrument. Please review our Prescreen Information page carefully before submission. | One etude (Popper, Franchomme, Piatti) | One movement of a Bach Suite (Prelude preferred) | Exposition of a standard concerto | Audition Repertoire | Performing the audition by memory is encouraged and preferred. | One etude of choice (any from Popper Opus 73, Duport, Franchomme, or a Piatti Caprice) | Prelude from a Bach Suite plus one other movement of choice (without repeats) | One movement from a standard cello concerto
• Clarinet: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Audition registration will be available after prescreen results are sent. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Prescreen Repertoire - Due Dec. 1 | A prescreen is required for all applicants who list clarinet as their primary instrument. Please review our Prescreen Information page carefully before submission. | One movement of a solo work from the standard repertoire | Two orchestral excerpts of the applicant's choice | Audition Repertoire | One movement of a solo work from the standard repertoire | Two contrasting etudes of the applicant’s choice | Two orchestral excerpts of the applicant's choice ​
• Euphonium: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Audition Repertoire​ | First year students | 2 contrasting movements from Telemann's Sonata in F minor and Guilmant's Morceau Symphonique | Transfer students | Gordon Jacob's Fantasia | Herbert Clarke's From the Shores of the Mighty Pacific
• Flute: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | ​Audition Repertoire | Scales - 3 octaves when possible, all slurred: B Major | B-flat Natural Minor | G Melodic Minor | D Harmonic Minor | Choose one of the following: Bach Sonata in E Major , Movement I or II | Bach Sonata in E minor , Movement I or II | Contrasting piece or one movement from a work that is a concerto or a sonata. | Optional: Additional piccolo piece or excerpt. ​​​
• Harp: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Audition Repertoire​ | Etudes (choose one of the following) ​Bochsa: Etude 1 (Allegro Moderato) from Cinquante Etudes, Book 1 | Naderman: Sonata n. 2 from Sept Sonates Progressives I | Lariviere: 1st etude n. 36 Allegro​​​​​ | Solo Free choice from standard solo repertoire
• French Horn: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Audition Repertoire | Prepare two contrasting movements from the standard solo repertoire (either the same piece or two different pieces). | C major scale (not concert key): ​​Start on middle C | ​​​Play any speed or articulation up to high C | ​​​​Then all the way back down past middle C to pedal C
• Oboe: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Audition Repertoire | A work written by an underrepresented or otherwise unjustifiably forgotten or marginalized composer of the candidate's choice. This work may have been written by a female, afro-descendant, LGBT+, Latinx, First Nation or aboriginal, or disabled composer, or anyone whom the candidate considers a person deserving of equal treatment.​ | Two contrasting etudes showing the applicant's level of technical and musical ability (i.e. Barret, Ferling, etc.) | At least one movement from a major tonal solo work of standard repertoire (Handel, Marcello, Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Haydn, Vaughan-Williams Concertos, Sonatas, etc.) | At least three standard orchestral excerpts (Brahms Violin Concerto II. mvt.; Rossini La Scala di Seta Overture; Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin I& III mvts.; Brahms, Symphony No. 2, III mvt.; etc.)
• Percussion: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Audition Repertoire | Undergraduate auditions typically consist of scales and prepared selections, which should include one or more movements from the standard solo, sonata or concerto repertoire. Auditions must include every component listed below. All students are asked to bring three copies of their music with them to the audition. | Snare Drum | Concert Solo (comparable to Cirone's Portraits in Rhythm or Delecluse's Douze Etudes ) | Rudimental Solo (optional) (comparable to Wilcoxon's All-American Drummer , Tompkins' French-American Rudimental Solos , or Pratt's 14 Modern Contest Solos ) | Marimba (specific pieces mentioned are meant to guide towards difficulty expected, and should not be interpreted as a requirement) | Demonstrate 2 and 4 mallet technique: | 2 Mallet (Bach's Violin Concerto in A Minor , Creston's Concertino for Marimba , Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois , a G.H. Green Rag, or comparable) | 4 Mallet (Stout's Two Mexican Dances , Abe's Michi , Smadbeck's Rhythm Song , Sammut's "Rotation IV", or comparable) | Timpani | One four-drum timpani etude/solo from Vic
• Piano: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Prescreen Repertoire | A prescreen is required for all applicants who list piano as their primary instrument. Please review our Prescreen Information page carefully before submission. | Memorization is required for students applying for Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. Memorization during the prescreen round is optional for all other majors. The complete program must include works from at least two stylistic periods and can be submitted as one video or separate files. Students must prepare approximately 20 minutes of repertoire, including: | The first movement of a Classical sonata (required) | Additional repertoire of the applicant's choice | Audition Repertoire (Performance Majors) | Candidates intending to major in Piano Performance must prepare one selection from each of the following categories. Memorization is required. | One Prelude and Fugue from J.S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier. Larger works by Bach (English Suites, Toccatas, etc.) are also accepted, but must be performed in their entirety. | A complete Classical sonata (e.g., Clementi, Haydn, Mozart, Be
• Saxophone: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Audition Repertoire | ​ Prepare two contrasting movements from the standard solo repertoire.​
• Trombone: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Please note: Performance majors and musical studies majors have different repertoire requirements. If your intended major is Music Education, Sound Recording Technology, Performing Arts Management, or Bachelor of Arts, please prepare the Musical Studies repertoire. | Tenor Trombone Audition Repertoire (Performance Majors) | Romantic Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): Saint-Saens Cavatine , Guilmant Morceau Symphonique , Sulek Sonata , Bozza Ballade. | Baroque Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): two contrasting movements from any Galliard or Marcello Sonata. | Orchestral Excerpts (prepare all): Ravel Bolero, Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (B Major section only or ) , Berlioz Hungarian March, Mozart Tuba Mirum. | Tenor Trombone Audition Repertoire (Musical Studies Majors) | Romantic Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): Saint-Saens Cavatine , Guilmant Morceau Symphonique , Sulek Sonata , Bozza Ballade. | Baroque Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): two contrasting movements from any Galliard or
• Trumpet: ​​​​We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for an audition by January 15. | Please note: Performance majors and musical studies majors have different repertoire requirements. If your intended major is Music Education, Sound Recording Technology, Performing Arts Management, or Bachelor of Arts, please prepare the Musical Studies repertoire. | Audition Repertoire (Performance Majors) | One etude of applicant's choice from Charlier, Brandt, Arban Characteristic Studies , or equivalent. | One short standard solo piece (Enescu Legende or equivalent), or the first movement of a standard concerto or sonata of the applicant's choice (Arutunian, Haydn, Hummel, Hindemith, Kennan, or equivalent). No piccolo requirements for undergrad. | Prepare all major and minor scales (one octave). | Sight-reading will be provided. | Excerpts: | Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition | Off-stage solo from 2nd movement of Pines of Rome | Off-stage solo from Beethoven Leonore Overture no. 3 | Audition Repertoire (Musical Studies Majors) | One etude of applicant's choice from Charlier, Brandt, Arban Characteristic Studies, or equivalent. | One short standard solo piece (Enes
• Tuba: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Audition Repertoire | ​One movement from the standard solo literature (Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto, John Williams Tuba Concerto, Plog Three Miniatures, etc.) | Two contrasting etudes | All two octave major and minor scales​​​​​​ | Four standard excerpts (orchestral or military band) Four standard excerpts are optional for those applying to: Music Education, Sound Recording Technology, Performing Arts Management, or Bachelor of Arts.
• Viola: ​ ​​​We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Prescreen Repertoire - Due Dec. 1 | A prescreen is required for all applicants who list viola as their primary instrument. Please review our Prescreen Information page carefully before submission. | First movement of a standard concerto (no accompaniment required) | One movement from a Suite for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach | Audition Repertoire​ | One movement of a standard concerto | Prelude of a solo Bach suite, sonata, or partita plus one other movement of the applicant's choice | One movement of a work of the applicant's choice
• Violin: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Audition registration will be available after prescreen results are sent. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Prescreen Repertoire | A prescreen is required for all applicants who list violin as their primary instrument. Please review our Prescreen Information page carefully before submission. | Exposition from first movement of a standard concerto | One movement from a solo Sonata or Partita by J.S. Bach | Audition Repertoire | All live audition repertoire must be memorized. | Complete first movement of a standard concerto | One movement from a solo Sonata or Partita by J.S. Bach | One caprice or etude by Paganini, Wieniawski, Rode, Dont, Fiorillo, or Ernst | Repertoire substitution requests or questions should be directed to musicadmissions@depaul.edu.
• Classical Voice: We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Audition registration will be available after prescreen results are sent. Register for a live audition by January 15. | Prescreen Repertoire - Due Dec. 1 | A prescreen is required for all applicants who list voice as their primary instrument. Please review our Prescreen Information page carefully before submission. | Your prescreening video must include two songs, one in English and one in a foreign language. Each song/aria should be uploaded as a single file (two video files should be uploaded in total). | Applicants should use songs to demonstrate different vocal techniques such as vowels that are sustained and supported over longer note values, vocal agility in passages with quick-moving notes, consistency of tone though low, middle, and high portions of the singers range, etc. Specific requirements and suggested repertoire is located at the bottom of this page. | Sample composers are provided below, but students are welcome to choose outside of that list. Selections should be accompanied when appropriate. | Audition Repertoire | An accompanist will be provided at your live audition. If you intend to bring your own a

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