Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Music Dual Degree

Five-year combined program in which students earn both a B.A. and a B.Mus.

Department

Conservatory of Music

Awarding body

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Official award

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music dual degree

Award family

Other bachelor’s awardAnother earned bachelor’s-level award, such as BEd, BMusEd, Diplom or a locally named qualification, shown with its official title.

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

five years

Intakes

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Campus

Lawrence University

Taught in

English

English

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Audition

Audition required

Audition details

• Format: Live or recorded
• Audition application deadline: Early Decision 1/Early Action: recorded due Nov. 13, 2026, on campus Nov. 14, 2026; Regular Decision: recorded due Feb. 5, 2027, on campus Feb. 6 and Feb. 20, 2027
• Video or audio format: An introductory video is required for recorded auditions
• Portfolio contents: Composition applicants submit a portfolio (see audition requirements page)

Required repertoire, as published

• Bassoon: Two contrasting selections from the étude or solo repertoire (individual movements allowed) | One selection in any format that best represents your individual artistry, skills, or interests (ex: excerpt, original composition, favorite piece, improvisation, etc.) | The following scales, ascending and descending: | Three-octave chromatic scale, slurred, at a tempo of your choosing | Two-octave A major, slurred 8th notes, quarter note = 120 | Two-octave G harmonic minor, slurred 8th notes, quarter note = 120 | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions
• Cello: One movement from the standard concerto repertoire, or any single-movement work for cello and orchestra | One movement of unaccompanied Bach | One contrasting movement or work. This might be a 21st century composition, or even something entirely outside the classical style. Applicants are highly encouraged to select a work written by a composer from an underrepresented group | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions
• Clarinet: The exposition of the first movement of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, measures 57-155 | One stylistically contrasting movement selected from the standard sonata or concerto repertoire ( not by Mozart ) | One complete work for unaccompanied clarinet. Examples below: | “Blush” by Jean Ahn | “Three Smiles for Tracey” by Adolphus Hailstork | “Hall of Ghosts” by Amanda Harberg | “Homage to Manuel Da Falla” by Bela Kovacs | “Winter Fantasy” by Eric Mandat | “Three Pieces” by Igor Stravinsky | The following orchestral excerpt: Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Beginning to Letter B | Optional: one additional solo work, étude, or band/orchestra excerpt on the Bass clarinet or Eb clarinet | Scales or sight-reading may be requested | For recorded auditions: | Within the required introductory video , address this prompt as well: | How would you assess your own strengths and weaknesses as a clarinetist?
• Double Bass: Two contrasting pieces or movements from the standard repertoire (Including a movement from a Baroque sonata or suite) | Your choice of 2-4 standard orchestral excerpts | Three-octave major scale, its relative melodic minor, and arpeggios | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | In addition, students may elect to perform a transcribed jazz solo or improvise with pre-recorded accompaniment.
• Euphonium: Two or three compositions, études, or band/orchestral excerpts that demonstrate contrasting styles and the ability to play melodic and technical material | Two examples each of natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales | Two-octave chromatic scale | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions
• Flute: Three pieces of contrasting styles, which may include movements from the concerto, sonata, and solo repertoire. These works should highlight your musicianship, technical skill, and artistic interests. | Your choice of 2-4 standard orchestral excerpts | All major scales, full range and slurred | Minor scales: G, F, and C (harmonic or melodic), 2 octaves and tongued | Full range chromatic scale | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | Please contact Erin Lesser for questions regarding audition repertoire.
• Classical Guitar: One piece from standard classical guitar literature (may be a movement from a larger work) | One movement of Bach | An etude by Sor, Carcassi, Brouwer or Villa-Lobos | Three selections from the Giuliani 120 Studies for the Right Hand | Three-octave major scale and its parallel minor | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | Optional work: Feel free to include any work that does not fit the above requirements. Examples might include: your own composition; a song with guitar accompaniment; a work from another style of music (Blues, Flamenco, Jazz etc.); an ensemble recording; an improvisation; a multi-track recording; a piece using a plucked string instrument other than guitar (banjo, mandolin, lute, ukulele etc.). This portion of the audition is not required, but you are encouraged to display other interests and skills. | For students interested in jazz or pursuing the Jazz Emphasis, please refer to the Jazz Audition Guidelines .
• Harp: Two solos (applicant’s choice) in contrasting styles demonstrating technical and interpretive abilities. Harp applicants are encouraged to perform solos from memory. | An orchestral excerpt or cadenza from the standard repertoire. | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | Harp Studio
• French Horn: Please prepare 8-10 minutes of music that represent your level of playing within different styles, technical complexity, high and low registers, and pieces that you like and reflect your musical interest. | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | You do not need accompaniment. If you are doing a pre-recorded audition, the pieces may be recorded separately.
• Oboe: Two contrasting works (or portions of works). One work may be an étude such as Barret or Ferling. Audition repertoire should not exceed fifteen minutes in length. | Two major and two minor scales of your choice, two octaves preferred. | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions
• Organ: Two works from the standard organ repertoire and an accompaniment: | A work of J.S. Bach, either a prelude, toccata, or fantasy and fugue, a chorale prelude, or trio sonata movement | A work from either the Romantic or Contemporary periods | Accompaniment of a hymn (religious or secular) intended to be sung by a large assembly. Provide an introduction and two stanzas as if leading a large group. | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | Repertoire should demonstrate the applicant’s technical skills and musical abilities, and the accompaniment should demonstrate registrational, improvisational, and collaborative abilities.
• Percussion: Percussion applicants wishing to enter into the Bachelor of Music degree in percussion must demonstrate proficiency in the three main areas of percussion: snare drum, keyboard percussion, and timpani. You are encouraged to program solos or études that best represent your skill set, as well as something unique about yourself as a musician. Students wishing to pursue the Jazz Emphasis need to demonstrate some level of concert snare drum and mallet keyboard skills, but their audition emphasis will be on the instrument they wish to pursue for the jazz degree, such as drum set or vibraphone. | Applicants should prepare: | A concert or rudimental snare drum solo or étude (concert style preferred) | A two-mallet solo, transcription, or étude | A Four-mallet solo, transcription, or étude | A timpani solo or étude | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | Optional: | Perform drum set open solo and a variety of styles (rock, jazz, Brazilian, Cuban) | Perform a solo on any non-western traditional percussion instruments such as congas, tabla, tambora, frame drum, steelpan, etc
• Piano: A Bach Prelude and Fugue or other Bach composition containing a fugue (such as a Toccata or Partita) | A Sonata-Allegro movement of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert (usually the first movement) | Two additional pieces showing stylistic diversity and evidence of considerable experience at the instrument. | For standard repertoire, memorization is preferred but not required. | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | We welcome and encourage the inclusion in your audition program of a work written by a composer from an underrepresented group and/or written in the last fifty years.
• Saxophone: Three works that highlight your musicianship, technical skill, and artistic interests (about 15 minutes of repertoire total): | a piece that demonstrates lyricism, phrasing, and beauty of sound | a piece that demonstrates technical skill | a piece of music that you love to play | Types of works may include: | A movement from a standard work for saxophone (Suggested Glazounov, Maurice, Milhaud, Creston, Still, Bozza, Ibert, Muczynski, Debussy, etc.) | Etudes by Ferling, Berbiguier/Mule, Voxman, Small, or similar | Improvisations with play along | Transcriptions | All major scales, full range and slurred | Full range chromatic scale, slurred | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | Please contact Joseph Connor for questions regarding audition repertoire.
• Trombone: Three contrasting works that highlight your expression, technique, and creativity (10-15 minutes total). These can include: | Solo works such as Alexandre Guilmant “Morceau Symphonique”, Barbara York “A Caged Bird”, and Anthony Barfield “Red Sky” | Etudes such as Rochut/Bordogni Melodious Etudes, or Blazhevich Clef Studies | Orchestral excerpts such as Mozart “Tuba Mirum”, Berlioz “Hungarian March”, or Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 | Jazz transcriptions such as JJ Johnson “Old Devil Moon” | Improvisations with backing tracks | The following scales: | G major and F# major in two octaves | F harmonic minor in two octaves | Chromatic scale from your lowest comfortable note to your highest comfortable note | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | For students interested in the Jazz Emphasis, please refer to the Jazz Audition Guidelines .
• Trumpet: Three contrasting works (10-15 minutes total) that demonstrate your musicality, technique, and individual artistic interest. These can include: | Lyrical solo works with or without recorded accompaniment, works by composers from historically underrepresented groups are encouraged | An étude demonstrating your technical skills such as Charlier, Bousquet, Wurm, Brandt, or an Arban’s Characteristic Study | Orchestral excerpts such as the opening “Promenade” from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition , the “Ballerina’s Danse” from Stravinsky’s Petrushka , the offstage solo from Respighi’s Pines of Rome , or the opening of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 | An original composition | Both Leonore Overture No. 2 and 3 excerpts (performed on trumpet of choice) | The following two octave scales, ascending and descending: | G major and Ab major | A harmonic minor | B melodic minor or chromatic scale | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | For students interested in the Jazz Emphasis, please refer to the Jazz Audition Guideline
• Tuba: Two or three compositions, études, or band/orchestral excerpts that demonstrate contrasting styles and the ability to play melodic and technical material | Two examples each of natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales | Two-octave chromatic scale | Sight-reading may be requested during live auditions | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions
• Viola: One movement of a standard concerto or other work for solo viola and orchestra | A movement of a solo work by J.S. Bach from works originally for cello or violin | One étude or caprice (such as Campagnoli, Dont, Lillian Fuchs, Michael Kimber, Mazas, Palaschko, etc.) | One three-octave major scale and its parallel minor scale and arpeggios | An optional work of your choice (contrasting in style from other works presented) | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions
• Violin: Either the first or third movement of a standard concerto performed from memory | One movement of unaccompanied Bach | An étude or caprice | One contrasting work of the applicant’s choice | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions
• Classical Voice: Please sing, from memory, two solos of contrasting styles, at least one of which should demonstrate classical vocal production. One song must be sung in English; the other must be sung in a foreign language other than English. | An introductory video is required for recorded auditions | In submitting recordings for auditions, be mindful that studio faculty are assessing your voice. Avoid editing, mixing and too much reverb. | Vocal Arts | Vocal Arts Faculty

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Portfolio

Portfolio requirement not published

Interview

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Deadlines

• Early Decision 1/Early Action: self-recorded audition due November 13, 2026 (registration deadline November 4, 2026); on-campus audition November 14, 2026 · Fall 2027
• Regular Decision: self-recorded audition due February 5, 2027 (registration deadline January 27, 2027); on-campus auditions February 6 and February 20, 2027 · Fall 2027

No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.

Lesson fees, accompanists, practice-room charges, instruments, software, recording, recitals, compulsory travel and residencies are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked. Do not assume an instrument, an accompanist, software or private lessons are included.

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