Bachelor of Music in Performance

Undergraduate performance degree with instrumental, keyboard and voice tracks.

Department

School of Music

Awarding body

Not stated on the pages we checked

Official award

Bachelor of Music in PerformanceBM

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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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.

Delivery

On campusTaught at the listed campus.

Study mode

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Duration

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Intakes

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Campus

Columbus campus

Taught in

English

English

English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.

Audition

Audition required

Audition details

• Format: Live or recorded
• Audition application deadline: Audition days: December 5, 2026; January 16, 2027; February 13, 2027. University application deadline January 15 (year not printed); apply by November 1 for most university merit scholarships.
• Accompaniment: Accompaniment is required only for voice auditions.

Required repertoire, as published

• Trumpet: Two contrasting etudes demonstrating lyrical and more technical playing. All major scales, two octaves if possible. Sight-reading. Standard orchestral excerpts of your choice are highly encouraged, but optional. One significant solo work; memorization is optional.
• French Horn: Two contrasting etudes demonstrating lyrical and more technical playing. All major scales, two octaves if possible. Sight-reading. Standard orchestral excerpts of your choice are highly encouraged, but optional. One significant solo work; memorization is optional.
• Trombone: Two contrasting etudes demonstrating lyrical and more technical playing. All major scales, two octaves if possible. Sight-reading. Standard orchestral excerpts of your choice are highly encouraged, but optional. One significant solo work; memorization is optional.
• Euphonium: Two contrasting etudes demonstrating lyrical and more technical playing. All major scales, two octaves if possible. Sight-reading. Standard orchestral excerpts of your choice are highly encouraged, but optional. One significant solo work; memorization is optional.
• Tuba: Two contrasting etudes demonstrating lyrical and more technical playing. All major scales, two octaves if possible. Sight-reading. Standard orchestral excerpts of your choice are highly encouraged, but optional. One significant solo work; memorization is optional.
• Classical Guitar: For entrance into the BM performance and BME degrees, students will play two contrasting works from Royal Conservatory of Music: Classical Guitar Repertoire and Etudes Level 4.
• Harp: One etude. Two contrasting solos demonstrating your highest level of artistry, memorized. One orchestral cadenza. NO sight-reading.
• Organ: Two selections from the standard organ literature in contrasting styles or periods that demonstrate the applicant's musical and technical skills. Sight reading (generally a hymn) at the discretion of the faculty.
• Percussion: One snare drum concert solo or etude. One four-mallet solo or etude on marimba. One solo or etude on timpani.
• Piano: All selections must be performed from memory. All major and minor scales, hands together, four octaves in 16th notes. One composition from the Baroque period. A movement of a sonata from the Classical period. A composition from the Romantic, Impressionist or Contemporary period. Sight reading at discretion of faculty.
• Violin: Applicants are expected to be proficient in all major and minor scales in three octaves. Memorization of audition selections is optional, but strongly encouraged. One movement of Bach. One movement of a concerto. Optional: One etude/caprice/virtuosic character piece/movement of the student's choice.
• Viola: Applicants are expected to be proficient in all major and minor scales in three octaves. Memorization of audition selections is optional, but strongly encouraged. One movement of Bach. One movement of a concerto. Optional: One etude/caprice/virtuosic character piece/movement of the student's choice.
• Cello: Applicants are expected to be proficient in all major and minor scales in three octaves. Memorization of audition selections is optional, but strongly encouraged. One movement of Bach. One movement of a concerto. Optional: One etude/caprice/virtuosic character piece/movement of the student's choice.
• Double Bass: Two contrasting solo selections that display the applicant's stylistic and technical range. Two contrasting standard orchestral excerpts. Two-octave major and minor scales and arpeggios through four sharps and flats.
• Classical Voice: Two songs of contrasting style, one in English and one in a foreign language. Both songs should be memorized. Sight-reading. For on-campus auditions, an accompanist is provided.
• Flute: Three solos, movements or etudes of contrasting styles. Memorization is optional. All major scales. Optional: up to three orchestral excerpts of your choice are encouraged, but not required. Sight-reading.
• Oboe: Three solos, movements or etudes of contrasting styles. Memorization is optional. All major scales. Optional: up to three orchestral excerpts of your choice are encouraged, but not required. Sight-reading.
• Clarinet: Three solos, movements or etudes of contrasting styles. Memorization is optional. All major scales. Optional: up to three orchestral excerpts of your choice are encouraged, but not required. Sight-reading.
• Bassoon: Three solos, movements or etudes of contrasting styles. Memorization is optional. All major scales. Optional: up to three orchestral excerpts of your choice are encouraged, but not required. Sight-reading.
• Saxophone: Three solos, movements or etudes of contrasting styles. Memorization is optional. All major scales. Optional: up to three orchestral excerpts of your choice are encouraged, but not required. Sight-reading. Saxophones: students may play the above audition on alto, tenor or baritone saxophone.

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Portfolio

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Interview

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Deadlines

• Undergraduate audition day (admission for the 2027-2028 academic year; no bassoon on this date) · 2027-28 (2026)
• Undergraduate audition day · 2027-28 (2027)
• Undergraduate audition day (no jazz guitar, no jazz trumpet) · 2027-28 (2027)

The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.

Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.