ALLEN WEICOLLEGE CHOICESL.G. P. 8 10/11/12

Look up the following information for 4 different colleges/institutions that you are interested in applying. Reply back with this information: Name of College Requirements: SAT Score/GPA, Essays, Recommendation Letters Due Date for applying Do they offer scholarships for incoming Freshmen? If so what are the requirements? Why are you interested in the college?

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Tisch School of Arts

GPA REQUIRED: 4.14SAT REQUIRED: 2130

Early Decision I - beginning September 4, 2012Early Decision II - beginning November 1, 2012Regular Decision - beginning November 1, 2012Internal Transfer - beginning January 1, 2013External Transfer - beginning February 1, 2013

NYU REQUIREMENTS• All freshman candidates for undergraduate admission must submit

the following:• The Common Application, NYU Supplement, and nonrefundable

$70.00 application fee• Official score reports to meet our standardized testing

requirements.• The Common Application School Report and official high school

transcript• One Teacher Evaluation (at least one, but no more than two)• Official transcripts of all college work for which academic credit has

been earned• The Common Application Mid Year Report with updated transcript,

showing first semester senior year grades, by March 1• The Common Application Final Report with final transcript, showing

proof of graduation, by July 1 (admitted students only)

NYU Tisch School

• There are two required steps to successfully completing your application for admission:

• You must complete the Common App w/ the NYU Supplement via the Undergraduate Admissions website, provide the requested academic documentation and supporting credentials, and submit directly to the Undergraduate Admissions department - please note that this academic requirement is slightly different for internal transfers.

• You must prepare a creative portfolio (with the seven components outlined below) and submit via the institute's online application system, The Clive Davis Institude Slideroom. Please note that, upon submitting your final creative portfolio, Slideroom charges a $10 fee for applicants to use this service (you may pay this fee with credit or debit card.

CREATIVE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• 1. STATEMENT OF INTENT. Please read “Departmental Notes On Entrepreneurship” via the link on the right. In your Statement of Intent, clearly identify which of these four entrepreneur types (executive entrepreneur, producer entrepreneur, performer entrepreneur, journalist entrepreneur) you hope to become as you progress in your career. Based on your experiences so far, what kinds of skills do you possess - or do you hope to develop - that will allow you to succeed as your chosen type of entrepreneur [500-750 words; double-spaced; .doc or .pdf format]?

• 2. CREATIVE SAMPLE. All applicants are required to submit a creative sample that can be evaluated in approximately 5 minutes. Your creative sample should demonstrate evidence of the skills you possess—or evidence of your potential to develop the skills—that will allow you to achieve your career goals as the entrepreneur type outlined in your statement of intent [a complete list of accepted file formats can be found on the Slideroom application site].

• Your submission may be one sample that totals five minutes of review or multiple samples that together total five minutes of review. You may submit audio, video, and/or a sample of articles you have written or published, a business plan you would like to implement, flyers or promotional materials you have designed, etc. What samples you submit for your creative portfolio should be specific to what kind of entrepreneur you are interested in pursuing while in the Clive Davis program.

• Examples of past creative sample submissions have included, but are not limited to: • A business plan you would like to implement, or have already implemented

CREATIVE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (Cont.)

• Evidence of experience with Internet/new media, music marketing, promotions, A&R, management, merchandising, Internet entrepreneurship as well as work on a street team or as a music stylist

• Audio recordings of music you have either composed, produced, arranged, engineered, or performed on, and may also include multimedia recordings, music videos, or lyrics written

• Promotional materials you’ve created showing your graphic design such as logos on a t-shirt, band or event flyers and ads

• Evidence of live events, concert production and promotion• Articles you have published on music, music photography, evidence of music blogging• Designs you have done for a home or school studio and technology including construction and

implementation of the studio with reasons for choices made• Films you have scored, soundtracks, or sound design• Video of live performance [highly encouraged for performer entrepreneurs]• PLEASE NOTE: You may also upload any SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS you feel are necessary to

share with the committee. However, please make sure that they are clearly labeled as such in order to distinguish them from your required creative portfolio components outlined above.

CREATIVE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (Cont.)

• 3. DETAILED STATEMENT about your creative sample. Each applicant is also required to submit a detailed statement that describes the work and its artistic intentions, the full extent of your creative involvement, and, if necessary, all credits due to other contributors. You must provide, as applicable, the name of the composition, composer, producer, engineer, mixer, arranger, programmer, location of recording, date of recording, full list of performers, and software used [100 words or less; .doc or .pdf format].

In all cases, the material submitted must show evidence of your original work and you must be the primary contributor to or creator of the work. Work that involves sampling or previously copyrighted material may be submitted ONLY if your creativity is displayed through the use of the sampled material.

• 4. ARTISTIC RESUME. Please list your previous musical, artistic, and entrepreneurial experience. Experience may include promotional activities, internship, volunteer work experience, musical skills, church choir, school chorus, band involvement, and amateur or professional performances. It may also include formal training on an instrument, voice training, technology (such as MIDI), or technical skills in music performance and recording, such as arranging or composition, as well as DJ-ing and producing. Please include instructors, courses taken, and the duration of study or engagement [1-2 pages; .doc or .pdf format].

• 5. CURRENT PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH. Please include one current personal photograph that you believe represents your aesthetic as your selected type of entrepreneur, or best represents who you are [.jpg, .png, .gif, .tif format].

CREATIVE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (Cont.)

• 6. CRITICAL ESSAY. If you were stranded on a desert island for the rest of your life, choose the ten (10) songs you would want to have on your iPod. Organize those songs into a hypothetical customized iPod playlist. Tell us the titles of the ten songs in sequence (in addition to sharing the titles with us, you can also include hyperlinks to those songs) and then write about any one (1) of those songs or artists. Explain why you've chosen that one song or artist and specifically address aspects of the recording that strike you in terms of production, artistry/performance, marketing, or promotion [500-750 words; double-spaced;your ten-song playlist should not be a part of the 500-750 words; .doc or .pdf format].

• Your recommender must submit the following ONE (1) creative portfolio component via Slideroom:

7. ONE LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION. This letter must be from an instructor or someone who knows you creatively and can speak of your potential to succeed as a leader in the music industry. When completing your creative portfolio via Slideroom, one of the steps will prompt you to enter your recommender's email address (and an optional message). Your recommender will then receive an automatically generated email from Slideroom prompting them to click on a link to submit their recommendation for you. Their recommendation will then automatically be attached to your creative portfolio. So simple![If desired, you may enter an email address for more than one recommender should you want to request more than one recommendation, but only one is required; .doc or .pdf format]

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Fall (September) SemesterEarly Action Application Deadline: November 1Auditions Take Place: August through DecemberAdmissions Decisions Issued: January 31Regular Action Application Deadline: January 15Auditions Take Place: August through MarchAdmissions Decisions Issued: March 31

GPA REQUIRED: 3.35SAT: N/A

BERKLEE PROCESS• Applying to Berklee is a three-step process:

• Application and Fee: A completed and submitted online application accompanied by a $150.00 non-refundable application fee can be found atapply.berklee.edu.

• Audition and Interview: As part of your application to the college, you are required to complete a live audition and interview. You may participate in your audition and interview regardless of whether the college has received your supporting materials. Berklee conducts auditions and interviews all over the world.

• Supporting Materials: Applicants should submit official up-to date academic transcripts or GEDs. For those who have college/university credits at another institution, applicants must also submit an official transcript.

BERKLEE AUDITIONSThe Audition

• The audition will be approximately 15 minutes long and may consist of the following parts:

• a prepared piece of your choice• an improvisation over a harmonic vamp, simple-form blues or a standard tune• a reading selection• melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic ear training exercises• At the discretion of each audition team, a jam with the faculty and/or technical

exercises might be part of your audition. Please refer to the detailed guidelines for further details about each component of the audition.

• We recognize it is common for applicants to have imbalances in their playing abilities, and we realize that applicants may not have advanced skills in improvisation, reading or ear training. These are often some of the reasons musicians are applying to Berklee - so that they may develop their musical skills further. Because we take a holistic approach in our evaluation process, each component of the audition helps the audition team assess your overall abilities as a musician and your potential for success at the college level.

YALE UNIVERSITY

School of music

Deadline is December 1, 2012

For Yale University GPA: 4.83For Yale School of Music: N/ASAT for Yale school of Music: N/A

Yale Music Piano Auditions

• Piano

• Prescreening Recording (Audio or Video) & Live Audition Guidelines:Provide all of the following:

• A Bach prelude and fugue or another original work by Bach (not a transcription)

• A sonata or variations by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, or Schubert (for the recording, provide at least two contrasting movements; for the live audition, prepare an entire work)

• A larger Romantic nineteenth-century work• A twentieth- or twenty-first-century composition (if the piece has

multiple movements, provide at least two contrasting movements)• Audition and recording repertoire may be the same or different, as

long as both programs adhere to these guidelines.

THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL

SAT: N/AGPA: 4.18

Application Component Deadline

Online application, including essay December 1, 2012

Application fee, payable in U.S. funds December 1, 2012

Pre-screening materials, if required December 1, 2012

Transcripts February 15, 2013

Proof of English Language Proficiency, if required

February 15, 2013

Letter of Recommendation February 15, 2013

Live Audition March 3-8, 2013

CRITERIA

• A serious commitment to music training and a career in music performance.

• A potential for meeting the technical standards of Juilliard’s professional training program in the major field.

• Exceptional talent and potential as a performer.• Broad and thoughtful interest in the world of music, including its

historical traditions and contemporary trends.• A clear dedication to artistic excellence and a desire to exercise

artistic leadership.• A high level and quality of previous training and musicianship.• A capacity for sustained, disciplined practice.• Ability to sight-read music.• Personal maturity and a generosity of spirit essential to ensemble

work.

PIANO ADMISSION• Piano is a pre-screened major.• All applicants (with the exception of current Juilliard pre-college students) must submit pre-

screening audio-visual recordings through our online portal by December 1, 2012, in order to be considered for an invitation to a live audition. The portal will close at 12:00 a.m. on December 2; it will not be possible to submit pre-screening materials after the deadline.

• Each audio-visual recording must be in its own digital file. Do not upload all pre-screening requirements in the same file.

• Applicants' hands and feet should be clearly visible.• It is not necessary that the repertoire prepared for the live audition be identical to the pre-

screening materials. However, both the pre-screening and the live audition repertoire must meet the requirements below.

• All pieces must be performed from memory. Exceptions may be permitted only in the case of some 20th and 21st-century pieces. Permission must be granted by the Juilliard piano faculty upon request.

• Applicants whose programs do not meet the following requirements will not be scheduled for an audition. Any changes to the audition program made after submitting the application must be approved by the department chair.

• All applicants who are invited to a live audition are required to take a written exam of basic musicianship skills and an in-person musical skills evaluation. All audition components take place on the same day.

PIANO ADMISSION (CONT.)• Pre-Screening Repertoire• For pre-screening, applicants must submit No. 2 and No. 3 from the live audition repertoire, as well as one etude

by Chopin.• Live Audition Repertoire• The entire audition program should reach a minimum of 45 minutes. Shorter programs may be subject to approval

by the piano faculty.• Bach: A prelude and fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier or another work containing a fugue. (No transcriptions

permitted.)• One of the following:

– An entire sonata by Beethoven (excluding Opp. 14, 49, and 79), or– One of the following Haydn sonatas: Hob. 20, 23, 32, 46, 49, 50, 52, or– One of the following Mozart sonatas: K. 281, 284, 310, 332, 333, 457, 533, or 576, or– One of the following Schubert sonatas: D. 568, 664, 784, 845, 850, 894, 958, 959, 960, or the Wanderer Fantasie, D. 760.

• A substantial composition by Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, or Mendelssohn. (Etudes, nocturnes, short dances, waltzes, or comparable pieces are not acceptable.)

• Two virtuosic etudes:– one by Chopin, and– one by Bartók, Debussy, Ligeti, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, or Stravinsky.

• A substantial work, or a collection of shorter works, of the applicant’s choice which is:– in a different style and by a composer other than those selected for the previous requirements, and– not less than six minutes.

COMPOSITION ADMISSION• Composition is a pre-screened major.• All applicants must submit pre-screening materials through our

online portalby December 1, 2012, in order to be considered for an invitation to a live audition. The portal will close at 12:00 a.m. on December 2; it will not be possible to submit pre-screening materials after the deadline.

• Each portion of each requirement (audio recordings, PDFs of scores, written statements and list of compositions/dates performed, as noted below) must be in its own digital file. Do not upload all pre-screening requirements in the same file.

• In addition to the standard application materials, all candidates must submit two letters of recommendation from music teachers.

COMPOSITION PRE-SCREEN (CONT.)

• Pre-Screening Requirements• Two scores of contrasting styles composed within the

last two years. Each score should be circumscribed to present the five minutes of music which represents your most accomplished work (two five-minute selections, for a total of ten minutes).

• Audio recordings which are cued to the same section of music should accompany the scores.

• A short written statement which describes the scores or the process of composing the scores.

• A complete listing of the applicant’s compositions with orchestrations and dates of performances.

LIVE AUDITIONS• Live Audition Procedures• Selected applicants will be scheduled for personal

interviews with the faculty.• Interviews will include a discussion of the scores submitted

for the pre-screening.• Applicants must bring copies of the materials submitted for

pre-screening (scores and CD recordings) AND two additional scores with CD recordings to the interviews (do not bring audio files on flash drives or any other storage method requiring a computer for playback).

• All applicants will complete musicianship testing in score analysis, rhythmic dictation, harmonic analysis, counterpoint, and score identification.