AUDITIONS 2022
Final Round Information

About Remote Auditions/Interviews

Congratulations on making it to final round auditions and/or interviews at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music!

Due to the current pandemic situation, we are unfortunately unable to welcome you to campus in January and February 2022. After careful consideration of the health and safety of the campus community, we have come to the difficult decision to conduct final round auditions/interviews remotely, utilizing the AuditionRoom software developed by Acceptd.

Below please find the final round requirements for each program, along with specific requirements for each instrument/voice area (if applicable). Please read these requirements thoroughly. Applicants to performance-based programs will be required to upload final round audition videos, following the repertoire requirements for their specific areas, and to schedule a remote interview with faculty, which will take place via Acceptd’s AuditionRoom (an audition coordination software that utilizes Zoom technology). Applicants to non-performance programs will simply need to schedule their remote interviews, which will also take place via AuditionRoom.

If you have any questions after thoroughly reading this page, please reach out to admissions@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu.

For final round audition video recordings, please note the following:

We will exercise understanding and compassion for applicants who must record videos in less than desirable circumstances (e.g. without high-end technology). We will also be understanding of applicants unable to perform with accompaniment, given social distancing guidelines; you may perform with an actual pianist, with prerecorded piano tracks or intelligent accompaniment software, or without accompaniment, and it will not adversely affect consideration of your application. The recorded videos must be unedited, but full movements can be recorded separately.

Final Round Requirements

ALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate applicants already have Acceptd accounts as it is the system they used to submit their supplemental applications for the School of Music. Please see below for details about what each program will require in the final round.

Music Performance BM

Please do the following by January 14, 2022 at 11:59pm PST: Schedule your remote interview via Acceptd and submit final audition videos per repertoire requirements for your area. You can find the repertoire requirements at the bottom of this page. Please note that you may choose to reuse prescreening videos if they meet the repertoire requirements for the final round.

Music Education BA

Candidates to our Music Education program must schedule two remote interviews: one with the instrument studio faculty, and one with our Music Education faculty. You will have access to both schedules in Acceptd.

Please do the following by January 14, 2022 at 11:59pm PST: Schedule your remote interviews (one with studio faculty, one with Music Education faculty) via Acceptd and submit final audition videos per repertoire requirements for your area. You can find the repertoire requirements at the bottom of this page. Please note that you may choose to reuse prescreening videos if they meet the repertoire requirements for the final round.

Music Composition BA

Please do the following by January 14, 2022 at 11:59pm PST: Schedule your remote interview via Acceptd.

Global Jazz Studies BA

Please do the following by January 14, 2022 at 11:59pm PST: Schedule your remote interview via Acceptd and submit final audition videos per repertoire requirements for your area. You can find the repertoire requirements at the bottom of this page. Please note that you may choose to reuse prescreening videos if they meet the repertoire requirements for the final round.

Musicology BA

The final round for Musicology involves an interview with Musicology faculty members. Please note that you will not be asked to perform, as this is not a performance-based program. Please be prepared to speak about why you are interested in the Musicology program at UCLA and your future goals.

Please do the following by January 14, 2022 at 11:59pm PST: Schedule your remote interview via Acceptd.

Music History & Industry BA

All final round interviews with the Musicology faculty will be conducted remotely via AuditionRoom. Please note that you will not be asked to perform, as this is not a performance-based program.

Please be prepared to answer the following questions in your interview:

  • Our Music History and Industry program is a liberal arts major with an industry focus. How will a holistic program such as ours benefit your goals in the music industry, as opposed to a more focused Music Industry/Business/Technology or contemporary/pop Music Performance program you would find elsewhere? (Please review our curriculum here.)
  • In your opinion, what do you think is the most interesting thing to happen within the music industry in the last 5 years?

Please do the following by January 14, 2022 at 11:59pm PST: Schedule your remote interview via Acceptd.

GRADUATE MUSIC DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS

Graduate applicants will be asked to create an Acceptd account here. Please be sure to select the correct degree program (Music MM, Music DMA, Music MA, or Music PhD) and instrument/voice area (if MM or DMA). If you select the wrong program you will not be able to access the correct scheduling system. Please see below for details about what each program will require in the final round.

Music MM / Music DMA

Please do the following by January 14, 2022 at 11:59pm PST: Schedule your remote interview via Acceptd and submit final audition videos per repertoire requirements for your area. You can find the repertoire requirements at the bottom of this page. Please note that you may choose to reuse prescreening videos if they meet the repertoire requirements for the final round. Please also note that Music MM or Music DMA applicants in the Percussion area are additionally required to upload a video recording of a concert style multiple percussion solo of your own selection that best demonstrates your level of proficiency to Acceptd.

DMA Exam

Please note that all DMA finalists must complete a writing exam in addition to the final round requirements outlined above. The purpose of this writing assessment is to assess your on-the-spot writing skills. You will not need to do any prior preparation. The exam will be conducted on camera in a Zoom room. You must hand-write the exam and then drop a legible scan or photo of the exam into a Box drive that the adjudicator will link in the room. The room will be open from 10am PST to 4pm PST on Saturday, January 23 and Sunday, January 30. You can drop in any time in those 6 hours to take the 45-minute exam. The prompts will be on the screen when you enter. An adjudicator will be there to answer any questions you may have and to let you know when your time is up.

  • Register for the Saturday, January 22 exam HERE
  • Register for the Sunday, January 30 exam HERE

Music MA / Music PhD (Composition)

Please do the following by January 14, 2022 at 11:59pm PST: Schedule your remote interview via Acceptd.

In addition to scheduling your individual interview with faculty, you will also be asked to sign up for one of two Composition exam times. The exam is roughly 4 hours long on the day of remote interviews (Saturday, January 29, 2022). The times are as follows: 9am to 1pm OR 1pm to 5pm. You will need to attend the exam time slot that does not conflict with your interview time (e.g. if you have a 1pm interview, you will want to schedule for the 9am to 1pm exam time). The exam will take place at the Zoom links below.

  • Register for the January 29 exam HERE
AuditionRoom is the software built by Acceptd that we will be using to conduct virtual interviews with faculty. We highly recommend reading the applicant overview linked below to understand what will be expected of you.
AuditionRoom Overview