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Brass Admissions
Offer students the highest level of applied instruction, ensemble experience and diverse selection of coursework.
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Key Admission Dates
Fall 2023
- Freshman Early Action Deadline (Florida Residents only) October 15
- Regular Decision Deadline for Freshman and Transfer applicants to apply to FSU, submit the Music Supplemental Application, and request an audition date. December 1
- Final Deadline for Freshman and Transfer applicants February 1
- On-campus auditions January 28, February 11, February 25 (other dates by appointment)
- Admission decisions released on a rolling basis February and March
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Application Requirements
1 Apply to Florida State University
Complete the Florida State University Application and pay the $30 application fee.
Florida resident Freshman applicants who apply by October 15 may be considered for an Early Action decision on December 15 based on their academic profile. However, all students must successfully pass an audition in January or February in order to gain admission to the College of Music.
Instructions for Freshman applicants
Instructions for Transfer applicants
Applicants whose native language is not English are required to demonstrate spoken and written proficiency by providing examination results. Proficiency exam exemptions are granted if certain conditions are fulfilled.
2 Apply to the College of Music
Complete the College of Music Supplemental Application and any additional materials required for your major. The Supplemental Application allows you to select your audition date, and will be added to your Application Checklist within 1-2 hours of submitting your application to FSU. Music Minors and current FSU students seeking to change their major should contact the College of Music Admissions Office for assistance.
A list of all significant solo works you have studied to date. This may include methods and etude studies. Students can upload a list of their own or create a new one on the Application Status Page.
Your letter should be from a music teacher or conductor, and you will enter their contact information on your Application Status Page.
3 Complete your audition
Be sure to review the audition requirements below for your instrument. Auditions are to be unaccompanied.
For those who choose the recorded audition option:
Video and audio is required. All audition materials should be recorded in one continuous, unedited take. Please introduce yourself at the beginning of the video.
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Audition Requirements
Choose your instrument of choice to see specific audition requirements.
All music majors and music minor:
- Scales and arpeggios: Concert F, G, and Bb, two octave scales with arpeggios (Applicant’s choice for pattern and tempo)
- Goedicke: Concert Etude
- Charlier: Etude no. 2 from 36 Transcendental Etudes.
Additional requirement for performance majors:
- 3-4 orchestral excerpts of contrasting styles.
Applicants who have questions about appropriate audition repertoire please contact Dr. Chris Moore.
All non-performance majors and music minor:
- Scales: F major and C major (horn pitch) three octaves, quarter notes (quarter = 80), forte
- Mozart Horn Concerto #2, 3, or 4: 1st movement exposition
- Contrasting solo, Grade 5, 6, or 7 on the FBA Solo and Ensemble list (or equivalent)
- Orchestral Excerpts :
- Brahms: Symphony #3 – Horn 1, mvt. 3, one measure before F to 12 after F
- R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel – Horn 1, Beginning to rehearsal 1
- One additional excerpt of choice
Performance majors:
- Mozart Horn Concerto #2, K. 417: 1st movement exposition or #4, K. 495: 1st movement exposition
- Contrasting solo, Grade 5, 6, or 7 on the FBA Solo and Ensemble list (or equivalent)
- Orchestral Excerpts:
- Brahms: Symphony #3 – Horn 1, mvt. 3, one measure before F to 12 after F
- R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel – Horn 1, Beginning to rehearsal 1
- Choose one high excerpt: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #1 – Horn 1, mvt. 4, Trio 2 or Beethoven Symphony #7 – Horn 1, mvt 1, 25 before C to two measures after C or Wagner Gotterdamerung – short call
- Choose one low excerpt: Beethoven: Symphony #3 – Horn 2, mvt. 3, Trio: Allegro vivace or Shostakovich Symphony #5 – Horn 1, mvt. 1, Rehearsal 17 to one measure after 21
Applicants who have questions about appropriate audition repertoire please contact Prof. Michelle Stebleton.
All non-performance majors and music minor:
Two contrasting works, such as (but not limited to):
- Handel: Sonata No. 3, Blazevich
- Concert Piece No. 5
- Barat: Andante et Allegro
- Galliard: Sonatas
- Marcello: Sonatas
- Telemann: Sonata in F minor
Performance majors:
Two contrasting works, such as (but not limited to):
- Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
- Galliard: Sonatas
- Marcello: Sonatas
- Jones: Sonatina
- Handel: Concerto in f minor
- Corelli: Sonata in F major
- Hindemith: Sonata
- Saint-Säens: Cavatine
- David: Concertino
- Larson: Concertino
Applicants who have questions about appropriate audition repertoire please contact Dr. John Drew.
All non-performance majors and music minor:
- All major scales and arpeggios
- One lyrical etude from Rochut Melodious Etudes Book 1: Etude #4, #7, or #9
- One technical etude from Voxman Selected Studies for Baritone: Bohme/B Flat Major, Gatti/A Flat Major, or Gatti/A Minor
Performance majors:
- All major and minor scales and arpeggios
- One solo work from the following list:
- Barat: Introduction and Dance
- Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
- Haddad: Suite for Baritone
- Jacob: Fantasia
- Marcello: Sonata in F Major (Arr. Ostrander)
- Marcello: Sonata in C Major (Arr. Ostrander)
- Two standard wind band excerpts from the following list:
- Fillmore: Rolling Thunder
- Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy
- Holst: First Suite for Military Band
- Holst: Second Suite for Military Band
- King: The Melody Shop
- Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Applicants who have questions about appropriate repertoire please contact Dr. Justin Benavidez.
All non-performance majors and music minor:
- All major scales and arpeggios
- One lyrical etude from Bordogni 43 Bel Canto Etudes for Tuba: Etude #1, #3, or #7
- One technical etude from Blazhevich 70 Studies for Tuba, Volume 1: Etude #7, #8, or #11
Performance majors:
- All major and minor scales and arpeggios
- One solo work from the following list:
- Bach: Air and Bourée (Arr. Bell)
- Gregson: Concerto for Tuba
- Haddad: Suite for Tuba
- Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement
- Marcello: Sonata in F Major (Arr. Little)
- Marcello: Sonata in C Major (Arr. Little)
- Two standard orchestral or wind band excerpts from the following list:
- Hindemith: Symphony in B Flat
- Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
- Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale
- Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger
- Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
Applicants who have questions about appropriate repertoire please contact Dr. Justin Benavidez.
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Audition Day Itinerary
A student ambassador will lead a tour of College of Music facilities and other important sites around campus.
Meet Dean Todd Queen and other key faculty and staff from the College of Music. Learn more about the programs of the College as well as details regarding the admission process, scholarships, and housing. Question and answer session will follow.
Meet some of the professors and current students in our academic degree programs:
- Music Education
- Music Therapy
- Music Theory & Composition
- Commercial Music
- Students interested in dual degrees/double majors
- Transfer students
- Meet an Advisor
Meet faculty, staff, and students from the LLC and learn about housing options for music majors
Have all of your final questions answered! Speak one-on-one with an admissions representative, our Director of Undergraduate Programs, or our advisor.
Common Questions
Expand AllAll undergraduate applicants must pass an audition to enter the College of Music. Auditions are scheduled via the Music Supplemental application, submitted on the Application Status Page. Applicants who complete their supplemental application by December 1st are generally able to secure their first-choice audition date, but requests are honored on a first-come, first-served basis.
Prescreenings are required for the following instruments/degree programs:
- BM or BFA in Music Theatre
- BM in Piano Performance
Prescreening submissions are due by December 1 and results will be released by December 15. Applicants who are successful in this first round will be invited to campus for a full audition on one of the dates listed above. (Music Theatre will have a second round via Zoom, followed by a final round on campus).
Auditioning for the music minor also requires a successful audition. Repertoire requirements are generally identical to the requirements for music majors. Students who wish to apply for a music minor should contact musicadmissions@fsu.edu for access to the application.
Current students who wish to apply to the College of Music should contact musicadmissions@fsu.edu for access to the application.
Auditioning for the music minor also requires a successful audition. Repertoire requirements are generally identical to the requirements for music majors.
Everyone who auditions as a music major is automatically considered for talent scholarships and assistantships, and no additional application is necessary.
While all students are encouraged to audition on campus, most studios will accept a recorded video audition in lieu of a live audition. Students who wish to audition on campus but have scheduling conflicts may request an alternate on-campus audition date. Please note the following recorded audition guidelines:
- CD/DVD submissions will not be accepted – upload your recording(s) to YouTube or Vimeo and attach to the application. YouTube videos may be Public or Unlisted, but not Private.
- Recordings must include video (no audio-only recordings, please) and should be unedited. Video links are to be submitted on the Application Status Page.
- Some areas prefer one continuous recording and others prefer individual recordings of each selection. See repertoire requirements for your instrument for clarification.
- Begin each recording facing the camera and introduce yourself and the piece(s) you are about to present.
- Please ensure that recordings are of the highest quality possible and that all audition requirements are uploaded. We do understand that most applicants will not have access to professional recording equipment – faculty will take this into account in their evaluation. Watch/listen to your recordings before you submit them!
- Voice auditions must be accompanied – no a cappella singing, please. Instrumentalists should play unaccompanied.
- Exceptions:
- Applicants for Music Theatre will not submit recorded auditions. Auditions will be conducted live, via Zoom. Final callbacks will be on campus.
- Percussion auditions must be completed on-campus except in extraordinary situations (e.g., international applicants). Please contact musicadmissions@fsu.edu if you wish to request a recorded or remote audition.
Recorded Auditions must be submitted no later than midnight on February 1.
An accompanist is provided, free of charge, for all voice and music theatre auditions on campus. Rehearsal time is not provided, however, and scores should not be submitted in advance. Please bring neat copies, in a book or organized in a binder, in the appropriate key(s). Students may bring their own accompanist to the audition if they wish.
Instrumental auditions will be unaccompanied.
Students are allowed a maximum of three audition attempts per instrument/voice, per degree level (bachelors, master’s, doctoral). Applicants are allowed one audition per application.