Undergraduate Audition Requirements
Entering first-year students considering the music composition track at URI should submit a portfolio of original compositions to the Music Department office no later than three weeks prior to the start of their first semester of studies.
At the scheduled audition date, you should submit at least one piece (20 measures minimum) in the instrumentation of your choice showing scoring ability, dynamics and articulation markings, tempo markings, and tempo changes, as well as fully notated rhythms and pitches. Scores written using a music notation program are encouraged.
Once you have been admitted to the music department, you should complete your portfolio by August 15 or January 1 (three weeks prior to the start of the respective semesters).
The portfolio should consist of 3 scores of original compositions (no arrangements please), accompanied by at least one audio recording of one of the pieces submitted. The other two pieces may be a synthetic/midi version if no audio recording is available.
The compositions should display:
- Diverse styles
- Diverse instrumentation (for instance: solo, vocal, chamber ensemble, electronics)
- An abundant variety of rhythms, tempos, and meters
- Harmonic inventiveness
- Motivic inventiveness
- A variety of textures (such as counterpoint, homophony, or call and response)
- Attention to scoring details (dynamics, tempos, articulations, tonguing, bowings)
For more information contact Eliane Aberdam or Zaccai Curtis.