Undergraduate Applicants to Music Composition program (contemporary classical) will submit a portfolio of original composition to the Music Department office: music@etal.uri.edu

Option 1:

If the candidate has prior experience in Music Composition, the portfolio must be submitted via email (please email links to PDFs and recordings or mp3 of MIDI renditions) prior or on audition day.

The compositions should display:
1.  A variety of styles and/or moods
2.  Diverse instrumentation (for instance: solo, vocal, chamber ensemble, electronics, large ensemble)

And at least three of these elements:
1.  Rhythmic/metric knowledge
2.  Some harmonic knowledge (chord construction)
3.  Motivic and melodic lines
4.  Various textures
5.  Some understanding of structure and form
6.  Attention to scoring details (dynamics, tempos, articulations, tonguing, bowings)

Option 2:

If the candidate has no prior experience in Music Composition, the portfolio may be submitted three weeks prior the start of the fall semester (around August 10) and must consist of three different short pieces (20 measures per piece/song will suffice),
showing a diversity of style and instrumentation. Please submit an email to the music office: music@etal.uri.edu

Audition Day meeting:

All composition applicants may request to be scheduled for a 20-minute meeting with the Composition faculty on audition day to discuss the composition program and provide an opportunity to ask questions, regardless of their level of experience.
For more information contact Eliane Aberdam.