A few questions about college auditions/schools! (Flute)

moopie19
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:13:44 +0000

Wow you have a lot of questions.

1 A Boston University flute teacher told us they audition about 60 flutes and accept around 6. An Ithaca flute teacher told us they audtion about 100 flutes and accept 10-20 depending on the number they need in a particular year.

2 Every school is different about their admission requirements. Your SATs need to be higher for BU and Oberlin College (not to be confused with Oberlin Conservatory). They are fine for Hartt which is part of Univ of Hartford. I’m not familiar enough with the others to comment, but you should check each school’s website regarding admissions. You are correct that some conservatories have different grade/score standards than their host university (such is the case with Peabody/JH and Eastman/UofR)… but not all.

6 Almost every school has their 2011 audition dates posted on their websites by now with audition requirements. Usually they give you about three choices of dates, and they can fill up. You might not get your first choice.

I think you need to spend some time on each school’s website and you will find all the info you need pretty quickly.