How does admission work for prospective music major?

SimpleLife
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27:01 +0000

musicprnt:

I would be willing to be across all programs that a pre screen is required more often for strings, piano and voice then it is for woodwinds or brass; the pre screen is in place because of the number of people applying, and there are a lot less on average applying to audition for brass or woodwind then on strings and piano, when they could face several hundred potential applicants instead of 10 or 12 let’s say.



Yes, I think you hit the nail on the head, musicprnt. StoneMagic’s son is a trombone player. I also surmised that s/he is therefore probably not as familiar with all the pre-screening hoops that strings, piano, and voice must often jump through at all sorts of schools. For trombones, as far as I know, no major universities DO require pre-screenings. I really wouldn’t know. ;)