ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS AND CHECKSHEET – PERFORMANCE

All application materials are due by December 1st. If you are submitting a pre-screening CD or video (see below for which areas require one), it is due at the same time as your application form: December 1st

All materials listed below must be received at the address below before your application can be considered.

Check	Due Date	Item
	December 1st	Conducting Pre-screening videos Piano and Voice Pre-screening CDs
	December 1st	Statement of Purpose Transcripts 3 Letters of recommendation Performance Summary Repertoire List Scholarly Paper (DMA ONLY)
	January 12, 2009	Audition appointment made (all instruments except Piano & Voice)

FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ONLY

December 1st	TOEFL/IELTS score These test scores must be received by the Dec 1st deadline in order to be given full consideration for admission and scholarship.
March 1	Financial Statement (UCLA form and necessary documents)

§ Statement of purpose : A prose statement of your long range goals in performance, including pertinent biographical information, and how going to graduate school, especially at UCLA, will contribute to achieving those goals.

§ Transcripts : Official transcripts (2 copies) of your undergraduate transcripts from your bachelor’s degree school and all coursework you have taken or are taking since then. If you are currently in school, please ask your school to include “work in progress”.

§ 3 letters of recommendation : These should be from 3 people who can speak to your potential as a graduate student in this field. Please include your present teacher if possible. Letters of recommendation from every area in which you specialize in music are to be included with your application.

§ Performance summary : A list of your recent performance activity (over roughly the last 3 years), including major performances or groups, teachers, etc.

§ Repertoire list : A list of the repertoire you have worked on or performed over the last several years.

§ [ DMA ONLY]: Scholarly/Research Paper : a paper on a subject in the field of music, similar to what would be written as a term paper for a graduate seminar.

§ International Students with English as a second language: A TOEFL score of 560 (paper-based test) or 220 (computer-based test) or an IELTS score of 7.0. For the internet-based TOEFL (TOEFL iBT), the minimum total passing score is 87. Please see the application information on www.gradadmissions.ucla.edu for information on possible exceptions. Because processing, sending, and receiving TOEFL scores often takes several weeks, international students must schedule the TOEFL examination no later than October in order to meet the Departmental deadlines. These test scores must be received by the Dec 1st deadline in order to be given full consideration for admission and scholarship.

§ All International Students seeking F1 or J1 visas : The UCLA “Financial Statement for Students Seeking Non-Immigrant Visas”. This must be received in the department by March 1.

§ Prescreening CD or Videotape:

PIANO AND VOICE ONLY : You must submit a pre-screening CD so that it arrives here by December 1st. Please send it directly to the address below. This recording should include the full audition program.

CONDUCTING ONLY : You must submit a pre-screening videotape by December 1st. Please see conducting audition information via the Music Department website.

ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS : You do not have a pre-screening requirement. Please see Performance audition information. You will need to request an audition appointment via the Music Department website.

All materials, including the pre-screening CDs and Videos, must be sent to:

Graduate Admissions - Performance

Department of Music

2539 Schoenberg Music Building

UCLA Box 951616

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1616

Please note our department does not use the Graduate Division site for online application status.

For a variety of reasons admission can often take a few months. Generally, applicants are informed sometime in March. When a decision is made, applicants receive an email, directing them to the online application site and the option Decision Status. This information is not available over the phone or in email where identity cannot be verified. Please note: a paper letter regarding your status will not be sent; you must access your decision letter online.