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Auditions

Auditions are required for admission to all graduate and some undergraduate programs. Consult the audition requirements for your major, and see the audition dates below. All auditions are evaluated by faculty members from the relevant departments. Westminster provides an accompanist for vocal auditions. Auditions are by appointment only and are limited to those who have submitted an application form and application fee. The application form and processing fee must be must be received at least three weeks prior to the selected audition date.  Therefore, it is to your advantage to sign up early for an audition. 

As long as the above criteria have been met and unless notified to the contrary, students should assume that the date they have selected is confirmed.  Although the scheduled audition date will appear on correspondence regarding completion of the applicant file, no correspondence specific to auditions will be sent until approximately two weeks prior to the scheduled date.

We urge all applicants to audition in person whenever possible. Taped auditions are accepted for applicants living more than 250 miles from Princeton or having extenuating circumstances. Taped auditions are not permitted for the graduate programs in Piano Accompanying or Choral Conducting.

2008-2009 Audition Dates

Auditions are held in undergraduate and graduate organ, piano or voice unless otherwise specified. Auditions are held on the Westminster campus in Princeton unless otherwise noted.  Please see below for dates and locations of Regional Auditions. 

To register for an audition, students must submit the completed application for admission, including the Westminster College of the Arts Student Data Supplement (for undergraduate students only - which will be emailed directly to you once we receive the admission application), and $50 application processing fee at least three weeks in advance of the requested audition date.   

Westminster Choir College Undergraduate Auditions 
(All programs except Music Theater and Bachelor of Arts in Music)

School of Fine and Performing Arts - Music Theater and Bachelor of Arts in Music Auditions
(Held at the Lawrenceville Campus) 

Graduate Auditions

All audition dates may be subject to change.  Check this site or contact the Westminster Office of Admission with questions.


Piano and Organ Audition and Scholarship Competition

Dates may be subject to change.

First Prize Scholarships: $4,000 Undergraduate and $4,000 Graduate
Second Prize Scholarships: $2,000 Undergraduate and $2,000 Graduate
(undergraduate awards are annually renewable for four years; graduate awards are renewable for two years)

This audition/competition is open to any undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a degree at Westminster with a primary instrument of Piano or Organ.  In addition to the awards mention above undergraduate students also may be eligible for additional merit-based scholarships of up to $11,000 annually; graduate students may be eligible for assistantships and additional grants.

Interested students must pre-register for the Piano and Organ Audition and Scholarship Competition.  To register please contact the Office of Admission at 1-800-962-4647 or by email at wccadmission@rider.edu. 

2008– 2009 Conducting Auditions

All graduate Choral Conducting applicants must submit the application for admission and the conducting preliminary tape postmarked no later than December 1, 2008 to be considered for invitation to the on-campus auditions.  Please see the Audition Requirements for specific information on the conducting preliminary tapes.

Regional Auditions *

 San Francisco, CA - January 6, 2009
     San Francisco Opera
     Zellerbach Rehearsal space
     300 Franklin St.
     San Francisco, California 94102

 Chicago, IL - January 8, 2009
     Lyric Opera House
     Room 550
     20 North Wacker Drive
     Chicago, IL  60606
 Houston, TX - January 19, 2009
     Houston Grand Opera
     Rehearsal Room
     Wortham Theater Center
     501 Texas
     Houston, TX 77002
 Atlanta, GA - January 24, 2009
     Trinity Presbyterian Church
     3003 Howell Mill Road
     Atlanta, GA  30327

* All Regional Audition dates and locations may be subject to change.

Students applying for the following Graduate programs cannot participate in Regional Auditions:

Contact the office of admission at 1-800-962-4647 or by email at wccadmission@rider.edu for more information.

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