Graduate Audition Dates

Auditions and/or interviews* are held in

  • graduate conducting
  • composition
  • music education
  • organ
  • piano
  • sacred music
  • voice

All Westminster Choir College auditions will take place on campus at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ. Get Directions.

How to Register
To register for an audition
, students must submit the completed application for admission and submit the $50 application processing fee at least four weeks in advance of the requested audition date.

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


On-Campus Auditions
No Choral Conducting, Sacred Music or Organ Performance applicants

  • Saturday, December 7, 2013
  • Friday, February 28, 2014
  • Friday, March 7, 2014

Sacred Music (all concentrations) Auditions

  • Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 (no organ)
  • Friday, March 14, 2014

Choral Conducting Auditions

  • January 31, 2014
  • February 24, 2014

All graduate Choral Conducting applicants must submit the application for admission and the pre-screening recording no later than December 1 to be considered for invitation to the on-campus auditions. Please see the Audition Requirements for specific information on the conducting pre-screening recording.


Organ Performance Auditions

  • Friday, March 14, 2014

Regional Auditions
Graduate voice auditions only

  • San Francisco - January 11, 2014
  • Houston - January 25, 2014
  • Oberlin, OH - January 25, 2014