Applied Music Lessons

All university students may take applied music, although music majors and minors are given first priority for available space. A fee of $150 per semester for one half-hour lesson per week is required for all applied individual instruction. Students taking applied music must also enroll in an appropriate ensemble: symphonic choir, concert choir, university women's chorus, orchestra, marching and concert band, or symphonic band and wind ensemble. A maximum of 13 units in ensembles is allowed toward graduation.

Students receive a half-hour individual applied lesson for one unit and an hour lesson for two, three, or four units. A jury examination is required at the end of the semester for all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in applied music. A minimum of one hour of daily preparation is required for each unit.

A maximum of eight units of applied instruction at each level may be applied to the bachelor of arts degree. A maximum of four units of applied instruction at the 700 level may apply toward a graduate degree. All students entering the bachelor of music applied program must satisfactorily complete an entrance audition; an upper-division audition must be completed after 16 lower-division units. Any student seeking upper-division or graduate status in applied music must satisfactorily complete an audition ( MUSA 753  - MUSA 770  do not require an audition.)

1. Go to the application portal, create an account and complete all forms.
2. Due to strong spam filters, we recommend that you do not use a work email address as your contact email.
3. Upload and attach all required documents.
4. Once you have submitted names and emails for recommendations, recommendation requests are automatically generated.
   Do not wait for recommendations to be returned. Continue with the application process in order to meet your deadline.
5. Complete a Paypal payment for application: $60 domestic and $95 international. All fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
6. Once your application and payment have been submitted, you cannot add documents.

School code for TOEFL and GRE: 4844