Please review the instructions below. To find the audition repertoire for your major, use the links to the left.
Live auditions at NEC are required of:
- applicants from the United States, Canada, and Mexico applying to Contemporary Improvisation, Double Bass, Flute, Guitar, Jazz Studies, Piano, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy;
- applicants in all remaining majors living within 500 miles of Boston;
- all applicants to the D.M.A., Artist Diploma, Collaborative Piano, Conducting, and Harvard/NEC Double-Degree programs, regardless of country of residence.
Prescreening recordings are required of:
- all undergraduate, M.M. and G.D. applicants to Conducting, Contemporary Improvisation, Flute, Jazz Composition, Jazz Performance, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy;
- all Artist Diploma and D.M.A. applicants, regardless of major.
Live interviews at NEC following portfolio prescreenings are required of:
- composition applicants from the United States, Canada, and Mexico;
- composition applicants to the D.M.A. or Harvard/NEC Double-Degree programs regardless of country of residence.
Confirmation of a live audition or interview date will be sent by email approximately one month prior to the audition. Applicants who cancel an audition for documented unforeseen difficulties (e.g., illness, inclement weather, injury) may request placement on a waiting list should audition openings occur at a later time. However, due to the large number of scheduled auditions, few openings usually occur.
Harvard/NEC double-degree applicants should prepare the undergraduate audition repertoire.
Accompanists are required for Voice and Opera auditions and for D.M.A. applicants invited to a live audition for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello. Accompanists are not required for other instrumental auditions, although applicants wishing to audition with their own accompanist (personally arranged) may do so. For a fee of $25, NEC will provide an accompanist for Voice and Opera auditions. For a fee of $25, NEC will provide a vocalist and/or instrumentalist for Collaborative Piano auditions. A rhythm section is provided free of charge for Jazz auditions.
For those applicants who are not required to attend a live audition and plan to send a Recorded Audition, please visit our Recording Guidelines section.
Please refer to the pages on the left for your major's specific audition requirements.
2011-06-23
GEORGE GERSHWIN