All of the materials listed below must be received by the December 1st deadline. Any application not complete by December 1 may be removed from consideration.

Required items:

• USC Graduate Application to be submitted with the following documents online
• Résumé
• Repertoire List
• Statement of Objectives
• Writing Sample (see below)
• 3 Letters of Recommendation (see the USC online application for instructions on how to submit)
• Audition (see below)
• Materials to be delivered to USC Admission (click here for the correct mailing address)
• Official transcripts
• GRE score report (general test only)
• TOEFL score report - required from all applicants for whom English is a second language, regardless of educational background or immigration status

**Please do not send any additional materials to the USC Thornton Office of Admission.

Audition Information

A performance audition is required of all applicants to the early music program. It is expected that applicants will perform a live audition on the USC campus on the published audition date. However, in some cases it may be possible to submit a recording in lieu of performing a live audition.

Applicants must prepare three works in differing styles or from different periods that illustrate technical and musical abilities. All applicants may be asked to participate in a short coaching session. Keyboardists may also be asked to realize a passage of figured bass.

An accompanist is not required at the audition. It is also not guaranteed that an accompanist will be provided at the audition. If you will need an accompanist, please contact Matt Burmood, the Department Coordinator for Early Music, at burmood@thornton.usc.edu. You may also call the Early Music Office at 213-740-3228. Finding an accompanist is only possible with sufficient prior notice, so please contact Matt Burmood early in your audition preparation process. The applicants wishing to utilize an accompanist must provide copies of their music and arrange for any extra rehearsal time if needed. While there is no cost for accompaniment at the audition itself, the accompanist must be paid for any rehearsal time.

If you have questions regarding the application or audition process, please contact Kit Bellamy, Associate Director of Admission for further information. Please use the following contact information: keb@usc.edu, (213) 821-1245.

Writing Sample

One or two representative historical or analytical term papers must be submitted with the Thornton School of Music Supplementary Application. These should be papers written for assignments in music history classes.

Doctor of Musical Arts

All of the materials listed below must be received by the December 1st deadline. Any application not complete by December 1 may be removed from consideration.

Required items:

• USC Graduate Application to be submitted with the following documents online
• Résumé
• Repertoire List
• Statement of Objectives
• Writing Sample (see below)
• 3 Letters of Recommendation (see the USC online application for instructions on how to submit)
• Audition (see below)
• Materials to be delivered to USC Admission (click here for the correct mailing address)
• Official transcripts
• GRE score report (general test only)
• TOEFL score report - required from all applicants for whom English is a second language, regardless of educational background or immigration status

**Please do not send any additional materials to the USC Thornton Office of Admission.

Audition Information

A performance audition is required of all applicants to the early music program. It is expected that applicants will perform a live audition on the USC campus on the published audition date. However, in some cases it may be possible to submit a recording in lieu of performing a live audition.

Applicants must prepare three works in differing styles or from different periods that illustrate technical and musical abilities. All applicants may be asked to participate in a short coaching session. Keyboardists may also be asked to realize a passage of figured bass.

An accompanist is not required at the audition. It is also not guaranteed that an accompanist will be provided at the audition. If you will need an accompanist, please contact Matt Burmood, the Department Coordinator for Early Music, at burmood@thornton.usc.edu. You may also call the Early Music Office at 213-740-3228. Finding an accompanist is only possible with sufficient prior notice, so please contact Matt Burmood early in your audition preparation process. The applicants wishing to utilize an accompanist must provide copies of their music and arrange for any extra rehearsal time if needed. While there is no cost for accompaniment at the audition itself, the accompanist must be paid for any rehearsal time.

If you have questions regarding the application or audition process, please contact Kit Bellamy, Associate Director of Admission for further information. Please use the following contact information: keb@usc.edu, (213) 821-1245.

Writing Sample

One or two representative historical or analytical term papers must be submitted with the Thornton School of Music Supplementary Application. These should be papers written for assignments in music history classes.