Application Requirements
IMPORTANT MAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Send all music-specific application requirements in one complete package directly to the Thornton Admission Office. Please address the envelope as follows:
______________ Admission Review *
USC Thornton School of Music
Office of Admission
University Park - UUC 218
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2991
* To ensure proper and timely processing of your application materials, please write the name of the program (Degree and Major) for which you are applying in the blank space of the address block above. If you are applying to a program which requires an audition, be sure to indicate the instrument and whether it is jazz or classical.
If you are applying for multiple programs, the required materials for each program must be mailed to the Thornton Admission office in separate envelopes. This applies to all required materials, including pre-screen recordings for performance programs and scores for the composition and film scoring programs.
If these mailing instructions are not followed properly, it cannot be guaranteed that your application materials will be received by the appropriate faculty in time for review.
For specific department application and audition requirements, select a program below.


