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The UCLA Department of Music grants the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in the following concentrations:
Composition
Music Education
Performance
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The UCLA Department of Music admits new students in the Fall Quarter only. The UC application filing period is November 1st–30 for enrollment in September of the following year.
Applicants must first apply for admission at the freshman level from high school or transfer from another college or university, and must meet all minimum academic eligibility requirements for admission to the University of California either as a freshman or transfer student. For more information on UC eligibility, please visit the University of California website.
Please note that only applicants who have indicated Music as their first choice major to UCLA on the general UC application, will be considered for admission to the program. Students interested in Jazz Studies or World Music should apply to the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology (www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu).
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SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
In addition to the UC application, all applicants to the UCLA Department of Music are required to submit a supplemental application via online upload. Upon receipt of the UC application, all applicants will be contacted by the department via email with a prompt for supplemental materials. Supplemental materials are due to the department by January 11th, 2013.
Questionnaire/ Personal Statement / Unofficial Transcripts - Required of all applicants.
Audition - Required of all Music Education and Performance applicants.
Auditions are scheduled by instrument over several weekend dates in late January/early February. The department will send specific audition appointment information to applicants directly upon receipt of their UC application.
2013 Audition Dates
Applicants may audition in person or submit an audition recording. Applicants who reside within a 200-mile radius of UCLA are required to audition on campus. All applicants are strongly encouraged to audition in person if at all possible.
Applicants auditioning in Cello, Clarinet, Flute, French Horn, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Voice, Viola, or Violin are required to submit a pre-screening audition recording. The pre-screening recording must be submitted with your supplemental application. Only those applicants selected from the pre-screening evaluation will receive an appointment for an on-campus audition.
Portfolio - Required of Composition applicants.
Students applying for Composition must submit a portfolio with a minimum of three written scores. All portfolios must be submitted with your supplemental documents. Following a review of all submitted scores, selected students will receive an appointment for an interview/audition with our composition faculty.
Supplemental Application Worksheet
Please download the UCLA Department of Music Supplemental Application Worksheet for detailed information regarding the audition process, application timeline and due dates, accompaniment, and upload instructions.
PDF – SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION WORKSHEET
Students are accepted into the department based upon evidence of creative talent and academic achievement. A faculty committee recommends admission decisions. Successful candidates will also have met minimum academic eligibility requirements for the University of California.
Freshman applicants are notified in March of their admission status; transfer applicants receive notification in April.
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