DMA Music at University of Alabama

Entry requirements

The Master of Music (MM) degree is required from The University of Alabama or the equivalent from another accredited institution. The MM equivalent must include recitals and/or major creative work, as appropriate. In the performance areas, an audition at the MM level that includes at least 20 - 25 minutes of performance time is required. It must include representative works drawn from a variety of historical periods. In composition, scores and recordings of original works, together with evidence of public performances, must be submitted. Diagnostic entrance examinations are required in musicianship, music theory and writing skills; vocal performance majors also take diagnostic examinations in IPA transcription and song text translation in German, Italian, French, and, where appropriate, Latin and English. All theory and history deficiencies revealed in these examinations must be removed by the end of the first fall semester after matriculation. All deficiencies in diction revealed in t