MM Music Composition at University of Kentucky

Entry requirements

Programme-specific requirements: The applicant for the master’s degree is expected to have earned an appropriate undergraduate degree and successfully interview with the composition faculty during the semester prior to admission. Students should submit a portfolio of at least three compositions in a variety of media (traditional and/or electroacoustic). All composition applicants must take the Graduate Entrance Exams in written and aural music theory, and those interested in applying for a teaching assistantship in music theory must also successfully complete an audition-interview with the theory and composition faculty to assess sight-reading, sight-singing, and keyboard fluency. To ensure full consideration, both the exams and the audition-interview should be completed during the audition-weekend period of the semester prior to admission. Applicants must meet the entrance requirements of The Graduate School as well as those of the School of Music. Entrance exams in Music History and Music Theory (written and aural) are given prior to the course-add deadline at the beginning of the semester to determine whether review classes are necessary in the first semester of study. Students must pass the entrance exams or pass any required review classes with a grade of A or B before accumulating 12 credit hours. Graduate School requirements apply (not programme-specific): see the Graduate School admission requirements.