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Future Graduate Students

First-time applicants

Applications for admission to a graduate program in music are first managed through the University of Idaho Graduate Admissions website. The website has a wide variety of useful information including links to application forms. In addition to applying to the University, please complete the Lionel Hampton School of Music application.

The application is submitted online, and all requested materials must be sent directly to the Graduate Admissions Office, with specific requirements for each concentration. Please note that two additional forms are required for admission to the Lionel Hampton School of Music — Supplementary Information Form and Graduate Assistantship Form.

Please contact Javier Rodriguez with any questions. 

  • 208-885-6665 
  • jrodriguez@uidaho.edu

Did you know we offer an online Master of Music (M.Mus.) distance program in performance and composition? Click here for more information.


International Students

International students whose native language is not English, or who did not complete an undergraduate degree at an institution whose instructional language was English, need to have an official report of the test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) submitted to the COGS. A minimum score of 575 (PBT) is required for admission to the graduate program in music.

 

Transfer applicants

All application processes are the same for transfer students as for first-time students (see information above). A maximum of nine semester hours of graduate credit may be transferred to the School of Music from another accredited institution. Transfer students are required to take the diagnostic placement exams.


 

Application Timeline

Feb. 1

Priority consideration for assistantship awards for subsequent fall matriculation. Apply earlier if possible but early enough to ensure that all materials (especially letters of reference) arrive before the deadline.

March 1 and following weeks

Assistantship awards decisions communicated to applicants.

May 1

Admission for fall semester.

Sept. 1

Admission for spring semester.

 

Application/Audition Requirements

Master of Music: Piano Performance

  1. One work from the Baroque era
  2. Two other contrasting pieces, each from a different stylistic era (Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, 20th/21st century)

Memorization is required for all pieces The pieces are to be presented in their entirety (one movement of a sonata or the combination of several short movements from a suite is acceptable). Presenting (a) section(s) of a work or an incomplete movement is not acceptable.

Master of Music: Piano Pedagogy and Performance

Three contrasting pieces, each from a different stylistic era (Classical Romantic, Impressionist, 20th/21st century)

Memorization is required for all pieces. The pieces are to be presented in their entirety (one movement of a sonata or the combination of several short movements from a suite is acceptable.) Presenting (a) section(s) of a work or an incomplete movement is not acceptable.

Master of Music: Collaborative Piano

  1. Sight-reading: Score will be presented at the audition.
  2. One solo work or movement from a sonata. Memorization is required for the solo piece.
  3. One collaborative instrumental piece or sonata movement.
  4. Two art songs representing two different languages.

Master of Music: Choral Conducting 

  • Acceptable audition either in person or by taped performance, and submission of repertoire lists (solo, accompaniments, chamber music) as evidence of previous study. 

Master of Music: Composition

  • Submit a portfolio of representative compositions.
 

Assistantships

Graduate Teaching Assistantships are available in a variety of areas including studios, classes, ensembles and other duties according to the needs of the school. A full assistantship includes a stipend plus a tuition waiver. To be eligible for a teaching assistantship, the student must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student as defined by the University Registrar (a minimum of 9 credits each semester).

Students awarded assistantships must agree to take the TA training course offered by the College of Graduate Studies before assuming teaching responsibilities. This course is offered during the week prior to the beginning of each semester.

Lionel Hampton School of Music

Physical Address:
Corner of Blake & W. Sweet Ave.

Mailing Address:
Lionel Hampton School of Music
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 4015
Moscow, Idaho 83844-4015

Phone: 208-885-6231

Fax: 208-885-7254

Email: music@uidaho.edu

Web: School of Music

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