There is a piano proficiency requirement for admission to the second year of the Music program. All students, excluding keyboard majors, entering the Faculty of Music will be required to take a piano proficiency test during Orientation Week. If the Faculty deems it necessary, registration in Music 196P class piano will be required in first year. Sight Reading Candidates will be asked to play an easy chorale by Bach, Scheidt, Beethoven, or Schumann as chosen by the examiner. Keyboard Progressions To be performed in major and minor keys up to four sharps and four flats in keyboard or SATB style.
Attention is to be paid to stepwise motion and accepted part-writing rules.
Approximately three weeks following your audition, you will hear from the Faculty of Music regarding the success of your audition. Official offers of admission are issued only by the Office of the Registrar. For applicants who are not currently enrolled in an Ontario secondary school, admission status is determined upon completion of the audition and the receipt of official transcripts from the current and previous schools attended. Official Conservatory certificates are not required . The level of performance demonstrated in the audition, not the Conservatory certificate, determines admission.