Every applicant for admission to the Faculty of Music is required to play an audition. Applicants are auditioned by two members of the faculty, and the audition will include a brief interview.
Practice rooms are available to applicants for warm-up prior to the audition.
Applicants may provide their own accompanist, or arrange in advance to have one provided by the Faculty. Audition requirements Conservatory certificates are not required for admission to the Faculty, but Conservatory grades give some indication of the expected level. All applicants are required to take a Theory Placement Test. All students in the Faculty of Music whose principal instrument is not piano are required to reach a level of proficiency in piano equivalent to Conservatory Grade VI by the end of First Year and prior to entry to Second Year. Applicants for whom piano is not the principal instrument and who have little or no knowledge of the piano are urged to prepare for the piano requirement as early as possible, preferably before admission to the Faculty.