The audition should be arranged for in advance by obtaining and returning the Music Department's Application for Admission. Three letters of recommendation are required to complete the application. High school students are urged to audition early in their senior year. Transfer students should plan to audition during the year preceeding enrollment at Miami University. Exceptions include holidays, exam weeks, and holidays.
Tape recorded auditions are acceptable if distance prohibits a personal audition.
First consideration for music scholarships is given to students who audition on or before March 3, 2001. The Department of Music has a number of scholarships independent of university grants that are available to incoming and continuing students within the department, the amounts of which vary from full tuition to many lesser awards. Scholarships are renewable annually through a scholarship retention process that takes place every spring semester. Scholarships are most often awarded to music majors and minors but are not limited to those categories. The awarding of scholarships is based principally upon the performance prowess of the appicant and the probability of success within the Department of Music.