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Priority Scholarship Audition Deadline: March 11, 2023

To become a music major or minor at CMU, you are required to audition.

Step One:
• Complete the audition application.

Step Two:
• Arrange an in-person or online audition by contacting the instructor for your instrument listed below.

In-person auditions for Fall 2023 are offered in the afternoon during the March 11, 2023 Mesa Experience. We also encourage you to sign up for Mesa Experience.

Audition submissions

Fill out this form and bring to your audition, or send to your designated instructor.

Audition application

Bring to your audition

Audition Application
Your Instrument
Audition Sheet Music (see below)

All applicants will perform an audition, which also serves as a scholarship audition. Please contact your instrument/voice instructor if you are unable to make this date.

Before your audition:

• Apply for CMU general admission (please also apply for CMU financial aid).
• Schedule your audition time with your instrument/voice instructor.
• Confirm your audition materials with your instrument/voice instructor.

Your audition will consist of:

• CMU music orientation
• Music theory placement examination (note names, major and minor key names from key signatures, time signature, scales, intervals, triads)
• Audition performance

Contact Instructors

Please contact appropriate instructor to schedule your audition and confirm your audition materials.