Program Admissions Requirements
MA Dance
- Applicants must submit an academic writing sample.
- Please review and submit the Master's Audition Requirements.
- We will contact you to schedule an online interview time after receiving your application materials. This year's virtual interview date will be December 7. If you miss the December interview date, a second interview date will be held on March 15.
MFA Dance
- Please review and submit the Master's Audition Requirements.
- We will contact you to schedule an online interview time after receiving your application materials. This year's virtual interview date will be December 7. If you miss the December interview date, a second interview date will be held on March 15.
MM Choral Conducting
- Prescreening and audition: View prescreening/audition requirements.
- Application, supporting materials, and prescreening recording must be received by December 1 for Fall semester admission consideration.
MM Composition
Submit my Composition Portfolio
- Applicants must submit a composition portfolio including PDF composition scores via Acceptd. Recordings can supplement the scores.
- If an applicant has enrolled in the Seminar in Composition prior to their application for formal admission to the program in Composition, the work accomplished there may serve to meet this entrance requirement, if satisfactory.
MM Instrumental Conducting
- Three letters of recommendation written by people familiar with your conducting and teaching
- Prescreening and audition: View prescreening/audition requirements.
- Written Analysis: Applicants must upload to Acceptd a written score analysis of Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Aldridge Grainger (edited by Frederick Fennell). Please include all six movements in your analysis. While there is no prescriptive length, the paper should be of sufficient length to cover the task at hand, including form, text, and melodic and harmonic analysis as appropriate.
- All application materials (including three letters of recommendation, transcripts, resume, and prescreening recording) must be received by December 1 for Fall semester admission consideration.
MM Music Education
We encourage you to contact Chair, Dr. Alison M. Reynolds (Alison.Reynolds@temple.edu), prior to applying for graduate studies in music education.
- Statement of Goals: Provide a written statement no more than 3 double-spaced pages in response to the following five prompts. Copy the prompt and paste it above each response.
- State the program you are applying for (online or face-to-face).
- Detail your purpose in enrolling in a music education graduate program, and how completing it will assist your intended career trajectory.
- Describe your strengths as a teacher and learner and what you offer to a master’s degree program in music education. What do you hope to give and what do you hope to get from your experience?
- Based on what you know about our curriculum and our faculty in music education at Temple University, what interests you in our program, and why?
- Please share, as applicable, your choices for using AI when developing your application materials. How are you using AI in your roles as musician and teacher?
- Copy of your teaching certificate: Applicants must be certified to teach music in at least one state in the US, or by the country if certified in a country other than the US.
- Academic and Musical Profile (AMP)
- Academic: One academic paper you believe best represents your best thinking and writing.
- Musical: One digital video—maximum 15 minutes—that features at least one teaching example best representing you and your students engaged in active music making. Please be sure to secure all necessary permissions prior to videotaping. SUBMIT MY AMP VIA ACCEPTD– Music Teaching Example
- Additional Materials: Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit any additional files that will help the faculty in the admission decision, such as recordings of your compositions, arrangements, or performances (soloist); or your written lesson or rehearsal plans or curriculum development materials.
- Interview: After your application is complete, Dr. Alison Reynolds, Chair of the Department of Music Education and Therapy ([click-for-email]) will contact you for an interview.
MM Music Education plus Certification
or
Graduate Certificate in Music Teaching
We encourage you to contact Chair, Dr. Alison M. Reynolds (Alison.Reynolds@temple.edu), prior to applying for graduate studies in music education.
MM Performance, Opera, Jazz Studies, Collaborative Piano, Pedagogy
- Auditions are required for all Performance, Opera, Jazz Studies, Collaborative Piano, and Pedagogy applicants.
- See Audition Dates and Audition Requirements for more information.
MM History
- Applicants must upload a scholarly paper to the supplemental application checklist demonstrating the applicant's ability to analyze music and/or report research.
MM Theory
Applicants must submit a combined PDF to the supplemental application checklist containing the following:
- A scholarly paper demonstrating the applicant's ability to analyze music and/or report research.
- Two assignments from their work in theory courses: 1) An assignment of a compositional nature (counterpoint, a figured bass, a harmonized melody, an original composition, etc.), and 2) An assignment of an analytical nature (a formal analysis, a harmonic analysis, a pitch-class set analysis, etc.)
MMT Music Therapy or MMT Music Therapy Equivalency
- Audition: Applicants are required to submit a recorded audition via Acceptd. See audition requirements for more information.
- Interview: Interviews are scheduled after an application is complete. The MMT Program Coordinator will contact the applicant for available dates and times. An interview with the Music Therapy faculty is required for all those applying for assistantships.
MS Music Technology
- Undergraduate Degree in Music. Entry to the program is contingent on completion of an undergraduate degree in music or its equivalent, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (3.33 or higher preferred). Those not holding a bachelor’s degree in music who are admitted to the M.S. degree in Music Technology are assigned additional undergraduate deficiency coursework at the time of admission to bring the student to the level of holding an equivalent degree in music. This coursework is determined based on a review of the undergraduate transcript and through diagnostic examinations.
- Music Technology work samples: Applicants must submit a portfolio via Acceptd. The purpose of the portfolio is to demonstrate originality, creativity, and the ability to work in one or more technological areas. Examples of tools one might use are: Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, Garageband, Sibelius, Finale, Max, Jitter, various microphones, synthesizers, interfaces, mixers, microcontrollers, sensors, and other hardware and/or software. Please submit finalized bounced files of your projects for these work samples (.mp3, wav, .aif for audio, .mp4 or .mov for video). Note: the actual project files are not required, just the bounced files. The portfolio must include 2 or 3 original contrasting projects that highlight the applicant’s skills in music technology. Examples include, but are not limited to:
• a recording that was engineered by the applicant (this can include any aspects of production: recording, editing, mixing, or mastering, etc.)
• a short film scored by the applicant
• a composition, orchestration, or arrangement where music technology was used in its creation
• or a piece of software or hardware designed by the applicant - Video Descriptions: Applicants must submit a brief video description of 1 to 3 minutes in length for each project. In each video, applicants should do the following:
• introduce themselves and tell us what software (e.g. DAW, video editing software, plugins, etc.) and/or hardware (e.g. mics, audio interface, MIDI controllers, etc.) they used to achieve their artistic goals
• demonstrate how they used technology to create the project (please note: applicants should show us their work and talk us through it—for example, provide a screen recording of their DAW project showing key examples of how they produced the work).
• indicate which parts of the project the applicant contributed to (including composition/songwriting, recording, editing, mixing, mastering, etc.). - Resume: Applicants should submit a resume of professional and educational experience that includes degrees in progress or conferred, any musical activity in school or elsewhere, as well as other pertinent activities, awards or recognition, and employment.
- Statement of Goals: Applicants should submit a written statement of goals of approximately 300-1000 words explaining why they wish to pursue studies in music technology, including current work in the field, academic and career aspirations, and why they would be a good fit at Temple and in Boyer’s Music Technology program. Writing should be clear and concise.
- No audition is required for entry into the program.
- International applicants should submit a minimum TOEFL score of 79 (internet-based) or 550 (paper-based)
Questions?
If you have questions about the admissions process, send an email to Music: music@temple.edu or Dance: [click-for-email].
