Author: Tobin
Date: 2016-06-27 16:44
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What can I do to increase my chances of admission outside of blowing the audition out of the water?
Go take a lesson with the faculty member you're interested in studying with. Contact them now to arrange something for late summer or November at the latest.
Make a list of specific questions you have for them, for the school, for financial aid, etc...the more organized you are the better the impression you make.
Take the lesson, play to the best of your ability, and show them that you're wiling to be challenged by their instruction. Follow up with more questions about how you/your playing compare and fit in at IU.
I had a student accepted to IU for the fall. They had little say in who they were auditioning for (Howard Klug), and they did not have the opportunity to take a lesson with him well in advance (as I'm suggesting you do). They played two rose etudes (I don't remember which, #11 and #?), schumann Fantasy Pieces Mvt I, Weber Concerto 2 Mvt I, and excerpts from Brahms Symphony 3 Mvt I and Beethoven 6 Mvt I. They were accepted and offered scholarship...but they were going to have to pay the majority of the tuition.
VCU and Michigan also gave him scholarship, and Michigan gave him a lot. So he's going to Michigan.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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