Conservatory of Music Undergraduate Admissions
Explore undergraduate admissions at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music and start your journey toward a professional music career. Learn about application requirements, audition guidelines, and how to join our community of talented performers, composers, and scholars.
Requirements
Admissions Process
Students interested in applying as undergraduate music majors should contact the Conservatory of Music early in their senior year of high school (or two semesters prior to the semester of entrance for transfer students).
Admission into one of the conservatory’s undergraduate programs is a two-part process: an application to CUNY with Brooklyn College as the student’s designated choice, and notification of the Conservatory of Music of the student’s application.
The application to Brooklyn College is through CUNY’s centralized application procedure. The application form may be completed online. Select Brooklyn College as your first college choice and music as your intended major.
Depending on the intended degree program, the conservatory may require an audition, a portfolio review, and/or an interview. Details are listed below with the individual programs.
International students for whom English is a second language must submit their TOEFL score. The minimum score for undergraduate applicants is 500.
Music, B.A.
Music Studies
No audition is required. Contact the undergraduate deputy in music if you are interested in this major.
Music Technology
No audition is required. Contact the undergraduate deputy in music if you are interested in this major.
Music Composition, B. Mus.
Applicants in music composition are asked to submit a portfolio of from three to five pieces showing the range of music created by the composer. Portfolios displaying a variety of types of works are preferred: from solo, to ensemble, to electronic, to works with media.
Submit the portfolio through SlideRoom (there is a $10 fee).
Contact the undergraduate deputy in music once the portfolio is submitted.
Music Education, B. Mus.
An audition and an interview are required. Contact the undergraduate deputy in music once the audition is scheduled. Review the audition requirements.
Music Performance, B. Mus.
A student must audition on their primary instrument. Contact the undergraduate deputy in music once the audition is scheduled. Review the audition requirements.
Placement ExaminationS
Bachelor of Music students with prior knowledge in music theory, ear training, and keyboard may take exams for advanced placement in these topics.