HOW TO APPLY: DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS

Applying for doctoral music study at Rice is a two-phase process. The first phase is the submission of both a complete application for admission and a preliminary recording or composition portfolio.

Upon review of the preliminary recording/portfolios, select candidates will be invited for the second phase: a live audition (performance) or interview (composition) and taking diagnostic exams in music theory and history. Candidates should expect to be on campus two full days to complete the audition or interview and exams.

Doctor of Musical Arts applicants must submit the following:

• Online application for admission
• $40 application fee
• Shepherd School D.M.A application supplement
• Four letters of recommendation
• Official transcripts from each college attended
• Résumé
• An example of expository English dealing with a subject that relates to music. The applicant should have sufficient command of the English language to pursue academic course work and ultimately to write the doctoral document in English. A recent research or analysis paper should suffice.
• Repertoire list

• Instrumentalists: Your repertoire list should include all solo, chamber, and concerto works that you have performed prior to application for the D.M.A.
• Vocalists: Your repertoire list should include all art song literature, chamber music, orchestral works, oratorio and operatic roles, and arias that you have performed prior to application for the D.M.A.
  
  
• Performance applicants must submit a preliminary audition recording, preferably on DVD. Please see the doctoral auditions page for repertoire requirements.
• Composition applicants: click here for additional application requirements.
• International applicants whose native language is not English AND who have not received a degree from an institution where the official language of instruction is English are required to submit a TOEFL score*.

Click here to download the doctoral application checklist.

The deadline for the Music Admissions Office to receive your complete application is January 2, 2008.

All materials that are submitted via mail should be sent to:

Grimaldo Robles
Graduate Music Admissions
Shepherd School of Music – MS 532
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892

*    Rice University requires a score of at least 600 on the paper-based TOEFL, at least 250 on the computer-based TOEFL, or 100 on the internet based test. For students who choose to take the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) in lieu of the TOEFL, the minimum score is 7.0.  For Fall admission, please arrange to have your scores sent to The Shepherd School of Music by January 2, 2008. Rice Institution Code: 6609; department code (19).