Students wishing to pursue the BA in Fine Arts degree with a concentration in music must show proficiency in one or both of the following:

Students must meet the following requirements to be admitted to the music program.

Successful admission to the University of Tennessee Southern
A completed Audition Request form
A letter of recommendation from your music instructor, submitted to the Program Coordinator (amart204@utsouthern.edu) or submitted through the Audition Request Form
A completed audition on your primary instrument for the music faculty (see instrument-specific requirements below)
A completed Music Theory Placement exam (the result of the placement exam has no bearing on admission to the degree program)
Permission of the music faculty

On-campus auditions will take place on the following dates for applications for the Fall 2024 academic year:

If you can’t attend either audition day, contact the Program Coordinator (amart204@utsouthern.edu) to request an alternate date.

Applicants for Fall 2024 admission may submit a video audition instead of an on-campus audition.
Should UT Southern need to cancel on-campus auditions, all applicants will be asked to submit a video audition.

Audition Requirements

Two contrasting songs or arias (one in English, one in a foreign language)
The audition repertoire should be pieces that best represent the singer’s current level of vocal development.
The selected Languages are English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, or Latin.
All audition repertoire is to be sung from memory.
Voice auditions must be presented with piano accompaniment. You may bring your accompanist for your on-campus audition or perform with a university-provided pianist. Recorded accompaniments are permitted for video auditions only.

Scales and Arpeggios (major and minor, two octaves, in 5 keys of your choice
Two contrasting solos from the standard piano repertoire (examples include J.S. Bach’s Sinfonias and Prelude and Fugues, movements of sonatas by W.A. Mozart and L. Beethoven, preludes and etudes by F. Chopin, or 20th/21stC works of equivalent difficulty)
Pieces must be memorized.