Audition Week
Preparing for your YSM audition
This page is designed to help you present the best audition you can. Please check back regularly for updates!
Live Audition Resources
All the information you need for your Yale School of Music audition! (February/March 2024)
Updated February 8, 2024
Audition Prep Checklist
Hotel Information
Updated January 11, 2024
Please note that the Yale School of Music does not endorse one hotel over another, nor does YSM have any control over a particular hotel's reservation policies or process. Please direct all questions and issues related to hotel booking to the individual hotels below.
The Study Hotel
1157 Chapel Street
$195/night plus tax
Special Reservation Link
Graduate Hotel
1151 Chapel Street
$149 Sun. – Thurs. and 20% off the weekends
Special Reservation Link
The Omni Hotel
155 Temple Street
$139/night plus tax (subject to availability)
Special Reservation Link: Omni New Haven at Yale - Yale audition rate
New Haven Hotel
229 George Street
$129/night plus tax
Special Reservation Link
Cambria Hotel
20 Dwight Street
$119/night plus tax (includes breakfast for one)
Special Reservation Link
Live Audition Repertoire
Audition Week Events
Updated February 8, 2024
Saturday, January 20
D.M.A. Info Session with Prof. Paul Berry + D.M.A. Candidate
During Audition Week
Sunday, February 18
Horn Virtual Meet and Greet
5:30 PM (Eastern Time)
https://yale.zoom.us/j/8815535136?omn=99137784384
Meeting ID: 881 553 5136
Trombone Pre-Audition Zoom Meeting
6:00 PM (Eastern Time)
https://yale.zoom.us/j/98957948335
Monday, February 19
Mental Health Resources Info Session with Dr. Arielle Rubenstein
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Sprague Hall, Green Room
98 Wall Street entrance
Brass Q&A Session
5:30 PM
Hendrie Hall, Lounge
YSM Tour
Starting at 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Meet at Hendrie Hall, check-in table
Tuesday, February 20
Mental Health Resources Info Session with Dr. Arielle Rubenstein
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Sprague Hall, Green Room
98 Wall Street entrance
Harp Studio Info Session
4:30 PM
Leigh Hall, Harp Studio (Room B08)
Brass Q&A Session
5:30 PM
Hendrie Hall, Lounge
YSM Tour
Starting at 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Meet at Hendrie Hall, check-in table
Wednesday, February 21
Mental Health Resources Info Session with Dr. Arielle Rubenstein
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Sprague Hall, Green Room
98 Wall Street entrance
Heidi and Handsome Dan Visits YSM!
Lunchtime
Hendrie Hall, Lounge
Guitar Q&A Session
3:30 PM
98 Wall Street
Double Bass Q&A Session
4:10 PM
Leigh Hall, Bass Studio (Room B12)
Brass Q&A Session
5:15 PM
Hendrie Hall, Lounge
YSM Tour
Starting at 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Meet at Hendrie Hall, check-in table
Thursday, February 22
Mental Health Resources Info Session with Dr. Arielle Rubenstein
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Sprague Hall, Green Room
98 Wall Street entrance
Heidi and Handsome Dan Visits YSM!
Lunchtime
Hendrie Hall, Lounge
Composition Department Lunch
12:00 PM
Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
301 York Street (Room 121) Directions
Double Bass Q&A Session
4:10 PM
Leigh Hall, Bass Studio (Room B12)
YSM Tour
Starting at 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Meet at Hendrie Hall, check-in table
Loki Karuna: Music, Activism, and Classical Decolonization
7:00 PM
Sudler Hall
Friday, February 23
Heidi and Handsome Dan Visits YSM!
Lunchtime
Hendrie Hall, Lounge
Double Bass Q&A Session
2:30 PM
Leigh Hall, Bass Studio (Room B12)
YSM Tour
Starting at 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM
Meet at Hendrie Hall, check-in table
Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) Exams and Interviews
Updated January 11, 2024
Applicants to the D.M.A. degree program must audition and take pertinent exams. An online interview may also be required following audition week.
Exams
All D.M.A. exams will take place in-person in New Haven on Saturday, February 24, 2024. You must plan on being available for the entire day.
These exams are not offered on any other dates and will not be rescheduled. There are no exceptions.
Details regarding the exams, including sample exams, can be found on our how to apply page under Program-Specific Requirements.
Interviews
During the week of February 26, 2024
Applicants may be invited to a 30-minute virtual interview with members of the D.M.A. Examination Committee. Applicants who are invited to interview will be notified by the Admissions Office.
Artist Diploma (A.D.) Applicants
Updated January 11, 2024
The first round of A.D. auditions will be heard by Yale School of Music faculty as part of the regular auditions for each area. After the first round, select candidates will be advanced to a final round of auditions, which will take place in New Haven on Saturday, February 24, 2024. The final round will be adjudicated by an external committee of jurors.
Applicants will be notified in the evening on Friday, February 23 regarding their advancement to the final round.
