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How to Apply

To apply, submit Temple University’s application along with the $60 online application fee. Standardized tests (GRE or MAT) are not required.

Letters of Recommendation

Résumé

Standardized Test Scores

Statement of Goals

Transcripts

Writing Sample

Submit an undergraduate-level paper demonstrating your ability to do musical analysis and/or report research. Writing samples should be submitted through Acceptd. Your sample should include both

a compositional piece, such as counterpoint, a figured bass, a harmonized melody or an original composition; and
an analytical piece, such as a formal analysis, a harmonic analysis or a pitch-class set analysis.

International Students

International applicants must send TOEFL or IELTS scores. Learn more about international admissions for Boyer.

For all policies for international applicants, including TOEFL and IELTS scores, please visit the graduate school’s website.

Admissions Deadlines

Fall: Jan. 15
Spring: Dec. 1

Audition Requirements

Students interested in the Piano Performance and Music Theory MM program should be prepared to audition for Boyer faculty. If you live more than 150 miles from Temple’s Main Campus, you may submit a recorded audition. The following are acceptable works for your audition.

Contrapuntal Baroque work
Sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert
Large Romantic work
Impressionistic or Contemporary piece

All works are to be performed from memory.

Questions

James Short is the assistant dean of admissions and recruitment.
Phone: 215-204-8598
Email: boyer@temple.edu

How to Apply

International Students

Admissions Deadlines

Audition Requirements

Questions

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