Admissions
Pre-screening Requirements
Admissions Contact
Department of Enrollment Management
300 Nassau Rd
Huntington, NY 11743
631-944-4400
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Pre-screening Requirements
Pre-screening Format
1. Video Format
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Video format: MP4
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Video Codec: H.264
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Ratio: 16:9
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Resolution: 1080P (1920 x 1080)
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Recorded video must be focused. Unfocused or blur video will not be accepted
2. Recording
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Videos filmed in a practice room, a living room, a concert hall, a recording studio, or any other setting may be submitted.
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The camera should be positioned in a way that allows faculty to fully view you and your instrument.
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For conducting (Choral and Orchestral) students, should ensure they are fully captured in the video recording, with the camera capturing their face, both arms, and full body. They may conduct with music or from memory, and each piece should be a complete run-through.
3. Title
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Last name, First name, Name of musical piece that you will sing or perform
Result
1. Pre-screening results will be announced two weeks after application deadline date.
Performance
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1. Choose one song from the Italian, French, German or English repertoire.
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2. Choose one Aria from Opera or Oratorio repertoire and sing in the original key. Number 1 and 2 has to be in different languages
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The first movement of a sonata by Mozart
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One Chopin étude op. 10 or op. 25
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One Virtuoso caprice
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One movement of a standard concerto including cadenza (if applicable)
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One Virtuoso caprice
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One movement of a standard concerto including cadenza (if applicable)
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One Virtuoso caprice
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One movement of a standard concerto including cadenza (if applicable)
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One movement from a concerto
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One solo work that best demonstrates their skills.
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One movement of Mozart's concerto
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One solo piece of choice
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One étude
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A First movement of a concerto from a standard repertoire (such as Mozart, Marcello, Strauss, etc.)
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One étude
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Fast movement of Mozart or Weber concerto
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One étude
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One movement of a standard concerto
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One étude
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One movement of a standard concerto
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One étude
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One movement from sonatas or concertos or other solo works
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One étude
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One movement from sonatas or concertos or other solo works
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One étude
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One movement from sonatas or concerto or other solo works
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Snare Drum: One étude
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Marimba: One solo – with two mallets
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Timpani: One solo or étude
Composition
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Submit two compositions of two different genres which were composed within the last 2 years. (Each piece must be 3 minutes long, two compositions must be different in instruments, vocal, styles and genre)
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Submit the compositions in PDF format and the recordings.
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Write the year and recording of the compositions.
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Submit a short essay about what one wants to express through the compositions.
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Upload score and recording when submitting the application.
Conducting
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One movement of a symphony Mozart, Beethoven or Haydn.
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One Overture
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Applicants should record their conducting of 2 piano accompaniments.
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Applicants should ensure they are fully captured in the video recording, with the camera capturing their face, both arms, and full body.
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Applicants must conduct from memory, and each piece should be a complete run-through.
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Two choral works from the early Baroque to Romantic period.
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Applicants should record themselves conducting a choral ensemble, small vocal ensemble, or a full piano reduction. (including choral parts and accompaniment, if there is any, which may require two pianos or piano four hands.)
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Applicants should ensure they are fully captured in the video recording, with the camera capturing their face, both arms, and full body. Applicants from memory, and each piece should be a complete run-through.
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