Admission to Music Performance Studies

All applicants to our music performance studies must go through 2 rounds of auditions. The 1st round is carried out by submitting a self-produced video (the deadline was 15 January). If you pass round 1 you will be invited to round 2 by e-mail in February. The 2nd round takes place in week 10 in Stavanger on Campus Bjergsted, or as a digital interview if you live outside of Norway, Sweden or Denmark.

Round 1 - video

All submitted video material is now being assessed by the committee. Results will be shared by e-mail in February.

• Applicants who do not pass round 1 will receive an e-mail with the results during week 5. Rejections will also be posted in Søknadsweb, and formal rejection letters will be sent during March
• Applicants who pass round 1, will receive an email together with an invitation to round 2

Round 2 - Auditions at Campus Bjergsted in week 10

If you have passed round 1, you will be invited to round 2 in Stavanger in week 10. Round 2 consists of an audition and an interview. It will last approximately 30 minutes for each applicant, somewhat longer for conducting applicants. Be prepared to play the entire audition programme.

During the interview, you will have the opportunity to explain your goals and motivation for the study, and at the same time you will have the opportunity to ask questions to both the teacher and the study administration.

Applicants applying to our bachelor programme must also take a test in Music Theory and Aural Skills.

You will receive an invitation to round 2 in a separate email at the beginning of February. The deadline to accept the invitation for participation in round 2 will be 15 February.

Round 2 - Digital interview in week 10 (International applicants)

This only applies to applicants with resident outside of Norway, Sweden or Denmark.
If the committee finds that you have passed on your main instrument after the video assessment in round 1, you will be invited to round 2. Round 2 is a digital interview with the committee and a representative from the student administration.

During the interview, you will have the opportunity to explain your goals and motivation for the study, and at the same time you will have the opportunity to ask questions to both the teacher and the study administration.

You will receive an invitation to round 2 in a separate email in February. The deadline to accept the invitation for participation in round 2 will be 15 February.

Audition day – Campus Bjergsted week 10

If you have passed round 1, you will receive an invitation e-mail with detailed information regarding exact time for your audition, and information about time and place for the mandatory orientation meeting. Remember that it can be a long day, so set the day aside.

The orientation meetings are organized in the Eikenessalen in our main building every day in week 10, one at 09.00 and one at 13.00. You will find which orientation meeting you have to attend in the invitation email. Attendance will also be registered in the foyer prior to each orientation meeting.

We have several available rooms for rehearsal on the first floor of the main building. Remember that the faculty provides its own accompanists/comps for all auditions in round 2, as long as sheet music is received by 15 January.

Several of our students will meet you in the foyer when you arrive, both for attendance registration and to have a chat with you if you wish. The students know the campus, the teachers, our studies, and the city, and they can support and guide you through the audition day.

Music Theory and Aural Skills

Applicants who are applying to our bachelor programme and have passed round 1, must take a test in music theory and aural skill in week 10 on the day of the audition. The person responsible for the test will be at the orientation meeting and show where the test location is, in addition to assist the applicants during the test. The test starts at 09.30 and lasts 90 minutes.

Remember to bring your own laptop with updated software, charging cable and headphones!

If you pass the music theory and aural skill test somewhere else in week 9 or 10, you do not need to take it again. However, if you have not taken the test elsewhere in spring 2023, it must be taken on your audition day here at campus Bjergsted. If this applies to you, please note that you must attend the orientation meeting at 09.00, even if your audition is not until the afternoon.

Timetables for round 2 - week 10 MUSIC

Jazz:

Monday 6 March: Bass and brass instruments
Tuesday 7 March: Percussion
Wednesday 8 March: Vocal
Thursday 9 March: Guitar
Friday 10 March: Piano/Organ, Woodwind instruments and other

Classical:

Monday 6 March: Organ and woodwind
Tuesday 7 March: String and percussion
Wednesday 8 March: Brass and piano
Thursday 9 March: Conducting
Friday 10 March: Vocal

NB! If there are many applicants who pass round 1 within an instrument category, we may have to spread the auditions over 2 days.
NB! For applicants to the Bachelor of Classical vocal, there will also be a short piano test in accordance with the repertoire requirement.

When will I receive an answer to my application?

After the auditions in week 10, the head of the departments (jazz and classical) and the dean make an overall assessment of the applicants. The applicants are then assessed as qualified/not qualified based on the professional committees’ assessments and rankings, submitted video material, submitted application documents, and auditions and interview during week 10. Final admission is then approved by the dean.

You will find additional rules for admission in our admission regulations. The various regulations can be found in the article for the study programme to which you have applied for admission. Scroll down to 'How to apply…'.

Qualified applicants are then offered a study place to the extent that there are available places on the applied study. If the faculty has more qualified applicants than there are available study places, the applicants are put on a waiting list based on the commission's ranking list. Please note! We do not share information on waiting list placement.

The result of your application is published in SøknadsWeb continuously after decision meetings with the dean in week 11. Exceptions apply to applicants for Bachelor in performing music, who will not receive results to their application until Wednesday 22 March (decided by FUM - Faculty Council for Performing Music Education in Norway). Remember to respond to offers and/or waiting lists in SøknadsWeb within the stated deadline, so that your study place does not pass on to someone else.

Good luck with the auditions, and welcome to the Faculty of Performing Arts, University of Stavanger.