Admission Procedures

View the admission procedures that apply to your degree or student status.

All incoming students who wish to major in music must

  • Perform an audition.
  • Have a personal interview with a professor in their major field.

Students electing a performance major (B.A. Performance) must pass a performance review at the end of the first year to receive full acceptance into the performance degree program.

Methods of assessment include juries, recitals and written examinations.

Students will receive a letter confirming their status.

If admitted, the student will enter either as a music major or as a major with Probationary Status (at the discretion of performing area full-time faculty and if sufficient room is available in the applied studio).

All incoming students who wish to minor in music must perform an audition.

  • Perform an entrance audition to determine level of lesson registration.
  • Complete a minimum of one year of applied study at WSU at the level required for the individual degree program.
  • Complete a minimum of one year in the large ensemble appropriate to the performance medium at WSU and satisfy ensemble requirements as stated in the WSU catalog.
  • Perform all recitals required for the degree program at WSU (after at least one year of study with a WSU instructor).

Auditions for both admission into the music program and for scholarships are held every year during the Spring semester.

Students who do not declare their major or minor until summer registration will receive provisional acceptance into the program. After the completion of their audition, students will receive a letter confirming their status. If admitted, the student will enter either as a music major or minor, or as a music major or minor with Probationary Status (at the discretion of performing area full-time faculty and if sufficient room is available in the applied studio).
Music majors or minors will need to take lessons at the 060 level (credits do not count toward graduation) and may need to take the Introduction to Theory course (MUS 120) to improve their knowledge and skill levels to that of a fully-admitted first year music major or minor.