Please submit a portfolio of composed works.
Undergraduate applicants who are successfully prescreened will be invited to audition on the date selected on the application. Prescreen results will be communicated by email in early January.
Graduate applicants do not need to audition.
Please submit a video with your application and follow the application procedures for Choral (PDF), Orchestral (PDF) and Wind (PDF) Conducting programs.
Students interested in pursuing an applied jazz instrument may do so by applying to the Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies or the Master of Arts in Music with concentration in Jazz. For all other degrees that require an audition, that audition must take place on a classical instrument.
Jazz audition repertoire sheets
Applicants must perform a successful audition on their major instrument. Applicants whose major instrument is piano or guitar must also successfully audition on a traditional band or orchestral instrument for the bachelor's degree in Music Education Instrumental program, or on voice for the bachelor's degree in Music Education Choral program. An interview with the music education faculty is also required.
In addition to your application, please submit the following:
Following submission of these materials, applicants must complete an acceptable interview with the faculty. A member of the faculty will contact you to schedule this interview. An audition is not required.
Please note: We will not be accepting applications for the Interdisciplinary PhD in Music Education for the 2021-2022 academic year. If you are interested in learning more about the degree, please be in touch with Dr. Joseph Parisi (parisijo@umkc.edu), IPhD Coordinator, or other members of our Music Education faculty.
The following materials are required for the IPhD application:
Applicants will be notified in early January regarding an invitation for an interview with the faculty and audition information.
Applicants for the master's degree in Music Theory must submit an example of analytical writing from an upper-level music theory or music history class, as well as a statement of purpose. Please upload these documents to your application on the "writing sample" page.
An informal interview will also be arranged by faculty. This interview may be conducted online or by phone.
All applicants must successfully interview with the music therapy faculty.
Please prepare two popular songs of your choice in any genre to sing a cappella during the interview with music therapy faculty. In addition, you will audition on your applied instrument or voice type. (Applicants whose major instrument is piano or guitar must also successfully audition on a traditional band or orchestral instrument, or on voice.)
An audition for evaluative purposes is required for those with a bachelor's degree in music who are applying for the master's degree in the Music Therapy Emphasis program. This audition will be scheduled separately from the interview and typically does not take place on one of the audition days. It is generally scheduled just before the start of the school year.
Board-certified music therapists returning for the master's degree in Music Therapy provide clinical skill competencies in lieu of an audition.
Interdisciplinary Ph.D.candidates have other requirements. Please contact the music therapy faculty for more information.
Please submit a recording along with a sample of scholarly writing and a proposed program of audition repertoire (PDF) with your application for the doctorate and Artist's Certificate degree programs. Applicants who are successfully prescreened will be invited to a (virtual) audition on the date selected on the application.
Please submit a recording with your application for the master's, doctorate and Artist's Certificate degree programs. Applicants who are successfully prescreened will be invited to (virtually) audition on the date selected on the application.
Please submit a recording with your application for graduate Voice Performance programs, including Lyric Opera of Kansas City Young Artist Program. For the 2021 audition season, all applicants who submit a completed application will be invited to audition (virtually) on the date selected on the application.
Requirements for graduate Theatre applicants
UMKC Theatre graduate programs have additional application requirements.
We are a member of the University Resident Theatre Association (URTA) and will be attending live virtual auditions in Jan./Feb. 2021. Please visit urta.com for more information on the audition process.
On Jan. 30, 2021 we will be holding local, virtual auditions for our incoming MFA Acting class to begin in Fall 2021. Auditions will consist of:
You may send application materials and inquiries electronically or, if you prefer, to:
Stephanie RobertsDepartment of Theatre 404 PACUniversity of Missouri-Kansas CityHonorary Patricia McIlrath Street4949 Cherry St.Kansas City, MO 64110
We are a member of the University Resident Theatre Association (URTA) and will be holding interviews in New York (Stage Management only) and Chicago. Dates and information are on the URTA website.
Department of Theatre 404 PAC
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Honorary Patricia McIlrath Street
4949 Cherry St.
Kansas City, MO 64110
In addition, call or email the professor to schedule an interview.
816-235-6023
816-235-2767
816-235-2773
816-235-2784
816-235-2783