作曲
预筛选作品要求
1. 三首在过去两年内创作、具有足够差异的作品乐谱。
- 每一部作品必须上传完整的总谱。
- 可自愿上传重点展示片段:上传时请把这个片段放在该作品文档的开头、完整总谱的前面。
- 请在重点展示片段和完整总谱之间插入一页空白页。
- 片段必须清晰写明标题及与录音时间码。例如:“Excerpt from String Quartet No. 1, mov II: 7:36-11:42 ”
- 可自愿上传重点展示片段:上传时请把这个片段放在该作品文档的开头、完整总谱的前面。
- 作品乐谱必须以 PDF 格式上传。
- 上传并整理乐谱,以确保代表最佳表现的文档排在最前面。
2. 每首作品对应的录音
- 录音文件可以是现场录音或Midi音源,并须清晰标注作品标题与创作年份。例如:“String Quartet No. 1 (2018)”
- 重点展示片段:如上所述,申请人可自愿节选重点展示片段。
- 请在录音上传完成后,在“Description”(说明)一栏写明片段的时间码,需与乐谱的标题和重点片段保持一致。
- 重点展示片段:如上所述,申请人可自愿节选重点展示片段。
- 上传音频格式:.aac .m4a .mka .mp3 .oga .ogg .wav
- 上传并整理录音文件,以确保代表最佳表现的录音排在最前面。
3. 一份简短的书面说明,介绍所提交的作品或介绍其创作过程。
4. 一份完整的作品目录,需列明作品的编制、时长及演出日期。
Audition
- Applicants invited to the in-person auditions will be scheduled for individual interviews with each member of the composition faculty.
- Prior to the interview, all invited applicants must submit a total of four works (scores and recordings) to their application status page. The interviews will include a discussion of all scores submitted, including the scores from the prescreening. You are encouraged to bring at least one work that was not submitted during the prescreening round.
- If interviewing in person, applicants must bring one copy of each of their scores for the interview and ensure that all recordings have been uploaded to their application status page.
- All applicants will be scheduled for musicianship testing in score analysis, rhythmic dictation, harmonic analysis, counterpoint, and score identification. The exam will be given through an online system on a specific date and time a few days before interviews begin. Information regarding account set up and timing will be sent following interview invitations.
Audition Day Information
Interviews for Tianjin Juilliard’s Master of Music in composition may be held online or in person.
Your audition consists of a musicianship exam and interviews with each of the faculty members.
- Exam
- You must take the composition exam. The exam is taken via an online platform. More information will be sent no later than the second week of February.
- The test is a complete musicianship assessment in score analysis, rhythmic dictation, harmonic analysis, counterpoint, and score identification. There is no additional information available regarding what will be on the exam.
- Interviews
- You will be scheduled for individual interviews with each of the composition faculty.
- Please ensure all works are submitted through your application status page via the Upload Materials section. In addition to uploading all scores, if you are attending the interview in person, you must bring printed and bound scores for the total number of works required for your degree to discuss with the faculty. The works you submitted for prescreening can be counted in the total number of works you bring to the interviews. The faculty encourages all applicants to bring a score not submitted in the prescreening round.
- Recordings of your works must be uploaded to your application via the “Edit Portfolio” section on your application status page. No documents, including scores, should be uploaded to the Portfolio section.
- If you have not submitted one through your application, you must bring a complete list of your works with instrumentations and durations in addition to your compositions (scores and recordings).
- If attending in person, you must check in at least 30 minutes in advance of your first scheduled interview time to confirm your arrival and obtain the room numbers for the interviews.
FAQs
- Can I submit midi recordings? Yes, but live recordings are preferred.
- Do I need to be the one performing my pieces? No. Recordings are in support of your original scores and may be live music or digital realizations of your works.
- What does “contrasting” mean?
- Applicants are encouraged to submit a varied portfolio of their best work
Works must have been written for different ensembles or solo instruments or voices.
Would Tianjin Juilliard accept an electro-acoustic work with score and recording? Yes.
Do I need to be prepared to perform on my primary instrument? No.
Can I include other pieces outside of my own? No.