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Late Application Process
Late Applications
Late applications will only be considered for programmes/pathways where we have audition spaces available. We cannot guarantee that late applications will be accepted as many programmes are oversubscribed.
Please note: candidates who make a late application will be offered a recorded audition only – candidates will not be able to attend a live audition at the School.
After official deadlines have passed, we will close applications for programmes/disciplines as they become full. As a result, any late application you commence may be deleted at any time. Therefore, we strongly recommend that all late applications are completed in full as soon as possible after the deadline.
If you have missed the deadline, please see the below information, which outlines our late application procedure by programme.
Late Application Fees
There is no additional late application fee. Find more information about our application fees here.
Departments/pathways now closed for September 2023 entry
- All classical composition programmes, except the MA in Opera Making and Writing
- All classical guitar programmes
- All opera and joint opera/vocal applications (note: vocal only applications remain open)
- Some jazz pathways, including:
- piano, drums and percussion (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- composition and arranging (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- voice (postgraduate only)
- bass (undergraduate only)
- Music Therapy
- All bowed strings programmes (violin, viola, cello and double bass)
- All piano programmes (note: Piano Accompaniment remains open for late applications).
Late Applications by Programme
The application deadline for BMus, Guildhall Artist Masters and all Opera and Joint Opera/Vocal applications is Friday 3 October 2022. If you do not complete an application by the stated deadline, your application (if accepted) will be considered as a ‘late application’.
Process for making a late application
- Applications close on 3 October
- Applications re-open on 11 October
- Applicants may log in and complete an existing application or commence a new late application
- If we can accommodate your late application, you will be allocated an audition/interview time as appropriate and informed by email
- If we are unable to accommodate your late application, we will inform you by email and your application fee will be refunded
Applicants who commenced an application prior to deadline:
If you commenced an application on our website but failed to submit your completed application form by the above date/time, your application will be placed on temporary hold. You will be unable to log in/complete your application until we re-open applications at 10am on Tuesday 11 October 2022. Once late applications are open, we strongly encourage you to complete your application straight away.
Applicants yet to commence an application:
If you have not commenced an application with us and have missed the deadline, you will be unable to make a late application until 10am on Tuesday 11 October 2022. Once late applications are open, we strongly encourage you to complete your application straight away.
New York auditions are scheduled for 16-19 January 2023 (subject to travel restrictions). The deadline for all applications (excluding opera and joint candidates, who cannot audition in our overseas venues) is 1 December 2022. Applications received after 4.30pm on 1 December 2022 will be considered as late.
Process for making a late application:
- After this date, you may still complete an existing application or commence a new late application.
- If we can accommodate your late application, you will be sent further email communications about the next steps, as appropriate. Please allow us up to 2 weeks after application to receive this information.
- If we are unable to accommodate your late application, we will inform you by email and your application fee will be refunded.
The deadline for this programme is Thursday 5 January 2023. Applications received after 4.30pm on 5 January 2023 will be considered as late.
Process for making a late application:
- After this date, you may still complete an existing application or commence a new late application.
- If we can accommodate your late application, you will be sent further email communications about the next steps, as appropriate. Please allow us up to 2 weeks after application to receive this information.
- If we are unable to accommodate your late application, we will inform you by email and your application fee will be refunded.
The deadline for this programme is 1 March 2023. Applications received after 4.30pm on 1 March 2023 will be considered as late.
Process for making a late application:
- After this date, you may still complete an existing application or commence a new late application
- If we can accommodate your late application, you will be sent further email communications about the next steps, as appropriate. Please allow us up to 2 weeks after application to receive this information
- If we are unable to accommodate your late application, we will inform you by email and your application fee will be refunded
The deadline for this programme is 5 April 2023. Applications received after 4.30pm on 5 April 2023 will be considered as late.
Process for making a late application:
- You may still complete an existing application or commence a new late application.
- If we can accommodate your late application, you will be sent further email communications about the next steps, as appropriate. Please allow us up to 2 weeks after application to receive this information.
- If we are unable to accommodate your late application, we will inform you by email and your application fee will be refunded.
