Music Auditions Overseas
Music Auditions Overseas
Candidates auditioning for September 2027 entry can attend live audition in London, Hong Kong, China, Seoul, Tokyo, and New York. Details about the overseas auditions can be found below.
ASIA application deadline: 1 October 2026 | NEW YORK application deadline: 1 December 2026
Audition requirements
For details of audition repertoires for each Principal Study, please visit our Music Audition and Application Procedure page.
PLEASE NOTE: all overseas auditions take place in a SINGLE ROUND. You should prepare all listed items on the relevant department's auditions page (linked above), from which the panel will select items to hear.
How to apply
Asia Auditions
Application Deadline: 1 October 2026
Eligibility for audition
Please note, applicants for the following programmes/disciplines will not be able to audition live in Asia:
- Classical Percussion/Timpani
- Jazz Drums/Percussion
- Jazz Composition and Arranging
- Harpsichord
- Fortepiano
- Opera
- Joint Vocal/Opera applicants (note that Vocal applicants can audition in overseas venues)
- Electronic and Produced Music
- Selection is based on an initial evaluation of a submitted portfolio of compositions, following which successful applicants will be called for interview via Zoom.
- Composition
- Selection is based on an initial evaluation of a submitted portfolio of compositions, following which successful applicants will be called for interview in London or via Zoom, as appropriate.
- Repetiteurs
Music Therapy applicants may attend an initial live audition in one of our overseas venues, however, any candidates who successfully pass this stage of the process must attend the interview day in London (usually in April time). Full details about the process can be found on the Music Therapy 'auditions' webpage.
Accompanists
Candidates must supply their own accompanists for overseas auditions.
Jazz applicants may attend an overseas audition, however a backing band or back line is not provided. Please bring your own instruments and musicians, or a backing track and appropriate playback device. A piano will be provided.
Soloists (Collaborative Piano)
Candidates applying for Collaborative Piano (Piano Accompaniment) must supply their own soloists for overseas auditions. Please see the Collaborative Piano (Piano Accompaniment) auditions webpage for further details.
Monday 9, Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 November 2026
S’way Music Studio
Unit 01 & 03, 2/F, Knutsford Commercial Building,
4-5 Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Saturday 14 November 2026
Yehudi Menuhin School Qingdao (YMSQ)
299 Yinshatan Road, West Coast New Area, Qingdao
Candidates must supply their own accompanists for overseas auditions. To hire a local accompanist, you may wish to contact:
李依桐 (Kitty), Development Director | Yehudi Menuhin School Qingdao
Click here to visit the Yehudi Menuhin School Qingdao's webpage.
Monday 16 November 2026
Green Room Music Studios
그린룸 음악연습실 예술의전당점 (Green Room Music Studios@SAC), South Korea, Seoul, Seocho District, Seocho-dong, 1452-7 신빌딩 B1
https://maps.app.goo.gl/noarDXpGVFtbrcC68
Tuesday 17 November 2026
Yamaha Ginza Concert Salon
YAMAHA GINZA Building B2F-12F
7-9-14 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo
New York Auditions
Application Deadline: 1 December 2026
Eligibility for audition
Please note, applicants for the following programmes/disciplines will not be able to audition live in New York:
- Classical Percussion/Timpani
- Jazz Drums/Percussion
- Jazz Composition and Arranging
- Harpsichord
- Fortepiano
- Opera
- Joint Vocal/Opera applicants (note that Vocal applicants can audition in overseas venues)
- Electronic and Produced Music
- Selection is based on an initial evaluation of a submitted portfolio of compositions, following which successful applicants will be called for interview via Zoom.
- Composition
- Selection is based on an initial evaluation of a submitted portfolio of compositions, following which successful applicants will be called for interview in London or via Zoom, as appropriate.
- Repetiteurs
Music Therapy applicants may attend an initial live audition in one of our overseas venues, however, any candidates who successfully pass this stage of the process must attend the interview day in London (usually in April time). Full details about the process can be found on the Music Therapy 'auditions' webpage.
Accompanists
Candidates must supply their own accompanists for overseas auditions.
Jazz applicants may attend an overseas audition, however a backing band or back line is not provided. Please bring your own instruments and musicians, or a backing track and appropriate playback device. A piano will be provided.
Soloists (Collaborative Piano)
Candidates applying for Collaborative Piano (Piano Accompaniment) must supply their own soloists for overseas auditions. Please see the Collaborative Piano (Piano Accompaniment) auditions webpage for further details.
Monday 18 to Wednesday 20 January 2027
The Dimenna Center for Classical Music
450 West 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
(Map)
Candidates must supply their own accompanists for overseas auditions. To hire a local accompanist, you may wish to contact:
Juilliard School
Alan D. Marks Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Services
Molly Skardon, Faculty Assistant
Email: careerservices@juilliard.edu
Tel: 001 212 799 5000 x 313 (United States)
Center for Music Entrepreneurship
Email: CME@msmnyc.edu
Tel: 001 917 493 4502
Jazz applicants may attend an overseas audition, however a backing band or back line is not provided. Please bring your own instruments and musicians, or a backing track and appropriate playback device. A piano will be provided.
