Admissions

In order to apply for the upcoming academic school year and be considered for a free live audition on Zoom, applicants must submit an Application Form (which also includes resume/bio and video recordings submission) by August 10.

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Please read the following information on the application process before submitting your material:

Although there is no minimum age requirement, the program only accepts applicants who display a high level of pianistic abilities. However, the ten-year-long syllabus is designed to reflect the age range from 8 to 18 years old, which will also be taken into consideration in the student’s placement in case of acceptance.

The audition process is comprised of two phases: a pre-screening video recording and a live audition:

To be considered for a free audition, applicants must submit the following:

• Application Form for Admission.
• Current resume/bio.
• Video recording of points nos. 2 and 3 from the Live Audition Repertoire listed below. The works recorded must be performed from memory.

If selected, the applicant will be invited for a live audition, for which the repertoire can differ from the one submitted for pre-screening.

All works prepared for the live audition must be performed from memory, unless otherwise agreed with the audition committee. Such cases may be considered only for some repertoire composed during the 20th or 21st century.

• Students of ages 11 and under

  1. A work by J.S. Bach
  2. The first movement of a sonata or a sonatina by a Classical composer
  3. A work by a 19th-century composer

• Students of ages 12 through 15

  1. A work by J.S. Bach, excluding the Little Preludes
  2. The first movement of a sonata by a Classical composer
  3. A work by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Grieg, or Brahms
  4. A work by a 20th or 21st-century composer

• Students of ages 16 and over

  1. A complete work by J.S. Bach, excluding the Little Preludes, Inventions, and Sinfonias
  2. A complete sonata by a Classical composer
  3. A major work by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Grieg, or Brahms
  4. A work by a 20th or a 21st-century composer

If not selected for the Frost Advanced Piano Program, the applicant may still apply for the regular Preparatory Program at the Frost School of Music, which offers great performing opportunities and a chance to study with some of the most successful musicians and teachers based in South Florida. 

There could be cases where the applicant is extremely talented and promising but lacking important and required items (such as repertoire, technique, etc.) for which it will be offered a one-year trial pending admission.

Upon acceptance into the program, students are placed into a specific level depending on their proficiency and age.