Audition Dates

Juilliard Audition Dates for Fall 2025 Entry

The application for Fall 2025 entry will be available beginning September 1, 2024. If you are interested in applying, the individual webpages under Application Requirements contain details about Juilliard's application and audition policies and procedures. Updates to audition dates and application requirements will be happening over the summer. Make sure to check requirements for the latest updates before completing your application.

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NOTE: If you feel sick or have been ordered by a public health authority to quarantine or isolate, please do not enter any Juilliard facility until medically cleared.  Should you have COVID-19 symptoms or test positive, please follow CDC guidance and consult with a health care professional for further instructions regarding appropriate testing, isolation, treatment, and contact tracing. If you are unable to attend an audition due to illness, please contact [email protected] immediately to cancel your audition.

Dance

Dancers applying for entrance in fall 2025 must submit prescreening videos. Dancers who receive favorable prescreening results must participate in an in-person callback audition in order to be considered for admission.

 

Callback Audition CityCallback Audition Dates
New YorkFebruary 15, 16, 22, 23

Summer Dance Intensive

Applicants are required to submit a video audition; no in-person auditions will be held for the summer 2025 program.

Acting

Actors must register for and attend one of the scheduled in-person auditions. If you are required to prescreen, you will not be able to register for an in-person audition unless you have received favorable prescreening results. If you currently reside within the continental United States, you are not required to prescreen.

 

Audition CityAudition Dates
New York CityJanuary 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
ChicagoJanuary 30, 31, February 1, 2
San FranciscoFebruary 7, 8, 9, 10

Prescreening Required
Prescreening is required if you currently reside outside of the United States and Canada. This requirement does not depend on citizenship status or permanent address and cannot be waived.

Prescreening Optional
If you reside in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, or Canada, you have the option to prescreen. All prescreening decisions are final.

Prescreening Audition Scheduling
Prescreening for actors applying to enter the program in fall 2025 will take place remotely via Zoom. You must register for and attend one of the scheduled prescreening auditions. Please check back here for fall 2025 application and audition information.

 

Prescreening DatesNovember, 16, 17, 23, 24

Music

Music auditions at The Juilliard School are held in person on our New York City campus; limited funds are available for need-based travel grants. All applicants invited to audition are expected to attend on their scheduled date and time, and are expected to have the entire audition repertoire prepared. While faculty may not hear entire works, they may ask you to perform any part of a required work.

Auditions for entry in Fall 2025 for most programs will take place between February 28-March 7, 2025. Specific audition dates will be listed below as they are confirmed with faculty. Dates may be posted as late as November 2024.

 

InstrumentAudition Dates
Bassoon
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Cello
  • Monday, March 3, 2025: Bachelor of Music, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025: Artist Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Doctor of Musical Arts, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025: Bachelor of Music, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
Clarinet
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025
  • Friday, March 7, 2025*

    *Due to the Doctor of Musical Arts callback process, DMA applicants are not able to audition on Friday, March 7, 2025.
Collaborative Piano
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025: Artist Diploma, Doctor of Musical Arts
  • Friday, March 7, 2025: Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
Composition
  • Monday, March 3, 2025
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025

    All composition applicants invited to auditions are required to complete an online exam prior to the audition date. The exam dates will be announced after prescreening decisions are released.
Double Bass
  • Sunday, March 2, 2025
Flute
  • Monday, March 3, 2025
French Horn
  • Monday, March 3, 2025
Guitar
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Graduate Resident String Quartet, Artist DiplomaNo auditions will be held for the Graduate Resident String Quartet program in 2025. The next application will be open in September of 2025 for Fall 2026 entry.
Harp
  • Monday, March 3, 2025
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Historical Performance
  • Sunday, March 2, 2025: Violin, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon
  • Monday, March 3, 2025: Cello, Viola da gamba, Double Bass, Harpsichord, Plucked Instruments

    If your instrument is not listed above, please reach out to [email protected] to inquire about an audition date.
Jazz Studies
  • Monday, March 3, 2025: Guitar & Saxophone
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025: Trumpet & Trombone
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025: Bass, Drums & Voice
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025: Piano & Vibraphone
  • Friday, March 7, 2025: Artist Diploma
Oboe
  • Monday, March 3, 2025
Opera Studies
  • Saturday, December 14 - Monday, December 16, 2024

    Artist Diploma in Opera Studies auditions are scheduled to take place in person in New York City on these dates. Applicants should plan to be available for all three days.
Orchestral Conducting
  • Thursday, February 20, 2025: Exam and Interviews
  • Friday, February 21, 2025: Conducting callbacks with orchestra

    Orchestral Conducting applicants should plan to be available for both days.
Organ
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Percussion
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025
  • Friday, March 7, 2025*

    *Due to the Doctor of Musical Arts callback process, DMA applicants are not able to audition on Friday, March 7, 2025.
Piano
  • Friday, February 28, 2025: Artist Diploma, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Sunday, March 2, 2025: Bachelor of Music, Doctor of Musical Arts
  • Monday, March 3, 2025: Bachelor of Music, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025: Bachelor of Music, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025: Bachelor of Music, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025: Bachelor of Music, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Friday, March 7, 2025: Bachelor of Music, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
Bass Trombone
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Tenor Trombone
  • Monday, February 24, 2025
Trumpet
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025
  • Friday, March 7, 2025*

    *Due to the Doctor of Musical Arts callback process, DMA applicants are not able to audition on Friday, March 7, 2025.
Tuba
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Viola
  • Monday, March 3, 2025
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Violin
  • Monday, March 3, 2025
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025
  • Friday, March 7, 2025*

    *Due to the Doctor of Musical Arts callback process, DMA applicants are not able to audition on Friday, March 7, 2025.
Voice
  • Sunday, March 2, 2025: Doctor of Musical Arts, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Monday, March 3, 2025: Doctor of Musical Arts, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025: Doctor of Musical Arts, Graduate Diploma, Master of Music
  • Thursday, March 6, 2025: Bachelor of Music
  • Friday, March 7, 2025: Bachelor of Music

 

Last Updated Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, 03:30PM