Apply for MFA Symphonic Orchestra Performance
This information applies to applications for the Master's Programme of Fine Arts in Music with Specialization in Symphonic Orchestra Performance. The next applications period is from 2 December 2024 to 15 January 2025. Studies start in the autumn of 2025.
Your application process
The following applies to applicants that start their studies in autumn 2025.
- Apply for the programme through universityadmissions.se
Application period: 2 December 2024 – 15 January 2025. - Pay your application fee by 3 February 2025. If you are exempt from paying the application fee, you must prove your exemption status by the same date. More information about fees on universityadmissions.se.
- Complete your eligibility no later than 3 February 2025. More information on universityadmissions.se.
- Sheet music for the orchestral excerpts and interview questions will be sent via e-mail: 17 January 2025
- Last day to upload videos in SlideRoom: 17 February 2025
- Admission decision: 27 March 2025 through My pages on universityadmissions.se.
Admission tests
The following applies to applicants that start their studies in autumn 2025.
The admission tests to the Master’s Programme of Fine Arts in Music with Specialization in Symphonic Orchestra Performance will be carried out entirely through digital work samples (video recordings). Work samples must be uploaded via SlideRoom. You create a new account in SlideRoom yourself with your e-mail address and password of your choice.
Applicants for orchestra instruments (not piano and percussion)
Interview: You will receive interview questions by e-mail. The questions must be answered in a separate video. You are free to speak Swedish or English.
Audition: The audition repertoire consists of orchestral excerpts and one concerto. Lists for all instruments can be found in the pdf file Auditions repertoire list. The sheet music for the orchestral excerpts will be sent to you via e-mail.
Upload your video files as follows:
- Video 1: Interview answers
- Video 2: Orchestral excerpts should be recorded in a single take.
- Video 3: The concerto should be recorded in a single take; multi-movement concertos should be recorded in single takes per movement.
Applicants for piano
Interview: You will receive interview questions by e-mail. The questions must be answered in a separate video. You are free to speak Swedish or English.
Audition: The audition repertoire consists of orchestral excerpts, opera excerpts and optional solo works from at least two different eras. The playing time for the solo works must be a total of at least 10 minutes. The sheet music for the orchestral and opera excerpts will be sent to you via e-mail.
Upload your video files as follows:
- Video 1: Interview answers
- Video 2: Vocal scores should be recorded in a single take.
- Video 3: Orchestral excerpts should be recorded in a single take.
- Video 4–8: One solo piece per recording
Applicants for percussion
Interview: You will receive interview questions by e-mail. The questions must be answered in a separate video. You are free to speak Swedish or English.
Audition: The audition repertoire consists of orchestral excerpts. Lists for all instruments can be found in the pdf file Auditions repertoire list. The sheet music for the orchestral excerpts and further instructions will be sent to you via e-mail.
Upload your video files as follows:
- Video 1: Interview answers
- Video 2: Excerpts 1–5 should be recorded in one single take
- Video 3: Excerpts 6–10 should be recorded in one single take
- Video 4: A free solo piece for percussion (mallet, multi-percussion, timpani, snare drum, etc.), between two and four minutes long.
Requirements when recording a video
- Clearly state which piece you will be performing on the recording.
- The recording has to be of high sound quality.
- The applicant must be visible in close-up.
- Face, arms and instruments should be clearly visible .
- The recordings must not be edited.
- Accepted file formats are: .m4v, .mov, .mp4, .wmv, .flv, .asf, .mpeg, .mpg, .mkv
- Maximum file size per video is 500 MB.
Eligibility and selection
Entry requirements
Bachelor degree of arts in music or equivalent, and musical knowledge and skills that are assessed at the admission test and are the basis for selection.
Selection
Selection of eligible applicants is based upon entrance tests.
