How To Apply

Brass

• Eastman Summer Horn Institute

This institute is designed for advanced high-school, collegiate, and postgraduate players aged 15+. No audition is required; admission is by résumé review only. Use this template if you need help putting a résumé together.  Enrollment/registration is capped once capacity has been reached.

• Eastman Summer Trombone Institute

A short video audition is required for performer admission to the workshop. The recording should contain approximately five minutes of music encompassing two contrasting works. These works can be movements (or excerpts of movements) from solo pieces, etudes, or orchestral excerpts. Please include something lyrical and something more technical. To apply, submit a resume and recordings. Please list two references on your résumé.

• Eastman Summer Trumpet Institute

Please include a current copy of your résumé and an audition video. For the video, please record a movement of a solo, an etude, and 3 excerpts of your choice. You may use an existing résumé if you have one; these templates are provided in case you need help putting information together.

Résumé
Audition Video Links

Please follow this format (or very similar) for your application materials. Auditions will be reviewed as they are received.

• Eastman Summer Tuba & Euphonium Institute

No audition is required, but please provide a copy of your music résumé and a short performance recording (about 5 minutes of contrasting material; can be solos, etudes, or excerpts) to help with ensemble placement. Use this template if you need help putting a résumé together. Template for sending video/sound file links

Jazz

Jazz Institute

• Upload your audition files or links on the Audition tab in the online portal.
• Request one letter of recommendation from your current ensemble director or private teacher. Online submission is preferred.
• Upload a musical résumé including recent solo and ensemble music, and any honors or awards.
• 10 minutes maximum
• Three contrasting pieces, i.e., bebop tune, standard, ballad
• Recorded examples to include improvised solos
• Accompanying skills: walking bass, comping, etc.
• Drums: four recorded examples, including medium tempo swing with trading fours; ballad with brushes; up-tempo swing; Latin

Conducting

• Choral Masterworks

No audition is required for this institute; admission is by résumé review only.

Music Education

• Instrumental Methods and Techniques (noncredit institute)
• Music Theory APSI at Eastman School of Music – ONLINE
• Vocal Pedagogy for Choral Conductors & Voice Teachers – ONLINE

Music Leadership

• Eastman Leadership Academy – ONLINE
• Eastman Leadership Bootcamp – ONLINE
• Eastman Leadership Conference

Woodwinds

• Eastman Summer Saxophone Institute

Please include a copy of your music resume with your message. If you need help putting a music resume together, you can use this template as a guide.

• The Artistic Flutist: Bonita Boyd International Flute Masterclass

Biography, résumé, and recordings.

A current copy of your music résumé

• Short Biography
  • One or two paragraphs about your solo and ensemble experience, awards, honors, etc.
• A current copy of your music résumé
• Audition Video (see below for Audition video instructions)
  • 10-20 minutes of music, composed of at least two pieces of contrasting styles
  • If a piece uses piano accompaniment, recordings with piano are highly preferred but not required
  • Three orchestral excerpts may be submitted instead of ONE of the required pieces
  • Applicants are encouraged to present repertoire by composers who have been traditionally underrepresented by virtue of their gender, race, ethnicity, or cultural heritage. Search composers using the following database links:
    Anna’s Composer Database: https://annascomposerdatabase.com
    Institute for Composer Diversity: https://www.composerdiversity.com/
    or resources available here: https://libguides.esm.rochester.edu/c.php?g=1057653&p=7705809
  • All videos must be shot facing directly at the student (no side angles); the camera should be placed between 5-15 feet from the student so that the face and both arms are clearly shown
  • Each required audition selection must be recorded as a separate video

Music Preservation

Music Preservation Institute

Music Theory/ Music Cognition

• Probabilistic Models of Music Cognition

Piano & Organ

• Summer Organ Academy

Please include a video submission of an audition piece showcasing your playing proficiency and a short bio. 

Voice