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Exceptional, high-level musical training with specialists on each instrument
Each studio offers a supportive, collegial learning community for musical and personal growth.
Faculty
| Diane Rechner, flute | Danna Sundet, oboe |
| Amitai Vardi, clarinet | Mark DeMio, bassoon |
| Perry Roth, saxophone |
Private Lessons and Studio Classes
Weekly private lessons are tailored to the unique needs of each student covering a wide range of solos, orchestral excerpts and technical studies.
Studio classes every week offer the chance to build community and cover special topics relevant to everyone.
- Students perform for each other, either individually, with their chamber music ensembles or as an entire studio (flute ensemble, clarinet ensemble, etc.).
- Reed making skills are developed and improved.
- Gain experience performing other instruments in their immediate family such as bass clarinet, English horn, piccolo, baritone saxophone, contra-bassoon and more.
Performance Opportunities
In addition to studio classes, additional opportunities to perform include:
- Large and Small Ensembles (Click here for more information)
- Juries (a culminating performance given every semester where faculty give constructive feedback and recommendations)
- Recitals (music majors and approved nonmajors)
Degrees and Programs Offered
Majors
| B.A. Music Major | B.M. in Composition |
| B.M. Music Education | B.M. in Performance |
| M.M. in Performance |
Minors
| Music Minor | Jazz Studies Minor |
| World Music Minor | Arts Entrepreneurship Minor |
Questions or want more information?
Contact
Glauser School Admissions
musicadmissions@kent.edu | 330-672-2172
Admission Requirements
- Complete an application for admission to Kent State University.
- Complete an audition for admission to the Glauser School of Music.
English Language Proficiency Requirements for International Students:
All international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning a
- Minimum 525 TOEFL score (71 on the Internet-based version),
- Minimum 75 MELAB score,
- Minimum 6.0 IELTS score,
- Minimum 48 PTE score or
- Minimum 100 DET score; or by completing the ESL level 112 Intensive Program.
For more information on international admission, visit the Office of Global Education’s admission website.
Undergraduate Requirements
Brass:
Concentration in: Performance, Music Education, Bachelor of Arts in Music or General Music Minor
- Solo work and/or contrasting etudes (memorization and accompaniment not required).
- Major scales, 1 octave required (2 octaves optional).
- Chromatic scales, 1 octave required (2 octaves optional)
- Sight-reading
Woodwinds
Concentration in: Performance, Music Education, Bachelor of Arts in Music or General Music Minor
- Major and chromatic scales—memorized.
- Solo.
- Memorization not required.
- Suggested repertoire is contained in the OMEA contest list.
- Compositions of equivalent difficulty may be substituted.
- Accompaniment is not required.
- Demonstration of sight reading proficiency.
Percussion Instruments:
Concentration in: Performance, Music Education, Bachelor of Arts in Music or General Music Minor
- A solo on all of the following:
- Snare drum.
- Percussion keyboard (mallets).
- Timpani (Proficiency in tuning).
- Accompaniment is not required.
- Demonstration of sight reading proficiency on at least two of the above instruments.
- Your percussion audition must be done in person or, if distance to the Kent Campus is an issue, via recorded video audition.
Admission Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university for unconditional admission.
- 3.0 GPA out of a 4.0 scale for unconditional admission.
- Official transcript(s)
- Three letters of recommendation
- Statement of career goals
- Resumé
- Audition
- English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning one of the following:
- Minimum 525 TOEFL PBT score (paper-based version)
- Minimum 71 TOEFL IBT score (Internet-based version)
- Minimum 74 MELAB score
- Minimum 6.0 IELTS score
- Minimum 50 PTE score
- Minimum 100 Duolingo test score
Graduate Requirements
Flute:
- First movement exposition of either Mozart Concerto (G or D major).
- Two other works of contrasting period and style, including one 20th century work. These may be movements from a concerto/sonata or separate works.
- A selection of standard orchestral excerpts.
- Sight-reading may be included.
Oboe:
- Two works contrasting in period and style, including one 20th century work. These may be movements from a concerto/sonata or separate works.
- A selection of standard orchestral excerpts.
- Sight-reading may be included.
Clarinet:
- Two works contrasting in period and style, including one 20th century work. These may be movements from a concerto/sonata or separate works.
- A selection of standard orchestral excerpts.
- Sight-reading may be included.
Bassoon:
- Two works contrasting in period and style. These may be movements from a concerto/sonata or separate works.
- A selection of standard orchestral excerpts.
- Sight-reading may be included.
Saxophone:
- Two works contrasting in period and style, including one 20th century work. These may be movements from a concerto/sonata or separate works.
- Sight-reading may be included.
