For applicants who do not hold New York State certification in Music (Leads to Music Cert)
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a Grade Point Average of at least 3.0.
- A major in music or music education (with a minimum of 24 credits in music including:
- Three semesters of music history (including at least two of Western music history),
- Three semesters of music theory (including at least two of traditional college music theory), and
- Two semesters of musicianship (sight singing, ear training, and keyboard studies).
These courses can be completed at Hunter (as part of a non-degree or second undergraduate degree program) or at another school prior to applying.
Applicants to the Hunter College Music TEP must audition on their primary instrument or voice.
Interviews are usually held on two or three different dates each semester; click here for audition dates. To register for an audition, prospective students must (1) send in an official application to the Admissions Office (see below), and (2) then fill out the online audition registration form.
Once your application is complete, you be contacted with instructions for submitting your audition video and to schedule your zoom interview.
Applicants are expected to perform, on their primary instrument or voice, two or three representative works from different styles that demonstrate their proficiency and musicality (pieces in jazz idioms or vernacular idioms are allowable for prospective TEP students). Memorization is recommended, but not required.
All applicants will also be asked to demonstrate their keyboard ability by playing the Star Spangled Banner on the piano; applicants can either use their own arrangement or they can download an arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner.
Each interview is about 15 minutes long and held in front of a panel consisting of two or three members of the Music Department faculty.
Applications can accessed at: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/graduateadmissions/applying. All MA-TEP (Teacher Education Program) should apply to the program "Music (Grades preK-12)" and not to the MA in music. Also, the Admissions Office will require prospective students to forward transcripts from their previous school(s), a statement of purpose, and two letters of recommendation, among other things.
Admission deadlines may be found at http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/graduateadmissions/applying/deadlines/degree-applications. Note that deadlines for international students and students who have earned any college credits at non-U.S. institutions are approximately two months earlier than these dates. See the Admissions Department for details.
Students whose native language is not English or whose post-secondary education was in a country where English is not the native language must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). For further information on the TOEFL please consult with the Office of Admissions.
