Music (BA)

Submit your application through ApplyTexas.

• Select “Create a new undergraduate admissions application”
• Select Texas A&M University-Commerce as your “target university.”
• Select “Music” as your “Major.”

Submit the Music Department application form

Instrumental

Vocal

Piano

Complete your high school transcript through your junior year.

As an international student, you must show proof of successful completion of a course of study equivalent to that required of a U.S. citizen. Your international transcript must be evaluated by an independent credential evaluation agency before we consider you for admission to A&M-Commerce. For freshman admission, high school transcripts need only be evaluated to determine U.S. high school equivalency.

FOREIGN ACADEMIC CREDENTIAL EVALUATOR RESOURCES

Dual-credit freshmen must also submit an official transcript from the institution that offered the dual-credit classes.

Transcripts must be evaluated by an independent credential evaluation agency before a student is considered for admission.

Upon completion of the evaluation, please request the agency provide a copy to:

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Office of Undergraduate Admissions

P.O. Box 3011

Commerce, TX 75429-3011

The International Baccalaureate (IB) program is a rigorous, 2-year, pre-university program. In compliance with SB111, TAMU-Commerce offers at least 24 hours of credit to all IB diploma candidates with subject exam scores of 4 or higher.

As an applicant, you must be adequately proficient in English to pursue a course of study at the university. A score of at least 550 paper-based, 213 computer-based or 79 internet-based on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and an official report of these scores must be submitted to the Office Undergraduate Admissions prior to admission. Please keep in mind that Education Testing Service (ETS) will not release scores that are older than two (2) years.

Undergraduate Exemptions:

• Students who have completed Eng 1301 and Eng 1302, at a U.S. institution, with a grade of “C” or better. Students may provide a certified older score if they have been continuously studying at a U.S. college or university.
• Students who have successfully completed the Texas International Education Consortium (TIEP’s) advanced-level program as defined in the information provided by TIEP and who are seeking admissions to our campus.
• Students who have completed a minimum of one year of study in a Texas public high school with the completion of English III or English IV (including Advance Placement/AP) with a grade of “B” or better.
• Students who are citizens of Australia, New Zealand, the British Virgin Island, Jamaica, United Kingdom, Ireland, Antigua, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, St. Lucia, Wales, Bahamas, Barbados, Switzerland and Canada (excluding French-speaking Quebec). Proof of citizenship must be provided such as birth certificate or passport.
• Students who have one of the following tests and scores:
  CAE: B or Higher
  CPE: C or Higher
  AT II E: 968 or Higher
  IELTS: Overall band 6.0 or Higher
  SAT Verbal: 500 or Higher
  ACT Verbal: 19 or Higher
• Students who have obtained one of the following foreign high school diplomas/tests/scores:

GCE, GCSE, IGCSE: C or higher in English Language
WASC, KCSE, SSCE or equivalent national exams: C or higher in English Language IB (International Baccalaureate): Grade 4 or higher in English subject

A Sponsor’s Statement of Support for International Student (signed by the sponsor) with a current bank statement showing a balance of at least $28,109.00 USD must be submitted to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsor’s statements and bank statements must be less than one year old at the time of application.

All educational and living expenses (including medical/repatriation insurance) are the responsibility of the student.

Texas state law requires all new students 21 years of age or younger to either receive a bacterial meningitis vaccination or meet the exemption requirements prior to the first day of their first semester. Students who fail to submit their proof of vaccination and have their vaccination approved at least 10 days prior to the first day of their first semester may not be allowed to attend classes at A&M-Commerce. Please note that failure to meet this requirement (only students 21 years of age or younger) may result in serious visa status issues.

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS VACCINATION HANDOUT

International Student Agreement Form

• Sing 2 pieces: One in English and one in a Foreign Language. If you are interested in a concentration in Musical Theatre, you may perform a third piece from a Musical.
• Sight-reading
• Vocalization
• Theory Diagnostic Test (For incoming Freshmen only)

• All Major Scales and a Full-Range Chromatic Scale
• Two contrasting etudes (slow and fast) or portions of solo repertoire (lyrical and technical)
• Sight-read a short musical example
• Students interested in auditioning as a performance major should also be prepared to perform a movement or movements from a standard concerto, sonata or significant solo repertoire. Please contact the applied faculty member for your instrument with any questions.

• Three memorized pieces in contrasting styles (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionism, 20^th or 21^st Century)
• Major and minor scales and arpeggios
• Sight-reading