All full-time or part-time students in this program must audition for a large ensemble in the beginning of the school year. Auditions for large and small ensembles are mandatory.
For descriptions of our perennial ensembles and all audition schedules, visit the Ensembles webpages.
Assignments & Requirements
When: Ensemble assignments are made following the auditions, normally in the first week of classes.
How to register: It is each student鈥檚 responsibility to ensure they are registered on MINERVA for the ensemble(s) to which they have been assigned.
- Students are required to complete 12 credits of large ensemble and 6 credits of small ensemble.
- Ensemble transfer credits are not granted.
- All students who are registered in required practical instruction courses, whether they are full-time or part-time,聽 are required to concurrently register聽 for one large ensemble and one small ensemble, even if they have already completed the minimum ensemble requirements for their licentiate.
- Students majoring in violin, viola, or cello must commence their small ensembles with 4 terms of string quartets (MUEN 560).
- Violin majors are required to complete 2 terms of ensemble playing on viola.
- 鈥淎-鈥� is the minimum passing ensemble grade for students in LMus.
