Low-Residency Master of Music Degree

The Low-Residency MM is available for Composition only and offers the artistic excellence and academic rigor of a Peabody education in a more focused and flexible format. This program allows you to complete your Master of Music degree in just 13 months. More information can be found here.

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The Low-Residency MM is its own application round. To access the application, select “Start New Application” → “Fall Entry Term 2023” → “Application for Low Residency 2023”

Required Application Materials

• Recommendations (3)
• English Proficiency Scores for International Students (TOEFL/IELTS)
• Documents to upload (in PDF form)
  • Transcripts from all schools you have attended
  • Repertoire List
  • Resume

Once you have started your application, you can save your progress and return to your application at any time.

When you have completed your application, you will be able to review and submit it before paying the application fee of $120. Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed or scheduled for an audition/interview unless we have receive the application fee. If you feel that you qualify for an application fee waiver, please email peabodyadmissions@jhu.edu with your request.

After submission you will not be able to make changes to the application itself, but you will be able to edit your portfolio through your application status portal.

After you have submitted your application

• Financial Aid Application
  • Deadline: November 1st
• Auditions/Interviews
  • Please check our COVID-19 protocols for the most recent information about visiting our campus.
  • An interview with the appropriate faculty will be scheduled in lieu of your audition.
  • Recorded Auditions/Remote Interviews
• When will you learn the results?

Recommendation Letters

You will be asked to submit email addresses for three people who know your musical ability. These people will automatically be emailed with instructions on how to electronically submit their recommendation.

Your recommenders will have until the application deadline of December 1st to submit their recommendations. If you want to change your recommender or their email address after submitting your application, please contact the admissions office at peabodyadmissions@jhu.edu.

English Proficiency

• International applicants for all programs must submit a verified TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score by the deadlines below.
  • We do not accept the Duolingo English Test. We are now accepting the TOEFL iBT Home Edition (policy update as of 10/4/2022) if Covid-19 policies in your home country have prevented you from taking the TOEFL at a test center.
• International students currently studying at an institution where English is the primary language, or in the US, should submit a TOEFL/IELTS score if their period of enrollment in that school is less than two years.
  • Students enrolled for two years or longer at a school in which English is the primary language should submit a transcript from this school and do not need to submit an English proficiency test score.
• Test scores will be self-reported on the application but verified test scores must be submitted to Peabody through their respective testing agencies by the deadlines below. Peabody’s TOEFL School Code is 5532.
• The test score submission deadline is November 1st.
  • If we do not have an official score by this date, your application will be considered incomplete and we will be unable to make an admission decision.
• Minimum score requirements: TOEFL – 79, IELTS – 6.5 overall band score.
  • We do not accept the TOEFL “My Best Scores”.

Transcripts

Please scan and upload your transcripts from all schools you have attended to our application.

• These transcripts may be an official or unofficial copy.
• Please include classes that are in progress for which you have not yet received grades.
• We will not accept hard copy transcripts during the application process. Transcripts must be uploaded to your application.
• If you are accepted and choose to enroll at Peabody, we will ask you to request that your school send a hard copy of your final transcript before orientation.
• International applicants are required to upload an official English translation of all transcripts.

A qualifying undergraduate degree should include 3 years of study following completion of secondary school (or high school) and 25 post-secondary credit hours of non-musical study, the equivalent of 50 European transfer credits (ETCS).

Repertoire List

Upload a representative list of the repertoire you have studied in your major instrument or area. Composition applicants should list your own works with instrumentation. Please indicate any repertoire performed in public with an asterisk (*).

Resume

Upload a copy of your resume.

Financial Aid

The FAFSA/CSS Profile deadline is November 1st.

The FAFSA/CSS Profile submission is encouraged but not required for admission. Please note that you must submit the FAFSA if you wish to be considered for need-based aid such as work-study and grant aid. Please visit our Financial Aid page for more information. Low-Residency applicants are not eligible for Peabody merit scholarships.

Auditions/Interviews

Auditions/interview for the Low-Residency MM program will be held on an ad-hoc basis and scheduled directly with the faculty. Requirements for auditions/interviews can be found here.

When will you learn the results?

Information from your audition and application will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee after all auditions/interviews are complete. Decisions for incomplete applications will not be made until we receive the missing information.

• Decisions will be released by December 15th
• The enrollment decision deadline is January 15th