All applicants must audition. Applicants who audition at the Conservatory or a regional site may request an audition date when completing the online application at www.unifiedapps.org. Certain instrument areas require a prescreen recording, which is reviewed by faculty to determine if the applicant will be invited to a live audition at the Conservatory or a regional site. For more information, review our prescreen requirements.

The deadline for submitting prescreen recordings is December 1.

Applicants are to prepare their audition repertoire from the requirements described below. All solo repertoire is to be memorized unless otherwise indicated. Transfer applicants should perform repertoire appropriate for the level they seek at the Conservatory.

Graduate and postgraduate applicants will be notified of the admission decision on or before March 15 and undergraduate applicants will be notified on or before April 1, provided all required application materials are received by the application deadline. Applicants do not receive an admission decision at the time of the audition, nor do they receive audition results.

Conservatory auditions occur in one of three ways: a live audition at the Conservatory, an audition at a regional site, or a final audition recording. Live auditions are recommended for all applicants and are required for certain instrument areas. Applicants who audition at SFCM will have an opportunity to explore our building, meet faculty and current students, and observe classes and rehearsals.

Live auditions at the Conservatory are required of the following applicants:

• Anyone residing in California
• Undergraduate and graduate voice applicants residing in North America (USA, Canada, Mexico)
• Graduate applicants for chamber music, conducting, percussion, timpani or organ.
• Applicants for Professional Studies and Postgraduate Diplomas

Regional auditions are available for the following applicants:

• Undergraduate applicants residing outside of California (except voice and percussion)
• Graduate applicants residing within North America (except voice, conducting, chamber music, percussion, timpani or organ).

Final Audition Recordings are accepted from the following applicants:

• Undergraduate applicants residing outside of California (except voice)
• Graduate applicants residing outside of North America (except chamber music and conducting)
• Composition applicants are strongly encouraged to audition at either a San Francisco audition or at a regional audition site. However, if unable to make a live audition, undergraduate and international applicants may submit a final audio-visual piano recording to accompany their portfolio.
• PLEASE NOTE: Final recordings are due by the December 1 application deadline.

It is mandatory to submit all final recordings online through our ArtsApp portal. This secure online portal will allow you to upload your audio-visual and/or portfolio materials. There is a $10 fee for uploading materials. Final audition recordings may only be submitted in hard copy by permission of the Office of Admission.

ArtsApp accepts the following format types:

• Audio (.mp3)
• Audio-Visual (.asf, .avi, .flv, .mov, .m4v, .mp4, .mpg, .mvb, .swf, .wmv)
• Documents (.doc, .pdf, .xls)

Total portfolio size needs to be under 900MB, with a maximum file size of 500 MB. Please upload each piece as its own file. For technical support with your ArtsApp submission, please contact support@artsapp.com.

The following instrument areas require a prescreen recording: chamber music, composition, conducting, piano and voice. Faculty will review prescreen recordings to determine if an applicant will be invited to audition live at the Conservatory or a regional site. Please refer to the final audition repertoire section for live audition requirements.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The deadline for submitting prescreen recordings is November 15. Please plan accordingly. We may accept late recordings on a case-by-case basis for an additional fee. Applicants will be notified by December 20 if they will be invited for a live audition.

If your instrument is not listed above, you are not required to submit a prescreen recording.

It is mandatory to submit all prescreen recordings online through our ArtsApp portal. This secure online portal will allow you to upload your audio-visual and/or portfolio materials. There is a $10 fee for uploading materials. Prescreen audition recordings may only be submitted in hard copy by permission of the Office of Admission.

ArtsApp accepts the following format types:

• Audio (.mp3)
• Audio-Visual (.asf, .avi, .flv, .mov, .m4v, .mp4, .mpg, .mvb, .swf, .wmv)
• Documents (.doc, .pdf, .xls)

Total portfolio size needs to be under 900MB, with a maximum file size of 500 MB. Please upload each piece as its own file. For technical support with your ArtsApp submission, please contact support@artsapp.com.

Chamber Music
Candidates must submit an unedited prescreen audio-visual recording with the following solo repertoire:

Piano:	any first movement of a Beethoven Sonata any etude of virtuosity from one of the following composers: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, or Debussy
Strings:	two contrasting movements of a Bach solo suite, sonata or partita any first movement of a concerto, with cadenza where applicable

Chamber Music: Applying as a Pre-Formed Group
Candidates who wish to apply as a pre-formed group must submit an audio-visual recording of the group performing 2 contrasting movements of a chamber work, as well as the individual prescreen recordings as described above.

Composition
Applicants must submit the following materials: three or more scores in various media and a recording (audio or audio-visual) of each score. Scores must show evidence of original musical thought and the fundamentals of compositional technique. Electronic compositions are acceptable, but applicants must also show competence in traditional notation in the scores submitted. Computer-generated scores should be checked for correct transpositions, appropriate accidentals and normal spellings. MIDI recordings are acceptable in exceptional cases, but acoustic performances are strongly recommended.

It is mandatory to submit all prescreen recordings online through our ArtsApp portal. This secure online portal will allow you to upload your audio-visual and/or portfolio materials. There is a $10 fee for uploading materials. Prescreen audition recordings may only be submitted in hard copy by permission of the Office of Admission.

Conducting
Please note: we will not be accepting applications for our conducting program this year. Applicants are welcome to apply for fall 2013.

Candidates must submit an unedited audio-visual recording of the applicant conducting a group in rehearsal for at least 30 minutes. A full orchestra is not necessary. Applicants may include a concert performance in addition to the 30 minutes of rehearsal, but this is not required.

Piano
Applicants must submit an unedited audio-visual recording with the following repertoire:

Undergraduate (recording must be at least 20 minutes in length):

1. The first movement of a classical period sonata
2. A complete and substantial Romantic-period work (such as a Ballade or the Mephisto Waltz) or at least two contrasting movements of a larger multi-movement work
3. One short work of the candidate’s choice. This may be, for example, an etude or a prelude and fugue or a character piece from any period.

Graduate (recording must be at least 30 minutes in length):

1. The first movement of a classical period sonata
2. A complete and substantial Romantic-period work (such as a Ballade or the Mephisto Waltz) or at least two contrasting movements of a larger multi-movement work
3. One short work of the candidate’s choice. This may be, for example, an etude or a prelude and fugue or a character piece from any period

Voice
Applicants must submit an audio-visual recording with the repertoire listed below.

Undergraduate

1. An Italian aria or song such as those found in the Anthology of Italian Song of the 17th and 18th Centuries
2. One song in English (not a translation)
3. A piece chosen by the applicant

Graduate

1. An opera aria
2. A contrasting art song
3. A piece chosen by the applicant

Postgraduate

1. An opera aria
2. Two contrasting art songs
3. A piece chosen by the applicant

Bassoon
Undergraduate:

1. Major, minor, and chromatic scales
2. Telemann Sonata in F minor
3. Milde Scale Studies or Weissenborn Advanced Studies, or other works of equivalent difficulty

Graduate: Three works chosen from the following:

1. Mozart Concerto, Vivaldi concerti
2. Weber Concerto
3. Hummel Concerto
4. Bach cello suites
5. Saint-Saëns Sonata, or other works of equivalent difficulty
6. Orchestral excerpts from memory

Chamber Music - Finalists for Live Audition

Finalists will be asked to perform both solo works and chamber music from the repertoire listed below in chamber setting with the Conservatory chamber faculty. Solo selections include the following:

Piano

Any first movement of a Beethoven sonata

Any etude of virtuosity from one of the following composers: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin or Debussy

Strings

Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo suite, sonata or partita

Any first movement of a concerto, with cadenza where applicable

Finalists should also prepare the selected two movements listed below. In pieces that include parts for two of the same instrument, finalists should perform the first-instrument part (i.e., first violin or first viola).

Piano

Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26, Poco adagio (ii)

Beethoven Piano Trio in E-Flat, Op. 1, No. 1, Allegro (i)

Violin

Mozart Viola Quintet in C Major, K. 515, Allegro (i)

Dvorak String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, B. 179, “American,” Allegro ma non troppo (i)

Viola

Mozart Viola Quintet in C Major, K. 515, Andante (ii)

Dvorak String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, B. 179, “American,” Allegro ma non troppo (i)

Violoncello

Mozart Viola Quintet in C Major, K. 515, Allegro (i)

Fauré C Minor Piano Quartet, Adagio (iii)

Qualified candidates who cannot be placed in either the chamber music degree or certificate programs will automatically be considered for admission as an instrumental major at the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music or Professional Studies level as appropriate. Each program includes intensive and excellent training in chamber music.

Clarinet
Undergraduate:

1. An étude of the candidate's choice from either Rose 32 Études for Clarinet or Baermann Method for Clarinet, Second Division
2. One of the following: Mozart Concerto in A Major, Karl Stamitz Concerto in B-flat Major, Weber Concertino Op. 26

Graduate:

1. One étude from Uhl, Sigel, or Jeanjean
2. Two of the following works: Debussy Premiere Rhapsody, Stravinsky Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet, Copland Concerto, Nielsen Concerto Op. 57, or Berg Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
3. Orchestral excerpts

Composition – Final Audition Requirements

1. Prescreen Portfolio, as described in the prescreen section above, due November 15. The contents of this portfolio will be discussed at the live audition.

2. Demonstrated ability at the piano. It is strongly recommended this be done at a live audition, either at the Conservatory or at one of the regional audition sites. Undergraduate applicants who live outside California may submit a final audio-visual recording electronically at ArtsApp. One complete movement should be prepared from three of the following periods: baroque, classical, romantic and twentieth/twenty-first century. If choosing the twentieth/twenty-first century category, the applicant is encouraged to perform one of his or her own compositions. Applicants may also be asked to realize figured bass at the piano, score-read a chamber-work and/or sight-read a simple piano work. Should piano not be the candidate’s primary instrument, the applicant is encouraged to play repertoire on their primary instrument in addition to the piano requirements.

Conducting – Finalist Audition Requirements

Finalists will be invited to audition in person at the Conservatory and will conduct the Conservatory Orchestra for their audition. In addition, they will be tested in the following areas: musicianship, score reading, figured bass and keyboard harmonization of a melody.

Double Bass
Undergraduate:

1. Major and minor scales in two octaves or an étude of choice
2. One movement from a Baroque or Classical sonata, concerto or one-movement piece
3. One movement or a one-movement piece from the Romantic or contemporary repertoire

Graduate:

1. One concerto or virtuoso piece
2. Two contrasting movements from either a sonata or multi-movement work from the Romantic or contemporary repertoire, or two contrasting movements of a Bach cello suite

Flute
Undergraduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Any of the sonatas of J.S. Bach or Mozart concerti in G or D
2. One of the following sonatas: Hindemith, Piston, Martinu, Poulenc or a sonata of equivalent difficulty
3. Chaminade Concertino, Fauré Fantasie, Enesco Cantabile and Presto, or a piece of equivalent difficulty

Graduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Concerti: Mozart D Major with cadenzas, Ibert, Nielsen, or comparable
2. Sonatas: Martinu, Reynolds, Prokofiev, Gaubert, or comparable
3. Orchestral excerpts

Fortepiano (See Historical Keyboards)

Guitar

1. A transcription of a work written before 1750
2. A classical or romantic work (including the Segovia repertoire) written for guitar
3. A twentieth-century work written for guitar

Harp
Undergraduate:

1. One étude for harp
2. Two compositions of intermediate difficulty from different periods

Graduate:

1. Evidence of solo performances and orchestral participation
2. Ravel Introduction et Allegro, Handel Concerto in B-flat (entire work), or comparable works

Harpsichord
Undergraduate:

1. J.S. Bach French suite or other dance suite of Bach or two Preludes and Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier
2. One movement of a composer of the English Virginalist school or a work by a French baroque composer
3. One Scarlatti sonata

Graduate:

1. A work of the English virginal school or a toccata of Frescobaldi or Froberger
2. A major work of J.S. Bach (examples: and English Suite or Partita, Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, Italian Concerto, Overture in B Minor or another large work)
3. A suite by one of the following composers: L. Couperin, D’Anglebert, Froberger, F. Couperin or Rameau

Historical Keyboards (Professional Studies Diploma Only)
The Professional Studies Diploma in Historical Keyboards is a degree program combining the study of harpsichord, fortepiano and continuo playing.

1. One major work for harpsichord
2. One movement on the fortepiano from a sonata of Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven

Horn
Undergraduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Major, minor, and chromatic scales
2. First movement, Mozart Concerto No. 2, 3 or 4
3. First movement, Strauss Concerto No. 1
4. Three contrasting orchestral excerpts (for example: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Beethoven Symphony No. 3 and Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche)
5. Sight reading (if applicable)

Graduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Strauss Concerto No. 1 or comparable work
2. A 20th-century work for horn alone
3. Selected orchestral excerpts
4. Sight reading (if applicable)

Oboe
Undergraduate:

1. One selection from Barret's 40 Progressive Melodies
2. One étude from Barret's 15 Grand Studies
3. One movement from a standard baroque or classical concert piece
4. One movement from a standard romantic or modern concert piece

Graduate:

1. One selection from Barret's 40 Progressive Melodies
2. One étude from Barret's 15 Grand Studies
3. One movement from a standard baroque or classical concert piece
4. One movement from a standard romantic or modern concert piece
5. Two contrasting orchestral excerpts of student’s choice

Organ
Undergraduate: Students should have a solid foundation in piano technique and be able to demonstrate this by playing the requirements for admission to the piano department. Students may also show organ proficiency by performing selected works from Bach’s Little Organ Book and Eight Short Preludes and Fugues or other standard organ repertoire.

Graduate:

1. One Bach work from the mature master period
2. A major French work
3. A major American work
4. An advanced work composed after 1960

Percussion
Undergraduate: Undergraduate percussion applicants may audition live at the Conservatory or may send in an audition video. They may not audition regionally unless approved by the Office of Admission. Candidates should prepare a solo piece on marimba, snare drum and timpani. Applicants should choose pieces that demonstrate their abilities and that, they feel, are appropriate for their level.
Graduate: Selections from each of the following categories:

• Mallets: Gordon Stout Mexican Dances or Van Geem Passacaglia-Improvisation or Bach lute suite (student’s choice) 2 mallet Bach, 4 mallet
• Snare Drum: Delecluse Études pour Caisse Claire (applicant's choice)
• Timpani: Elliott Carter Eight Solo Pieces for Four Timpani or #9 from Delecluse 20 Études for timpani (applicant's choice)

Graduate timpani: See "Timpani" below

Piano – Final Audition Repertoire (must be in audio-visual format)

Undergraduate
A complete work from each of the following periods:

1. Baroque (a Prelude and Fugue from the W.T.C. or a fugal movement from a Suite)
2. Classical (a complete sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert)
3. Romantic (a work from the 19th century)
4. Contemporary (a work from the 20th or 21st century)

Graduate

1. A major work of Bach (partita, toccata, suite, etc.)
2. An entire Classical sonata
3. A Romantic work equal in difficulty to a Chopin ballade or scherzo
4. A 20th-century work equal in difficulty to the Copland Variations or the Bartók Suite Op. 14

Piano Accompanying (graduate only)

1. A major solo work (refer to graduate piano requirements)
2. 1 complete instrumental sonata chosen from the following:
   1. Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major
   2. Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major
3. 4 vocal pieces chosen from the following:
   1. Strauss: Allerseelen
   2. Barber: The Monk and His Cat
   3. Brahms: Meine Liebe ist Grün
   4. Schubert: Ganymed
   5. Debussy: C’est l’extase
   6. Puccini: Mi chiamano Mimi

Please select on the online application whether you would like SFCM to provide instrumentalists and vocalists for your audition or whether you plan to bring your own soloists. Applicants auditioning at a regional audition site must bring their own soloists.

Timpani (graduate only)
Students wishing to major in timpani must perform the graduate percussion audition repertoire as outlined in the percussion requirements PLUS:

1. An advanced-level timpani solo (one movement) or advanced étude
2. Complete Beethoven Symphonies
3. Complete Brahms Symphonies
4. Stravinsky Rite of Spring
5. Sight-reading

Please note: If you plan to perform a piece that requires playing on the "butts" of the timpani mallets (back-end of the timpani mallet) please have a suitable alternative: moleskin or felt on the butt-end of the mallet. We will not allow anyone to play with butt-ends of mallets on our timpani heads. Any piece that involves "playing on the timpani bowl" will also not be allowed.

Trombone (Bass)
Undergraduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Études from J. Rochut Melodious Études, Book 1
2. Solo of choice with contrasting sections
3. Excerpts from the symphonic repertoire (Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Brahms Symphony No. 1, Schubert Symphony in C Major, Berlioz Hungarian March)
4. Sight reading

Graduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Solo (Sarabande from Bach Cello Suite No. 5, or piece of student’s choice) with contrasting sections
2. Orchestral excerpts (Haydn The Creation, No. 26; Kodály Háry János Suite, fourth movement; Rossini Overture to La Gazza Ladra; Schumann Symphony No. 3, fourth movement; Strauss Ein Heldenleben; Wagner Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla; Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser)

Trombone (Tenor)
Undergraduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Études from J. Rochut Melodious Études, Book 1
2. Solo of choice with contrasting sections
3. Excerpts from the symphonic repertoire (Ravel Bolero, Mozart Requiem, Tuba Mirum, Berlioz Hungarian March) (incoming freshmen excluded)
4. Sight reading

Graduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Solo (concerto or solo piece of student’s choice) with contrasting sections
2. Orchestral excerpts (Berlioz Rakóczy March, second trombone part; Mahler Symphony No. 3, 14–17 and 33–34; Mozart Requiem, Tuba mirum; Ravel Bolero; Rossini Overture to La Gazza Ladra; Schumann Symphony No. 3; Wagner Ride of the Valkyries)
3. Sight reading

Trumpet
Undergraduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Concert Bb major scale: two octaves, quarter note = 80, legato tongue
2. Haydn OR Hummel concerto: first and second movements
3. Arban Characteristic Study #1
4. Charlier Étude #2
5. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: opening solo (incoming freshmen excluded)
6. Respighi Pines of Rome: second movement (incoming freshmen excluded)
7. Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 (incoming freshmen excluded)

Graduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. Concert Bb major scale: two octaves, quarter note = 80, legato tongue
2. Haydn OR Hummel concerto: first and second movements
3. Arban Characteristic Study #1
4. Charlier Étude #2
5. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: opening solo
6. Respighi Pines of Rome: second movement
7. Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
8. Solo of choice
9. Mahler Symphony No. 5: first movement
10. Stravinsky Petroushka (1947): Ballerina Dance

Tuba
Undergraduate: (Repertoire need not be memorized)

1. One étude
2. A legato study (such as Rochut)
3. Solo literature
4. Orchestral excerpts (incoming freshmen excluded)

Graduate:

1. Solo (Vaughan Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba: first movement, or piece of student’s choice)
2. Orchestral excerpts (Berlioz Rakóczy March; Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique; Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis; Strauss Till Eulenspiegel; Stravinsky Petrouchka; Wagner Overture to Die Meistersinger or Ride of the Valkyries)

Viola
Undergraduate:

1. Two contrasting movements from a Bach solo suite, sonata or partita
2. One movement from a standard concerto
3. One work of the applicant’s choice

Graduate:

1. Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo suite, sonata or partita
2. one movement of a concerto (with cadenza, as applicable); one movement of a sonata. One of the latter must be a twentieth-century piece.

Violin
Undergraduate:

1. Bach solo violin sonatas and partitas (two contrasting movements)
2. Movement of a standard concerto
3. Two études
4. One composition of the applicant’s choice (optional, Mozart preferred if the standard concerto for 2. is not a Mozart concerto)

If the audition requirements are not fulfilled, the applicant may be disqualified from further consideration.

Graduate:

1. Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo suite, sonata or partita
2. One Paganini caprice or brilliant concert piece
3. One complete Romantic or contemporary concerto
4. One movement of a Mozart concerto

If the audition requirements are not fulfilled, the applicant may be disqualified from further consideration.

Violoncello
Undergraduate:

1. One movement from a standard concerto
2. Two contrasting movements from a Bach suite
3. One short work from the twentieth-century repertoire

Graduate:

1. Two contrasting movements of a Bach cello suite
2. One movement of a sonata and one movement of a concerto, one of which must be from the twentieth century

Voice – Final Audition Repertoire
Applicants invited to audition in San Francisco may bring their own accompanists or use one provided by the Conservatory for the $30 fee processed when the application is submitted (those not invited will be refunded the accompanist fee).

Undergraduate:

1. An Italian aria or song such as those found in the Anthology of Italian Song of the 17th and 18th Centuries
2. One song in English (not a translation)
3. A piece chosen by the applicant
4. A reading of a short poem in English chosen by the applicant. This reading does not need to be memorized.

Additionally, at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight read a very short musical passage.

Transfer Applicants: Applicants wishing to transfer at an academic level higher than freshman should prepare audition repertoire chosen from the required repertoire of the level they are completing at their current school. Please refer to the jury requirements for that level, as outlined in the Collegiate Catalogue.

Graduate:

1. Two opera arias in contrasting styles
2. Three art songs in contrasting styles in three different languages, one of which must be English. The arias and songs must include pieces in German, French and Italian.
3. A piece chosen by the applicant
4. A reading of a short poem in English chosen by the applicant. This reading does not need to be memorized.

Additionally, at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight read a very short musical passage.

Postgraduate:

1. Three opera arias in contrasting styles
2. Three art songs in contrasting styles in three different languages, one of which must be English. The arias and songs must include pieces in German, French and Italian.
3. A piece chosen by the applicant
4. A reading of a short poem in English chosen by the applicant. This reading does not need to be memorized.

Additionally, at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight read a very short musical passage.

Fall 2012 Enrollment:
Auditions in San Francisco
Regional Auditions


Auditions in San Francisco

Bassoon		February 6, 2012
Chamber Music		January 29, 2012
Clarinet		February 12, 2012
Composition (by invitation only)		February 5, 2012 February 19, 2012
Conducting--next accepting applications for Fall 2013		N/A
Double Bass		January 30, 2012
Flute		January 30, 2012 February 6, 2012 February 13, 2012
Guitar		January 31, 2012 February 7, 2012 February 14, 2012
Harp		By Appointment
Harpsichord		By Appointment
Historical Keyboards (PSD Only)		By Appointment
Horn		January 30, 2012 February 13, 2012
Oboe		February 6, 2012
Organ		By Appointment
Percussion		February 14 and 28, 2012
Piano (by invitation only)		February 5, 2012 February 12, 2013 February 19, 2012 February 20, 2012
Piano Accompanying		February 5, 2012
Timpani		February 14 and 28, 2012
Trombone-Bass		January 30, 2012 February 6, 2012 February 13, 2012
Trombone-Tenor		January 30, 2012 February 6, 2012 February 13, 2012
Trumpet		February 27, 2012
Tuba		January 30, 2012 February 6, 2012
Viola		February 16, 2012 February 27, 2012
Violin		February 16, 2012 February 19, 2012 February 23, 2012 February 26, 2012
Violoncello		February 2, 2012 February 21, 2012 February 24, 2012
Voice (by invitation only)		January 29, 2012 February 12, 2012 February 19, 2012 February 26, 2012

Regional Auditions

Idyllwild (for Idyllwild students only)		To be determined
Chicago		January 19, 2012
Interlochen		January 21, 2012
Oberlin		February 19, 2012
Boston (held at Boston University)		February 21, 2012
Boston (held at Walnut Hill School for the Arts)		February 22, 2012
New York (held at Steinway Hall, Manhattan)		February 23, 2012 (preference given to pianists)
New York (held at NOLA Sound Studios)		February 24, 2012