Language Requirements
Qualification Requirements
To be admitted to the graduate program in music, prospective candidates must first meet all requirements for graduate admission to UT Rio Grande Valley, as well as the other requirements listed below:
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or a recognized international equivalent in a similar or related field.
Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester credit hours.
Three letters of recommendation from professional or academic sources.
Letter of intent detailing reasons for pursuing the graduate degree.
Submission of an essay on professional goals
Resume including educational background and work experience.
Personal interview
The applicant must perform an audition, either for the spring audition committee or for a graduate faculty committee organized by the appropriate applied teacher or graduate advisor. Specific repertoire, scales, and memorization requirements are available from the appropriate applied professor. The applicant will also be asked to sight read. Following the audition, the committee will recommend or not recommend the applicant for admission. Voice students seeking a degree in Music Performance must meet prerequisites in both conversational language study and lyric diction in French, German, and Italian. Deficiency in any of these areas will require additional course work.
IELTS 6.5
TOFEL ibt 79
TOFEL pbt 550