Step 1 - Apply to the University
Admission as a major or minor to the Glenn Korff School of Music first requires an application to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Step 2 - Apply to the Glenn Korff School of Music by requesting an audition. Audition Required.
Request an audition by completing the program application on our Acceptd portal.
Your audition is your application to the Glenn Korff School of Music and your music/dance scholarship application. For information regarding non-scholarship audition dates other than January and February, please email our Auditions Coordinator.
In-person auditions are always recommended for scholarship consideration. However, video auditions will also be accepted for Fall 2026 entry. The final deadline for scholarship-eligible VIDEO auditions is 5 p.m. Thursday, February 27, 2025. Audio-only recordings will be ineligible for consideration for admission.
The final scholarship deadline for in-person (LIVE) auditions is Saturday, February 28, 2026. See the schedule above for the scholarship days being held in January and February for different instruments and areas.
Incoming freshmen who have been admitted to other majors at UNL are welcome to schedule an audition. Current UNL students who would like to change or add majors are also welcome. Please complete the same program application on our Acceptd portal.
Applicants who audition to be accepted as a music major or dance major are automatically considered for scholarship support if they audition during our scholarship audition season (see dates above). The Glenn Korff School of Music provides SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT only to MAJORS. You may audition in more than one area, but you must choose only ONE area for a major and for scholarship acceptance (if a scholarship is offered and only for the area in which a scholarship is offered). Applicants auditioning for acceptance as a COMPOSITION MAJOR submit a (1)portfolio, have a (2)interview with faculty, and also need to (3) perform an audition in one of the vocal or instrumental performance areas and pass that audition at the minor level.
MINORS: Requesting an audition as a music minor
Music minor with AUDITION: Taking lessons as a music minor does require an audition. Please complete the same program application on our Acceptd portal. Dance minors are no longer required to audition. Dance minors may declare their minor with their major program of study advisor.
Music minor with NO AUDITION: (you will not be eligible to take applied lessons for voice or instrument): please see the music minor checklist here: https://arts.unl.edu/music/undergraduate-handbook/checksheet-music-minor. If you participate in ensembles as a minor, those will have separate auditions scheduled by the ensemble director: https://arts.unl.edu/music/ensembles
Music Technology: NO AUDITION Glenn Korff School of Music offers a minor in music technology that is open to all UNL students regardless of major. The minor in music technology does NOT require an audition.
Step 3 - Perform Your Audition
Your audition day and time will be scheduled directly through Acceptd. Invitations to all completed applications will be emailed on December 1, then on a rolling basis after that.