Opportunities

In addition to the many opportunities offered by the Columbia University Music Performance Program, there are also various outside-of-MPP opportunities offered through our page. Check back regularly for the latest listings. 

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The Richard and Brooke Kamin Rapaport Summer Music Performance Fellowship provides funding for students to pursue studies at a summer music festival of their choosing, courtesy of the generosity of Columbia College alumnus Richard Rapaport.

Auditions are exclusively available to instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, and conductors enrolled at Columbia College (Barnard, GS, and SEAS students are not eligible) in their first, second, or third year of study (graduating seniors are not eligible). Preference is given to individuals who have actively participated in the Music Performance Program. Additionally, students enrolled in the Undergraduate Composition class during the Fall or Spring semester of the current academic year are eligible. Both jazz and classical musicians are strongly encouraged to audition.

Deadline: Wednesday, April 10th, 2024.

Audition Requirements

  • Performers: prepare two contrasting works or movements.
  • Composers: prepare two original scores and audio/MIDI recordings of the pieces.
  • Any festival brochures or materials with pertinent tuition information.
  • A letter of recommendation from your teacher. 
  • A letter of acceptance from the festival, as available, stating the funds needed. If you do not yet have a letter of acceptance, we ask that you send it as soon as you hear. Your fellowship is contingent upon acceptance. 
  • The festival should have a strong international reputation and competitive criteria for acceptance.

Email %20jjl2248 [at] columbia.edu (Jenny Lee) with any questions or concerns.

Please fill out the application here.

 

MidDay Music @ Columbia is a daytime concert series featuring MPP students in 50-minute performances with short verbal introductions. Individual students (in both classical and jazz programs) and ensembles interested in performing may apply for a concert date by contacting %20jjl2248 [at] columbia.edu (Jenny Lee)

Midday music @ columbia recital series  

 

 

 

Registered chamber music ensembles of the Music Performance Program are invited to audition for the opportunity to perform at the distinguished Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall each spring.  A small number of ensembles in good standing in the MPP are invited to perform through a selective audition process by a panel of judges. This is a wonderful and rare opportunity for students to perform on a world-renowned stage in the heart of New York City.  

Carnegie Hall

Auditions are held each Spring semester.  

Audition Requirements: 

- Only currently registered chamber groups with MPP can audition

- Audition must be IN PERSON; no video submissions 

- The piece you wish to perform must be played in the audition and be up to 10 minutes

- Your entire ensemble must be available on the day of the concert