考试要求：语言分数+ 学分绩分数 ，大多数MM 以及 DMA专业不需要准备GRE， MA部分学校会要求提供GRE成绩。
作品集要求：般需要3-5段MP3录音电子作品。作曲作品的最好是录播，附带PDF作曲，各院校要求不宜，具体以院校官网为准。
以曼尼斯音乐学院为例：
美国曼尼斯音乐学院（Mannes School of Music at The New School）由David Mannes与Clara Damrosch创建于1916年，是享誉世界的音乐学院，位于纽约曼哈顿中心，毗邻纽约大学。学校以小而精与严格闻名，教授均为活跃在纽约的顶 级的艺术家，学校设有专门部门为学生步入职业发展做引导准备，提供强有力的资源。该专业专注于推进作文学习和表演技巧的所有方面，是一个高度严格和鼓舞人心的课程。通过创业和跨学科合作，广泛的课程、表演课程和私人指导结合了技能建设的机会。
项目名称：Master of Music in Composition
完成全项目预计需要2年时间 ，共计36学分。
申请截止日期：12月1日 ，
语言要求：TOEFL：79+ / IELTS：6.5+ ，获得四年海本教育学位可豁免语言；不需要GRE成绩；
作品集要求：
All applicants for the composition concentration must submit a portfolio of sample scores for faculty review. Based on this prescreening, they may be invited to the required live interview. Composition applicants currently enrolled in the College are not prescreened.
Applicants should submit PDFs of three recent scores (preferably written within the last two years) accompanied by corresponding sound files, if available (live performance recordings are preferred over MIDI files).
If a work is multimedia in nature, a video file may be submitted. If a piece is non-notateable (for example, an electronic piece), a sound file should be submitted, accompanied by a written description of the piece and its concept, in lieu of a score.
Master of Music and Professional Studies Diploma applicants are encouraged to submit an orchestra or large ensemble work as at least one of their scores.
Final Audition
Applicants invited to the final round are welcome to upload additional new materials for consideration in the final round.
Candidate portfolios in the final round should include at least four original compositions in diverse instrumentation representative of their work during the previous three years, and are encouraged to include at least one work for orchestra or large ensemble.
Applicants invited to the final round are interviewed by members of the composition faculty to ascertain their knowledge of music and general musical culture. More information regarding the interview will follow.
