Academic entry qualification
• Please note applicants to the Thornton School are only permitted to select one music program through the Common Application and it must be selected as the first-choice major. Applicants who would like to be considered for admission to a second Thornton program must submit a written request following the Second Major Request.
• Submit official transcripts and test scores to the USC Admission Office.
Standardized Tests
First-year application
• Minimum score of 600 on the SAT Critical Reading exam (previous SAT) or 650 on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing exam (redesigned SAT) or 27 on the ACT English exam; OR
• A minimum score of 100 on the TOEFL iBT (with a minimum score of 20 in each section); OR
• A minimum IELTS score of 7; OR
• A minimum PTE score of 68.
Transfer application
SAT or ACT (with the optional Writing test) Scores. Required from applicants who have completed fewer than 30 semester units of college coursework.
• A minimum score of 100 on the TOEFL iBT (with a minimum score of 20 in each section); OR
• A minimum IELTS score of 7; OR
• A minimum PTE score of 68.
Portfolio
Applicants to Organ must submit a recording to be pre-screened by the
faculty. The results of this pre-screen will determine whether an
applicant will be invited to perform a live audition on the USC campus
in Los Angeles.
Persons failing to prepare the full pre-screen requirements described below will not be permitted to perform a live audition nor offered admission to the program.
Snare Drum
• Long Roll-Start pp and gradually crescendo to ff, hold at ff for a few seconds, and gradually diminuendo back to pp for a total duration of 25-30 seconds.
• Pratt “Drum Corps on Parade from 14 Modern Contest Solos for Snare Drum”– From the beginning to the downbeat of measure 28 (1/4 note = 108).
Mallets
• Two Mallets (to be played on marimba)
JS Bach “Violin Concerto in A Minor” (Transcription from Morris Goldenberg “Modern Method of Xylophone”): Play from the beginning to the down beat of letter B. Quarter = 104.
• Four Mallets
JS Bach “Tempo de Bouree'” From Partita #1 first 20 bars 1st time only (1/2 note = 66).
Timpani
(Please tune exclusively with an A440 tuning fork, and without the use of an electronic tuner)
Starting with the pedals in a low position, tune a B natural on the 29″ drum and an E natural on the 26″. Perform Goodman “The Modern Method for Timpani” – Etude #49.
Deadline
December 1st
学术入学资格
• 桑顿学校的申请人只能通过通用申请选择一个音乐课程，并且必须选择作为首选专业。 希望被考虑参加第二个桑顿计划的申请人必须在第二次重大要求之后提交书面申请。
• 向USC招生办公室提交正式成绩单和考试成绩。
标准化成绩要求
新学生
• SAT SAT阅读考试（原SAT）至少600分，SAT考试成绩至少650分或ACT英语考试27分;
• TOEFL iBT最低分数为100分（每部分至少20分）;
• 最低雅思成绩7分; 要么
• PTE最低分数为68
转学生
SAT或ACT（可选写作考试）分数。 申请人完成不到30学分的大学课程需要提供。
• TOEFL iBT最低分数为100分（每部分至少20分）;
• 最低雅思成绩7分; 要么
• PTE最低分数为68。
作品集要求
申请器官必须提交由教员预先筛选的录音。 预选的结果将决定是否邀请申请人在洛杉矶的USC校园进行现场试演。
未能准备下面描述的全部预筛选要求的人将不被允许进行现场试演，也不被允许进入该计划。
小鼓
• 长卷起始pp逐渐增加到ff，在ff保持几秒钟，然后逐渐减少到pp，持续25-30秒。普拉特“鼓兵团从14个现代比赛独奏小鼓独奏” - 从28开始到低落（1/4注= 108）。
槌
• 两个木槌（在木琴上演奏）
小提琴协奏曲“小调小提琴协奏曲”（Morris Goldenberg的“木琴的现代方法”中的转录）：从B字母开始到击倒。Quarter = 104。
• 四个木槌
JS Bach“Tempo de Bouree”“Partita＃1前20栏第一次（1/2注= 66）。
定音鼓
（请专门用A440音叉调音，不要使用电子调音器）从低位踏板开始，调整29“鼓上的B自然和26”上的E自然。执行古德曼“定音鼓的现代方法” - 练习＃49。
截止日期
12月1日