Placement and Exemption Tests

Placement or exemption tests in languages, mathematics, biology, and chemistry are offered during Orientation for students who wish to begin study at a higher level than customary for first-year students. Auditions for Conservatory ensembles also are held during Orientation, as is the aural skills placement test, which is required of all Conservatory students. (Conservatory students take the music theory placement exam as part of their application for admission.)

Download a copy of the PDF Orientation schedule (1.1MB)
This version of the schedule was posted on June 5, 2009. If you had downloaded this document prior to that date, please access the latest version.

Prior to Orientation you can complete your placement exams online for music theory, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. The link below will take you to the exam site. You must log in using your ObieID, which is printed on the front cover of the Big Book of Forms. Click on the "Academics" tab; there you will find that you are enrolled in a course titled Placement/Readiness Exams. Click that link for information on scoring, passwords, and dates of availability.
Log in to Blackboard to take online test


Auditions for Lessons, Large and Small Ensembles

These auditions are coordinated by the Office of the Conservatory Associate Deans.
Go to the audition requirements and excerpts section of the Con Deans Office