World Scholarship Tour (Live Audition)

Eligibility and Guidelines

Each year, Berklee conducts live auditions and interviews in Boston and around the world for students pursuing their dream of studying at the college. Because an audition and interview are required for admission to Berklee, priority for live audition spaces is given to applicants for the upcoming academic year.

All applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Berklee campus to complete their audition and interview, tour our facilities, and meet with Berklee faculty, students, and staff. Due to the demand in certain cities, applicants may be scheduled for their audition and interview in Boston regardless of their preference for one of our tour locations. View a list of upcoming audition dates and locations.

The majority of our auditions are held in Boston because we are able to accommodate more students at our main campus. Students that are traveling to an audition site outside of their country of permanent residence should check their visa requirements and allow plenty of time for travel arrangements.

Please identify yourself as one of the following types of applicants and click on that link to apply for a live audition. Please note that due to space limitations, applicants to our full-time program are given priority for audition spaces over other applicants.

1. Applying to Berklee for the upcoming academic year


• All applicants who wish to apply for the summer, fall, or spring semesters will be automatically considered for scholarships through our audition and interview process. Scholarship decisions for accepted full-time applicants are issued via email shortly after the college issues admissions decisions


2. Auditioning for a scholarship only

Please complete an audition request for scholarship consideration if you fall into one of the following categories:


• You have already been accepted to the full-time diploma/degree program and plan to enter in an upcoming semester. In addition, you have not auditioned within the past year and would like to audition again for scholarship consideration. Scholarship decisions for scholarship-only accepted applicants will be issued via email prior to the intended semester of entry.


• You are a student at one of our BIN (Berklee International Network) or ART (articulating) partner schools (see list of participating schools) and you would like to participate in a live audition for future scholarship consideration towards the full-time diploma/degree program. This option is only available for current students at BIN/ART partner schools. These scholarship decisions will be issued via email according to the agreement with the partner school. Please check with your partner school for details.


• You are an international musician (non-BIN/ART student) who has not yet applied for full-time study at Berklee, and would like to audition for scholarship consideration towards a future semester. Decisions for these applicants are issued approximately four weeks after the audition.


• You have applied to the Africa Scholar Program and wish to participate in a live audition for scholarship consideration towards a future semester. To qualify, you must be a citizen of an African country. Qualified candidates residing outside Africa may apply for an audition and interview at one of Berklee's many U.S. and international locations. To learn more about this program, please visit berklee.edu/scholarships/africa.


• You qualify to apply for the SGAE Scholarship and would like to audition. To learn more about this program, please visit, berklee.edu/scholarships/sgae

While we cannot guarantee audition spaces for scholarship-only applicants, we do our best to accommodate as many audition requests as possible.

List of Audition Dates and Locations