Review the following steps before starting your online application.

All applicants must submit a completed Application for Admission and pay the non-refundable application fee through Acceptd (link is under Step 4). The fee for submitting your application and audition via Acceptd will be $40 prior to January 1, 2025, and $80 thereafter. Requests for financial assistance will be considered after you have fully completed the application process. EFM Alumni receive an application fee waiver.

Know your video audition requirements.

Applicants interested in attending Eastern Festival of Music must apply and submit a video audition, following the instructions, before a decision on acceptance and requests for financial assistance can be made. Audio recordings without video are not accepted.

Prepare and submit your files. 

Please read these instructions carefully before submitting your audition recording.

Select your music according to the repertoire requirements.

Record your video audition, using quality equipment. Recordings that have been edited or enhanced will not be accepted. Upload your application materials and videos through Acceptd.

Acceptable Media File Types Include:

• Video – MP4, MPEG, MPG, MOV, AVI, WMV, M4V, FLV, WEBM, M2V
• Documents – PDF, PS, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPS, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, OPT, SXW, ODP, SXI, ODS, SXC, RTF, TXT
• Images – JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF

Prepare to pay the Application Fee.

The fee for submitting your application and audition via Acceptd will be:

• $40 prior to January 1, 2025
• $80 thereafter

Begin your online application on Acceptd.