<p>So for one of the schools I applied to, I made my audition DVD and sent it out making sure it fulfilled all of the requirements (Bassoon). This was about 2 months ago. I look at the same requirements today and they ask for a piano accompaniment. I really do not think that it was there before. Will this hurt my chances or do they really care for a recorded audition?</p>
<p>I thought all music schools required piano accompaniment on CD/DVDs.</p>
<p>Call the school and ask them. Maybe they won’t care for your instrument–bassoon–since there are fewer applicants compared to other instruments. Or maybe they will let you submit another DVD late.</p>
<p>This varies by school and instrument. Accompaniment may be mandatory, optional or forbidden. Best to call and ask.</p>
<p>At this stage almost all audition recordings will have been listened to (and probably discarded). I suspect that even without (or perhaps, especially without) piano accompaniment, they can tell whether you are up to the standard. If the change on the website was made after the submission deadline, then it probably is for next year’s cohort. You can call the school, but my guess is that they won’t ask you to resubmit–by the time you found a pianist, rehearsed, booked the recording, did it, and submitted, decisions will likely have been sent out. Given that the school didn’t require a live audition (either regionally or locally), chances are good that it isn’t too picky.</p>