<p>So I really could go look this up, but seeing that the time is nearing midnight and that I still have to read the Stranger, write a final paper for my university class, read two chapters for APUSH in addition to 150+ pages for AcDec, I'm going to pose this question to a more informed group..</p>
<p>Who exactly listens to them? Do the admissions people listen a little bit and send it to the music department if they think it's pretty decent, or do they all go to the music department/all stay with the admissions people?</p>
<p>It's not really an urgent question, but more of a general musing that I was wondering about..</p>
<p>Just Kidding… nobody really knows… the Yale site said it may forward to professors in that area of specialty… but I think they’ll just listen to it themselves.</p>
<p>I’m sorry - I don’t know the answer either, but I just wanted to know…</p>
<p>I sympathize with your workload. Similar situation over here, except I don’t have the central time “advantage,” and thus, it is almost 1:00 AM over here.</p>
<p>Hmm…okay. I’m picturing what the admissions people will do when they hear my third track if they don’t know much about extended technique thingies on flute. It’s quite the piece (I mean the name is WARNING! Gustnadoes Ahead…and I play with a CD…so yeah - it’ll be interesting for sure, haha)</p>
<p>I wonder how many hours they spend in committee each day…must be torture!</p>
<p>They send them to the music department. Unless the admissions office is comprised of a bunch of people with advanced music degrees, which it is not, the admissions officers are not in a position to judge the music supplements. You all know how good the music department at Yale is. That is why you shouldn’t send in a music supplement unless it kills. Same logic applies to art supplements.</p>
<p>AA is right. Assuming your application makes it past the first hurdle with respect to grades, curriculum, and scores, Admissions will send your CD to the Department of Music for a ranking. If you’re an RD applicant and you haven’t made your CD yet, you should contact the Department of Music directly to find out specific requirements with respect to both content and length. Last year (for piano, anyway) it was two pieces from different periods, maximum 10 minutes.</p>
<p>I don’t think so. I bet faculty for the particular instrument does the screening. They may not be completely inundated: As I understand it, not every CD gets forwarded to the Music Department. First the applicant has to meet a certain threshold on academics. At another Ivy my son applied to last year (NOT Yale), the head of the piano program told him she only reviews about 25% of all the piano CDs that are sent in each year. The rest don’t make it past Admissions.</p>
<p>I assume that your music resume and/or your EC section on the Common Ap are useful in helping the Department of Music decide which CD’s to listen to. </p>
<p>So, the caliber of ensembles you’ve played with, seating position, summer camps/festivals, competitions won, repertoire list, teacher rep — all these things may add up to ‘is a serious contender and should be listened to’ or …may not?</p>
<p>I always envisioned admissions officers listening to a bunch of tapes of people singing and trying to judge them. Though I know this is unlikely</p>
<p>hahah, I would just like to admit that I had the scene from Legally Blond flicker in my mind… : ) OH. GOD. I hope (I guess I know now, heh) that’s not what they really do…hahahahaa</p>
Though I know this is unlikely</p>