Music at UCM: Application, Scholarships, and Auditions

Follow these steps to apply to UCM Music:

1. Apply for admission to UCM 
2. Complete the Music Admission Form; includes information on scholarship and auditions
3. To maximize your scholarship eligibility, we highly encourage you to complete the steps linked here.
4. To help you prepare for your audition, please select the link below from your area of interest
   • • Brass
     • Percussion
     • Piano/Keyboard
     • Strings
     • Technology-Based Performance
     • Voice
     • Woodwinds
     • Graduate applicants: Please contact your area coordinator listed below for details
5. Click here for information about the Music Theory Placement Assessment, which will be administered at the time of your audition. Depending on your score, you will be placed in either Fundamentals of Music or Music Theory I for your first semester. If you wish to enroll in Fundamentals of Music, offered every semester, you are not required to take this assessment.
6. If you are unsure of the applied instructor for your specific area, please feel free to email one of the area coordinators listed below with any additional questions:
   • • Brass: Dr. Elisabeth Stimpert • stimpert@ucmo.edu
     • Percussion: Dr. Alex Smith • jasmith@ucmo.edu
     • Piano/Keyboard: Dr. Mia Kim • mkim@ucmo.edu
     • Strings: Dr. John Rutland • rutland@ucmo.edu
     • Technology-Based Performance: Dr. Jeff Kaiser • jkaiser@ucmo.edu
     • Voice: Dr. Jackson Thomas • jthomas@ucmo.edu
     • Woodwinds: Dr. Elisabeth Stimpert • stimpert@ucmo.edu
     • Music Theory: Dr. John Check • check@ucmo.edu

For any additional information, please contact:

UCM Music Office:
660-543-4530
musicoffice@ucmo.edu