How can I best prepare to enter the undergraduate music history program at UofL?
Listen, read, study! and take your performance skills and your theory exposure seriously. The more ground you can cover before college, the more your training at UofL will mean for you. Many high schools offer some form of music theory training, even if informally. If not, talk with your ensemble directors to see if they can point you in the right direction to get more music history information and music theory practice. Some high schools offer courses in music history. In addition to taking these courses, read as much as you can about general history and music history, and if you are serious about music history, be sure to include foreign language study of German or French in your high school program. For music theory, there are several fine practice programs available for purchase (including Musica Practica, MacGamut, and Auralia, to name a few – all for both Windows and Mac), and there are many less extensive (but still very useful) freeware or shareware programs available for downl
