Apply for Improvisation Performance
This information concerns the bachelor's program Improvisation Performance (official name: Bachelor's Programme in Music, with specialisation in Improvisation). The next applications period is from 1 December 2025 to 15 January 2026. Studies start in the autumn of 2026.
Your application process
The following applied to students starting autumn 2025.
- Apply for the programme through universityadmissions.se
Application period: 1 December 2025 – 15 January 2026 - Submit your portfolio via SlideRoom 1 Dec 2025 – 26 January 2026
- Pay your application fee 26 January 2026. If you are a citizen of the EU, an EEA country or Switzerland, you do not have to pay any enrolment or tuition fees. If you are exempt from paying the application fee, you must prove your exemption status by the same date. More information about fees on universityadmissions.se.
- Last day to provide documentation at universityadmisssions.se showing that you meet the general entry requirements: 26 January 2026. More information about providing application documents
- Admission decision 1: 15 April 2026 through My pages on universityadmissions.se
- Accept your place through My pages on universityadmissions.se 28 April 2026.
- Admission decision 2: 7 May 2026 through My pages on universityadmissions.se
The following applied for the autumn semester 2026.
The entrance examination for the bachelor's programme in improvisation consists of two rounds. For round 1, you upload three videos of yourself singing or playing your instrument, either solo or accompanied by one or more fellow musicians. At least two of the pieces in round 1 must be performed with fellow musicians. Read more under Instructions and criteria for video recordings on this page. If you pass round 1, you will receive an invitation to round 2 in early February. Audition 2 will be held on site at the Academy of Music and Drama (Eklandagatan 86 in Gothenburg) in week 9 (23 February – 25 February).
Round 1
Round 1 involves playing or singing and improvising over two pieces of your choice (max. 6 minutes per piece).
You must also perform your own interpretation of one of the three compulsory songs:
- Juju (Wayne Shorter)
- Briggen Blue Bird av Hull (Evert Taube)
- Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
An interpretation could, for example, involve you:
- rearranging the song
- changing the style, expression or feeling
- creating a new musical form
- writing your own lyrics to an instrumental suggestion
- giving the song your own artistic touch in some other way
This part may also last a maximum of 6 minutes, including improvisation.
Round 2
Audition round 2 will be held on site at the Academy of Music and Drama (Eklandagatan 86 in Gothenburg). If it is impossible for you to attend the audition in person, it can be done remotely via SlideRoom and Zoom. Detailed instructions for audition round 2 will be sent together with the invitation by email in February. The auditions cover elements of ear training, sight-reading, ensemble playing, rhythm and accompaniment.
Requirements for video recordings
You submit your work samples via SlideRoom. You create a new account in SlideRoom yourself with your e-mail address and password of your choice.
Read the instructions for the programme you want to apply for carefully and make sure you know which pieces/samples you need to record and upload.
- Start your videos by introducing yourself. You must also clearly state which piece you will perform on the recording. For the videos to be considered valid, your face and hands must be visible at all times.
- Perform one (1) piece/sample per film. Each film may be a maximum of 6 minutes long and must be shot in one uninterrupted take. No cuts or other technical editing are allowed. The total running time of your videos must not exceed 18 minutes (unless otherwise specified in the trial information).
- The sound must be of good quality without too much room acoustics and without distortion and noise.
- The films must have high image quality with good sharpness and light. The recordings must be uploaded in the following permitted file formats: MP4 or MOV. Other file formats are not allowed.
- If the instructions are not followed and the video files are found to have been modified in any way, your submitted work samples may be deemed invalid.
