Audition Information:

BM-Classical, BS-Music Education, BA-Music, MS-Music Education

Woodwinds

Bassoon

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from Weisenborn or similar etude book
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Mozart)
  • Sightreading

Clarinet

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from Klose
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Mozart, von Weber, Brahms)
  • Sightreading

Flute

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from a standard etude book
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach)
  • Sightreading

Oboe

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from Barrett
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach)
  • Sightreading

Saxophone

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from Ferling-48 Studies
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Creston, Glazounov, Heiden, Milhaud, Ibert, Dubois)
  • Sightreading

Brass

Horn

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from a standard etude book
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Mozart, Strauss,)
  • Sightreading

Trumpet

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from Arban
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Hayden, Hummel, Piston)
  • Sightreading

Trombone

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • Etude #6 from "Melodious Studies" by Rochut/Etude #6 from "36 Studies" by Blume
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (example: "Morceau Symphonique" by Guilmant
  • Sightreading

Tuba

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from any standard etude book (Burdogni, Blazhevich, etc.)
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto
  • Sightreading

Percussion/Strings

Percussion

  • Mallet Instruments (Marimba, Vibraphone or Xylophone)
    • 12 major scales and arpeggios
    • An etude from a standard etude/method book (Goldenberg, G.H. Green, etc.)
    • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Tanner, Creston, Rosauro, etc.)
  • Snare Drum
    • Rudiments (PAS List)
    • Two solos/etudes: 1) Rudimental Style and 2) Classical Style
    • Sightreading
  • Timpani
    • Basic technique: strokes, rolls and tuning basic intervals (fourths and fifths)
    • Movement from a Sonata or Concerto ( Beck, Carter, etc.)

Violin

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios, three octaves
  • One etude from Kreutzer or Dont, Opus 37
  • One movement from a Bach unaccompanied sonata or partita
  • One movement of a standard concerto (Mozart #4, Lalo Symphonie Espanole, Bruch g minor)
  • Sightreading

Viola

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios, two octaves
  • One etude from Kreutzer
  • One movement from a Bach unaccompanied suite (transcribed for viola)
  • One movement of a standard concerto (Telemann)
  • Sightreading

Violoncello

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios, two octaves
  • One etude from Popper
  • One movement of a Bach Suite
  • One movement from a standar concerto (Hayden, Dvorak, Schumann)
  • Sightreading

Bass

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios
  • One slow and one fast etude from a standard etude book (Simandl, Hertl)
  • One movement of a standard sonata or concerto (Marcello, Vivaldi, Bach)
  • Sightreading

Piano/Organ/Voice

Piano

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios (two hands), four octaves
  • Perform from memory, three contrasting solo classical selections. One selection should be by J.S. Bach [For Example: 1) A Prelude or Invention by J.S. Bach; 2) A Sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, or Beethoven; 3) A selection from the romantic, impressionistic or contemporary periods.]
  • Sightreading

Organ

  • 12 major scales and arpeggios (two hands), three octaves
  • One movement from an organ work by J.S. Bach or Buxtehude
  • One movement of an additional organ work from 1800 to the present
  • Sightreading

Voice

  • Prepare at least two memorized songs in contrasting styles; one in English and one in a foreign language.
  • Accurately sight-read a treble clef single-voiced melody at the piano.
  • Sight sing, with reasonable accuracy, a simple vocal melody.

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