Auditions & Interviews
- Schedule an Audition on the 365bet Campus:
- Apply for Music Department Named Scholarships:
- Saturday, February 10, 2024 (scholarship priority)
- Monday, February 19, 2024 (scholarship priority)
- Saturday, March 16, 2024 (scholarship priority)
Repertoire Requirements by Area
Flute
I. All major scales, two octaves
II. Two contrasting etudes, pieces, or movements that demonstrate tone, technique
and musicianship. Suggested repertoire (or comparable) includes:
- Etudes: Melodious and Progressive Studies for Flute, Book 1, edited by Robert Cavally
- Sonatas: Telemann, Handel, Bach, Poulenc, Hindemith
- Concertos: Vivaldi, Stamitz, Quantz, Mozart
- Works by: Godard, Doppler, Faure, Gaubert, Griffes
For more information, contact Dr. Lisa Wolynec.
Oboe
I. All major scales (B-flat, C, D-flat, D should be two octaves)
II. Two contrasting etudes, pieces or movements. Suggested repertoire includes:
- Etudes: Barret, Ferling
- Sonatas: Handel, Telemann, Hindemith
- Concertos: Marcello, Cimarosa, Haydn, Mozart
- Pieces: Schumann Three Romances, Nielsen Fantasy Pieces
III. Sightreading
For more information, contact Dr. Kristen Sienkiewicz.
Clarinet
I. All major scales, two octaves; chromatic scale II. Two contrasting etudes, pieces, or movements that demonstrate tone, technique and musicianship. Suggested repertoire (or comparable) includes:
* Etudes: Rose (32 or 40), Cavallini (30 Caprices), Uhl 48
* Sonatas: Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Bernstein
* Concertos: Weber (Concertino or Concerto 1), Stamitz (Concerto No. 3),
* Works: French Conservatory Piece (Marty, Gaubert, Rabaud), Finzi 5 Bagatelles, Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folk Song, Tartini Concertino (arr. Jacob), Osborne Rhapsody, Stravinsky 3 Pieces, Schumann Fantasy Pieces
For more information, contact Dr. Spencer Prewitt.
Saxophone
Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.
For more information, contact Dr. Lucas Hopkins.
Bassoon
I. All major scales, two octaves
II. Two contrasting etudes, pieces or movements. Suggested repertoire includes:
- Etudes: Weissenborn, Milde, Gambaro
- Sonatas: Galliard, Marcello, Hindemith
- Concertos: Mozart, Weber, Vivaldi
III. Sightreading
For more information, contact Dr. Laura Hauser.
Horn
Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.
For more information, contact Dr. Kristen Sienkiewicz.
Trumpet
I. Two contrasting pieces: one piece demonstrating technique (something fast) and one piece demonstrating musicality (something slow). Suggested repertoire includes:
- The Arban's Conservatory Method
- Solos from your private lessons or ensembles
II. Scales and/or lip slurs
For more information, contact Dr. Robert Waugh.
Trombone
Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.
For more information, contact Professor Susan K. Smith.
Tuba and Euphonium
Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.
For more information, contact Professor Josué Jiménez Morales.
Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.
For more information, contact Professor David Steinquest.
Two contrasting pieces from categories below representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level:
- Baroque period: a work from the Baroque period including anything by J. S. Bach including any short piano pieces from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena, the Well-Tempered Clavier, Inventions, Sinfonias, etc.; other composers from the Baroque period
- Classical period: a movement from a Classical sonata or sonatina; Fantasies, Rondos, Theme and Variations, etc. (Beethoven Mozart, Haydn, Clementi, etc.)
- Romantic period: a work from the Romantic period by composers such as Chopin (Préludes, Nocturnes, other short piano pieces), Schumann (Album for the Young, Scenes from Childhood, other short piano pieces), Brahms (Intermezzos, other short piano pieces), etc.
- Modern period: a work from the modern period by composers such as Debussy (Préludes, Children’s Corner, Arabesques, other short piano pieces), Bartók (Mikrokosmos, For Children, other short piano pieces), Shostakovich (Three Fantastic Dances, Preludes, op. 34, other short piano pieces), Kabalevsky (Variations, Sonatinas, other short piano pieces), Copland (short piano pieces), etc.
For more information, contact Dr. Patricia Halbeck.
Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass
I. Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level. Suggested repertoire includes:
- One movement from a standard concerto, showpiece, or solo work demonstrating technical proficiency and/or lyrical expression
- One movement from an unaccompanied Suite, Sonata, or Partita by J. S. Bach or one standard etude (i.e. Wohlfahrt, Sitt, Mazas, Kreutzer, Dont, Paganini, Rode, Gavinies, Campagnoli, Dotzauer, Duport, Popper, Simandl, etc.); or a contrasting work to the first piece
II. Two- or three- octave scales
*Students may be asked to demonstrate basic sight-reading skills.
For more information, contact Dr. Emily Hanna Crane (violin/viola) or Dr. Meghan Berindean (cello/bass).
Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.
For more information, contact the music office.
Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.
For more information, contact Dr. Stanley Yates.
Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical level. The pieces should be contrasting in either language or style. One piece in a foreign language is preferred, but not required. Most importantly, sing what you sing best.
At the audition, bring the sheet music from which you have practiced - in your most comfortable and preferred range.
For more information, contact Dr. Jeffrey Williams or Dr. Penelope Shumate.