Listed below are the audition procedures as well as the various audition requirements/repertoire for each degree level.
Audition Procedures
Undergraduate auditions are approximately 10 minutes in length,
graduate are 15 minutes, and doctoral are 30 minutes. Each applicant
chooses his/her first work and the faculty will choose a second
and possibly third work from the audition repertoire list provided
by the applicant. An accompanist is not provided for auditions.
If applicants wish to bring their own accompanist, they may do so.
Memorization of repertoire other than sonatas and orchestral excerpts
is recommended, though not required.
Undergraduate Audition Requirements
- A major/minor scale of applicant's choice, at least two octaves.
- Two contrasting movements of a sonata.
- One etude from Bille, Simandl, Storch-Hrabe, or Sturm.
- One orchestral excerpt of the applicant's choice.
Graduate Audition Requirements
- Three complete contrasting works of different style periods,
which must include either a concerto or a sonata.
- Three significant orchestral excerpts.
Orchesral Performance (Graduate Program)
(Please see Orchestral
Performance page for information about this program.)
Doctoral and Professional Studies Audition
Requirements
Four complete, contrasting recital works, including one from the
20th century.
