Guitar

Three pieces from contrasting periods chosen by the applicant. The audition should include one work from the Renaissance/Baroque period. Below are some repertoire suggestions:

• A movement from a work by J.S. Bach or Silvius Leopold Weiss, or a Renaissance work – for example, a composition by John Dowland, Luis de Narvaez, Francesco da Milano, or Luis de Milan
• A 19th-century work originally written for the guitar, e.g.:
  • An étude by Fernando Sor
  • One of the Minuets, op. 15 by Wenzeslaus Matiegka
  • One of the Divertimenti, op. 37 or op. 40 by Mauro Giuliani
  • Nocturne op. 4, no. 2, Andantino; Fingals-Höhle, op. 13 (Bardenklänge), no. 5a; or Romanze, op. 13, no. 10a by Johann Kaspar Mertz
  • A prelude by Heitor Villa-Lobos, or two preludes by Manuel Ponce
• Sight reading
• Optional: One additional selection representing your musical interests and/or a work by a composer from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group, gender, and/or culture. Works that represent the applicant’s own cultural background are also welcomed.

Choose works from any three of the following categories or works of equivalent level. The suggested works below are to be considered as guidelines:

• A movement from a major work by J.S. Bach
• A 19th-century work originally written for the guitar, e.g.:
• Elegy, or a piece from the Bardenklänge, op.13, no. 1-11 by Johann Kaspar Mertz
  • A section of or movement from a sonata by Wenzeslaus Matiegka
  • An étude by Giulio Regondi
  • A fantasy or a movement from a sonata by Fernando Sor
  • A section of or movement from a major work by Mauro Giuliani
• An early 20th-century piece, e.g.:
  • An étude by Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Homenaje by Manuel de Falla
  • A movement from or section of a major work by Federico Moreno Tórroba, Frank Martin, Manuel Ponce, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Antonio José, Alexandre Tansman, Joaquín Rodrigo, Joaquín Turina, Maurice Ohana, Benjamin Britten, William Walton, Richard Rodney Bennett, or Lennox Berkeley
• A late 20th-century or early 21st-century work. For example, by:
  • Tōru Takemitsu, Hans Werner Henze, Elliott Carter, Per Nørgård, Joan Tower, Alberto Ginastera, Barbara Kolb, Tania León, David Del Tredici, or Peter Sculthorpe
• Sight reading
• Optional: One additional selection representing your musical interests and/or a work by a composer from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group, gender, and/or culture. Works that represent the applicant’s own cultural background are also welcomed.

Choose one piece each from any four of the following categories, or works of equivalent level (the suggested works below are to be considered as guidelines):

• A major work by J.S. Bach, or a fantasy by John Dowland
• A significant 19th-century work, e.g.:
  • Grand Sonata no. 1 or one of the op. 31 Sonatas by Wenzeslaus Matiegka
  • An étude by Giulio Regondi
  • Giulio Regondi Rêverie, op. 19, Fête Villageoise, op. 20, or Introduction and Caprice, op. 23
  • Hungarian Fantasy or Elegy by Johann Kaspar Mertz
  • Fernando Sor Fantaisie, op. 30, Souvenirs d’une Soirée à Berlin, op. 56, or Fantaisie Elégiaque, op. 59
• An early 20th-century work, e.g.:
  • Three études by Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Sonata by Joaquín Turina
  • Variations on “Folias d’España” or one of the sonatas by Manuel Ponce
  • Sonata by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Nocturnal by Benjamin Britten
• A late 20th-century or early 21st-century work, e.g.:
  • Sequenza XI by Luciano Berio
  • Changes by Elliott Carter
  • Sonata for Guitar by Alberto Ginastera
  • Royal Winter Music by Hans Werner Henze
  • Sonata by Richard Rodney Bennett
  • In Memory of……. By Per Nørgård
  • All in Twilight by Tōru Takemitsu
  • Clocks by Joan Tower
  • From Kakadu by Peter Sculthorpe
• Sight Reading
• Optional: One additional selection representing your musical interests and/or a work by a composer from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group, gender, and/or culture. Works that represent the applicant’s own cultural background are also welcomed.