Strings & Harp

Undergraduate (BM)

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of solo Bach

Graduate (MM)

• Two movements of a standard concerto 
• Two contrasting movements of solo Bach 
• One movement of a work of the applicant’s choice

Professional Studies (PS) & Doctoral (DMA)

• Two movements of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of solo Bach
• One movement of a sonata
• One movement of a work of the applicant’s choice

Undergraduate (BM)

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of solo Bach

Graduate (MM), Professional Studies (PS), & Doctoral (DMA)

• Two movements of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of solo Bach
• One movement of a work of the applicant’s choice

Undergraduate (BM)

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of solo Bach

Graduate (MM), Professional Studies (PS), & Doctoral (DMA)

• Two movements of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of solo Bach

Undergraduate (BM)

• Major or minor scale (any key) in three octaves
• Two contrasting movements of a Baroque sonata: or development section of first movement of a standard concerto (Examples: first page of Bottesini #2 or first two pages of Koussevitzky or first page of Dittersdorf)
• One orchestral excerpt of applicant’s choice

Graduate (MM)

• One movement of a Bach cello suite (any transposition) or one movement of a Bach Gamba Sonata
• First movement of a standard concerto (to end of development section)
• One orchestral excerpt from Beethoven Symphony No. 5 (Trio from movement 3, without repeats); Mozart Symphony  No. 40 (first or last movement, standard excerpts); Strauss “Ein Heldenleben” (No. 9 to downbeat of No. 11)

Doctoral (DMA) & Professional Studies (PS)

• One complete movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza) or sonata 
• One movement of a Bach cello suite (any transposition)
• One 20th or 21st century work (one page or representative excerpt of the work)
• Two significant orchestral excerpts from different periods (contrasting styles;
  example: a Mozart or Beethoven Symphony and a Strauss or Schoenberg work)

There are no prescreening requirements for Harp applicants.

Undergraduate (BM)

• Three octave major and minor scales and arpeggios
• First movement of a standard concerto with applicable cadenza
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach partita or sonata

Graduate (MM)

• Two contrasting movements of a concerto including all applicable cadenzas
• Two movements of an unaccompanied Bach partita or sonata
• A virtuoso concert piece from the Romantic period by composers such as
• Paganini, Sarasate, Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski, or Ysaÿe
• One movement of a sonata

Doctoral (DMA) & Professional Studies (PS) Applicants

• Complete concerto with all applicable cadenzas.
• Four significant recital works in their entirety from a wide range of style periods, including the twentieth century.

Undergraduate (BM)

• Three octave major and minor scales and arpeggios
• First movement of a standard concerto with applicable cadenza
• Two contrasting movements of an unaccompanied Bach partita, sonata or suite
• One etude

Graduate (MM)

Complete works from three style periods, including the 20th century. One work must be a standard concerto with all applicable cadenzas. Repertoire should demonstrate a graduate level of performance

Doctoral (DMA) & Professional Studies (PS)

• Complete concerto with all applicable cadenzas.
• Four significant recital works from a wide range of style periods, including the twentieth century.

Undergraduate (BM)

• Scale and arpeggio of applicant’s choice in three or four octaves as appropriate
• First movement of a standard concerto with applicable cadenza, or approximately ten minutes of music from either Schelomo (Bloch) or Rococo Variations (Tchaikovsky)
• Two contrasting movements of an unaccompanied Bach suite
• A work of the applicant’s choice, such as a movement of a sonata or a short concert piece

Graduate (MM)

• Two movements of a standard concerto with applicable cadenzas
• Three movements of an unaccompanied Bach suite
• A complete sonata
• A complete 20th or 21st century work.

Doctoral (DMA) & Professional Studies (PS)

• A complete concerto with all applicable cadenzas.
• Four significant recital works from a wide range of style periods, including the twentieth century or twenty-first century.

Undergraduate (BM)

• Major or minor scale and arpeggio, three octaves, of applicant’s choice.
• Two contrasting movements of a baroque sonata or first movement of a standard concerto plus an additional contrasting movement or work
• One etude on the level of Bille, Simandl, Storch-Hrabe, or Sturm
• One orchestral excerpt of the applicant’s choice

Graduate (MM)

• Three contrasting works of different style periods, which must include either a complete concerto or a sonata
• Three significant orchestral excerpts

Doctoral (DMA) & Professional Studies (PS)

• Four complete, contrasting recital works, including the twentieth or twenty-first century.
• Three significant orchestral excerpts

Auditions are approximately 15 minutes in length (doctoral auditions are approximately 30 minutes in length). You will choose a first work and the faculty will choose a second and possibly third work from the repertoire list you provide. You must perform solo works from memory and may be asked to sight-read and take a test of tuning ability. Music may be used for the orchestral works for graduate applicants.

Undergraduate (BM)

• A major work which demonstrates level of proficiency
• A Bach transcription

Graduate (MM)

• Two complete works comparable in difficulty and scope to the Sonata of Hindemith or the Impromptu of Fauré
• First movement from a standard concerto
• Choose two of the following five excerpts: Cadenza from Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti; Cadenza from Tzigane by Ravel; Entire first harp excerpt of Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz; Second movement and fugue from Symphony in Three Movements by Stravinsky; Young Person’s Guide by Britten

Doctoral (DMA) & Professional Studies (PS)

A full-length recital from contrasting style periods including a work from the 20th century and a standard concerto with applicable cadenzas.