Requirement by Category
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Voice
Applicants should prepare to perform two selections in contrasting styles (approximately 10 minutes total) as follows:
One selection, classical in style, in a foreign language (Italian, French, German, Spanish)
One selection in English in a classical, folk, or musical theater style
The candidate should prepare a combination of materials that showcase their technical and lyrical abilities.
Suggested Repertoire Sources
Italian art songs or arias from the 17th or 18th centuries
English or American art songs from any period, including folk song arrangements, (Dowland, Campion, Handel, Haydn, Purcell, Copland, Barber, Quilter)
Any selection from the American music theatre repertoire
Other examples of acceptable audition material:
Fauré | Lydia
Grever | Alma mía
Handel | Here Amid the Shady Woods
Marcello | Quella fiamma che m'accende
Price | Night
Schubert | Lachen und weinen
R. Schumann | Du bist wie eine Blume
A. Scarlatti | Già il sole dal Gange
Vaughan Williams | The Vagabond
Trumpet
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Arban | Studies (any)
Solo Repertoire
Artunian | Concerto
Balay | Petite Piece Concertante
Godicke | Concert Etude
Haydn | Concerto
Hindemith | Sonate
Horn
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Kopprasch | Etudes
Maxime-Alphonse | Etudes
Solo Repertoire
Beethoven | Sonata, op. 17
Mozart | Concertos No. 1 or No. 3
Strauss, F. | Concerto No. 1
Trombone
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Rochut | Melodious Etudes
Solo Repertoire
David | Concertino
Galliard | Six Sonatas (any)
Guillmant | Morceau Symphonique
Rimsky-Korsakov | Concerto
Orchestral Excerpts
Mozart | Tuba Mirum
Berlioz | Hungarian March
Wagner | Ride of the Valkyrie
Rimsky-Korsakov | Russian Easter 2nd tbn solo
Brahms | Symphony #1
Bass Trombone
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Rochut | Melodious Etudes
Solo Repertoire
Barat | Introduction and Serenade
Galliard | Sonatas (any)
Lieb | Concertino Basso
Lebedev | Concerto in One Movement
Euphonium
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Rochut | Melodious Etudes
Solo Repertoire
Barat | Introduction and Dance
Senaille/Falcone | Allegro Spirituoso
Tuba
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Blazhevich | 70 Studies for Tuba (any etude)
Rochut | Melodious Etudes
Solo Repertoire
Barat | Introduction and Dance
Capuzzi | Andante and Rondo
Haddad | Suite for Tuba
Hartley | Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba
Snare Drum
Applicants should prepare one etude of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Cirone | Portraits in Rhythm (any etude)
Peters | Intermediate or Advanced Snare Drum Studies (any etude)
Mallets
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, one etude of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Ford | Technique Through Music (any etude)
Goldenberg | Modern School for Xylophone (any etude)
McMillan | Masterpieces for Marimba (any etude)
Timpani
Applicants should prepare one etude of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Carroll | Exercises, Etudes and Solos for Timpani
Peters | Fundamental Method (any etude)
Violin
Any three octave major scale
Any three octave minor scale
Whole bow for one scale, slurs for the other, arpeggios for one of the two keys
One movement of an unaccompanied work (any composer)
Any movement of a concerto (cadenza optional)
Viola
Any three octave major scale
Any three octave minor scale
Whole bow for one scale, slurs for the other, arpeggios for one of the two keys
One movement of an unaccompanied work (any composer)
Any movement of a concerto (cadenza optional)
Cello
Any two or three-octave major scale/arpeggios and one minor scale/arpeggios
An etude by Deak, Dotzauer, Popper, or comparable material
A movement from a standard sonata by Bach, Handel, Marcello, or comparable material
Double Bass
Any two-octave major scale/arpeggios and one minor scale/arpeggios
An etude from Simandl, Rabath, or comparable material
Any movement(s) from a standard sonata by Eccles, Marcello, or comparable material
Classical Guitar
Any two selections from of the following:
Renaissance
Narvaez | Guardame las Vacas; Pavane, Cancion del Emperador
Milan | Fantasias I-V,Pavanes
Baroque
De Visee | Suites I-XII (without full ornamentation)
Corbetta | Suite in A minor
De Murcia | Prelude and Allegro
Classical
Carcassi | Etudes Op. 60
Carulli | Etudes
Sor | Etudes Op. 6,29,31,35,44,45,60
Guiliani | Etudes Op. 48
Romantic
Villa-Lobos | Preludes
Mertz | Liedeslied,Lied ohno Worte Op. 13
Ponce | Preludes
Contemporary
Brouwer | Simple Studies
Piano
All applicants should prepare to play one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves.
Applicants should prepare two pieces in contrasting styles (excerpts are acceptable), approximately 10 minutes total. Suggested repertoire for each instrument listed below. Substitute selections are allowed.
Repertoire can be chosen from this list or from repertory of similar difficulty:
Scarlatti | Sonatas
Bach | Two-part Inventions
Mozart | D minor Fantasie, K.V.397
Mozart | G Major Sonata, K.V.283
Chopin | Waltzes
Schumann | Scenes from Childhood
Debussy | Children's Corner Reverie
Shostakovich | Preludes, Op.34
Tcherepnin | Bagatelles, Op.5
Flute
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Rubank | Advanced Method Vol. 1 or 2 (any etude)
Cavally | Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book 1 or 2 (any etude)
Solo Repertoire
Bach | Suite in b minor
Faure | Morceau de Concours
Griffes | Poem
Handel | Sonatas (any)
Mozart | Concerto
Telemann | Sonatas (any)
Vivaldi | Six Sonatas (any)
Oboe
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Barret | 40 Progressive Melodies (any)
Brod | 20 Studies (any)
Ferling | 48 Etudes (any)
Hite | Melodious and Progressive Studies (any)
Solo Repertoire
Cimarosa | Concerto in C minor
Handel | Sonatas (any)
Marcello | Concerto
Telemann | Sonatas (any)
Vivaldi | Sonatas (any)
Clarinet
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Rubank | Advanced Method Vol. 1or 2 (any etude)
Hite | Melodious and Progressive Studies
Rose | 32 Studies
Solo Repertoire
Debussy | Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Finzi | Five Bagatelles
Mozart | Concerto
Stamitz | Concerto in B-flat
Tartini | Concertino
Weber | Concertino
Bass Clarinet
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Boni/Voxman | Largo and Allegro
Bozza | Ballade
Galliard/Merriman | Adagio and Allegro
Bassoon
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Milde | 25 Studies (any)
Weissenborn | Practical Method (any etude)
Solo Repertoire
Galliard | Sonatas (any)
Mozart | Concerto
Telemann | Sonata in F Minor
Weber | Concerto
Saxophone
Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.
Examples:
Etudes and Studies
Ferling | 48 Famous Etudes (any etude)
Rubank | Selected Studies (any etude)
Solo Repertoire
Bozza | Aria (alto or baritone)
Eccles/Rascher | Sonata (alto or baritone)
Glazunov | Concerto (alto)
Handel | Sonata No. 3 (alto or baritone)
Heiden | Sonata (alto)
Maurice | Tableaux de Provence
Teal | Solos for the Alto Saxophone Player (alto or baritone)
Teal | Solos for the Tenor Saxophone Player
Voxman | Concert and Contest Collection for Alto Saxophone (baritone)
Voxman | Concert and Contest Collection for Tenor Saxophone
Ostransky | Contest Caprice (tenor)
Singalee | Solo de Concours (tenor)
Jazz Studies
Applicants should prepare to play one major, one minor and one chromatic scale, two octaves.
Applicants in Jazz should prepare two standard jazz tunes, and must improvise on each. Suggested repertoire for each instrument listed below. All applicants must perform with an Aebersold-style play along CD or a live rhythm section.
So What
Blue Monk
Summertime
Blue Bossa
Maiden Voyage
Take the A Train
Song for My Father
All Blues
Footprints
Cantaloupe Island
Jazz drummers must demonstrate various styles, including Medium Swing, Fast Swing, Jazz Waltz, Bossa, Samba, Mambo, 12/8 Afro, Funk, Ballad w/brushes, Odd-meter groove.
Drum Set and Amps are provided. Guitarists and Bass players should bring their own cord.