Unless specified, prescreen requirements are the same as listed below.
Woodwind applicants may include piano accompaniment on their prescreen/recorded audition videos. However, it is not required nor will it be included at the live audition.
Bassoon
Applicants to all degrees
- Contrasting solos of the candidate’s choice
- Orchestral excerpts
- Ravel- Bolero
- Mozart- Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Rimsky Korsakov- Scheherazade
- Stravinsky- Rite of Spring
Clarinet
Applicants to the Master of Music and Artist Diploma
- Mozart Concerto
- One complete piece of your choice from the Classical or Romantic periods
- One contemporary piece of your choice
- Three contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice
Applicants to the Doctor of Musical Arts
- Mozart Concerto
- One complete piece of your choice from the Classical or Romantic periods
- One contemporary piece of your choice
- Either the Copland or Nielsen Concerto
- Three contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice
Flute
All graduate candidates in flute performance are required to upload a prescreen audition to SlideRoom by December 1.
Prescreening
- First movement of Mozart Concerto No, 1 in G major, KV 313 OR No. 2 in D major, KV 314, exposition only
- A selection from the solo literature by Copland, Dutilleux, Ibert, Jolivet, Liebermann, Martin, Martinu, Nielsen, Prokofiev, Schubert, or equivalent
- 3 orchestral excerpts of the applicants choosing
On-Campus Audition
- One of the seven sonatas by J.S. Bach, complete
- Mozart Concerto No, 1 in G major, KV 313 OR No. 2 in D major, KV 314, complete work
- A selection from the solo literature by Copland, Dutilleux, Ibert, Jolivet, Liebermann, Martin, Martinu, Nielsen, Prokofiev, Schubert, or equivalent
- A contemporary solo work demonstrating fluency with extended techniques
- 3 orchestral excerpts from the list below
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
- Mendelssohn: Scherzo from MidSummer's Night Dream
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
- Rossini: William Tell Overture
- Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Oboe
Applicants to all degrees
Prescreening
One or more pieces/movements of your choice that best demonstrate your level of technique and musicality. Total time to be less than 10 minutes. Do not play with accompaniment.
On-Campus Audition
- Mozart - Concerto in C, K.314 (complete 1st movement, with cadenza)
- Vaughan Williams - Concerto (complete 1st movement) OR Britten - Six Metamorphoses (Phaeton, Niobe, Bacchus, Arethusa)
- One slow movement from a work by J.S. Bach
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Brahms - Violin Concerto (2nd movement solo)
- Rossini - Overture, La Scala di Seta fast solo
- Sight-reading may be asked
Saxophone
A list of suggested repertoire to perform for Graduate Saxophone auditions can be found by clicking here.
For questions regarding Classical Saxophone auditions, please contact Professor Dale Underwood.
Multiple Woodwinds
Applicants to the Master of Music
All Masters applicants to Multiple Woodwinds must audition on three instruments.
For Principal Instrument
- Flute - Mozart, Concerto in G, K.313
- Oboe - Mozart, Concerto in C, K.314
- Clarinet - Mozart, Concerto in A, K.622
- Bassoon - Mozart, Concerto in B-flat, K.191
- Saxophone - Glazunov, Concerto for Alto Saxophone
For all chosen Secondary Instruments
- A movement from the standard solo repertoire of each instrument that represents the applicant’s level of performance.
Applicants to the Doctor of Musical Arts
All Doctoral applicants to Multiple Woodwinds must audition on three instruments, one of which must be a double reed.
For Principal Instrument
- Flute - Mozart, Concerto in G, K.313
- Oboe - Mozart, Concerto in C, K.314
- Clarinet - Mozart, Concerto in A, K.622
- Bassoon - Mozart, Concerto in B-flat, K.191
- Saxophone - Glazunov, Concerto for Alto Saxophone
For all chosen Secondary Instruments
- Two contrasting movements from the standard solo repertoire of each instrument that represents the applicant’s level of performance.
