Lamont School of Music
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Lamont School of Music
Strings Audition Information
Fall 2019 audition will take place on: 02/02,
02/09, 02/16/2019 (Saturday)
LIVE AUDITION
Applicants will preference their top two (2) audition dates for a live audition in Denver on the Lamont application. All auditions are approximately 20 minutes in length. The applicant will choose one of the prepared works to perform. The faculty will choose the second of the prepared works and possibly an additional work as well.
Applicants
unable to travel to Denver
While Lamont faculty prefer to have applicants audition on campus, those unable to travel to Denver for a live audition may submit an unedited video audition in lieu of the on-campus audition. Recordings received after January 15 will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This video should be uploaded through the Lamont application.
AREA-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Cello, Cello Suzuki, Double Bass, Viola, Violin, Violin Suzuki
CELLO
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
CELLO SUZUKI
Graduate
(MM)
Suzuki
Cello Certificate
Students who are enrolling in the University of Denver Suzuki Cello or Violin Certificate program are required to receive acceptance for teaching training through the Suzuki Association of the Americas guidelines. (The Suzuki Association is responsible for all Suzuki teacher training that takes place in the Americas and approves and supports the University of Denver Lamont School of Music as a university long-term training center for Suzuki Method Violin and Cello.) A video of your performance must be sent into the Suzuki Association. For audition guidelines, please visit http://suzukiassociation.org/teachers/guides/audition.
Lamont
audition requirements are as follows:
One movement of Haydn C M Concerto or Boccherini Bb from Suzuki Books 9 or 10, or an appropriate equivalent
DOUBLE BASS
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
VIOLA
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
VIOLIN
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
Graduate
(MM)
Applicants are required to present all concerti, unaccompanied works, and virtuoso concert pieces from memory.
Graduate
(certificate in performance)
VIOLIN SUZUKI
Graduate
(MM)
Suzuki
Violin Certificate
Students who are enrolling in the University of Denver Suzuki Cello or Violin Certificate program are required to receive acceptance for teaching training through the Suzuki Association of the Americas guidelines. (The Suzuki Association is responsible for all Suzuki teacher training that takes place in the Americas and approves and supports the University of Denver Lamont School of Music as a university long-term training center for Suzuki Method Violin and Cello.) A video of your performance must be sent into the Suzuki Association. For audition guidelines, please visit http://suzukiassociation.org/teachers/guides/audition.
Lamont
audition requirements are as follows:
Level 1:
Two contrasting pieces of your choice, minimum difficulty level of Seitz
Concerto No. 5, 1st movement or Vivaldi Concerto in a minor, 3rd movement
Level 2: Two contrasting pieces of your choice, minimum difficulty level of
Mozart Concerto No. 4 or 5, 1st movement with cadenza