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Lamont School of Music
Woodwinds 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
Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone
BASSOON
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All major and minor scales
- Two (2) contrasting movements (for instance,
movements from Vivaldi, Mozart, or Weber concerti, or Telemann F minor
sonata), and an etude (for instance, Milde Studies Op. 24 or more advanced
Weissenborn studies form the Weissenborn Method For Bassoon)
- Sight reading may be requested
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- All major and minor (harmonic and melodic
forms) scales, three octaves where possible
- Mozart Concerto for Bassoon, movements 1 and
2
- One (1) additional standard solo work of the
student's choice
CLARINET
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All major scales
- Two (2) contrasting Rose etudes (one
technical, one lyrical)
- First movement from a standard concerto: (Please
select from the following but not limited to)
- Crusell, Concerti
- Mozart, Clarinet Concerto
- Spohr, Concerti
- Stamitz, Concerti
- Weber, Concertino (complete)
- Weber, Concerto No. 1
- Weber, Concerto No. 2
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- All major and minor scales
- A complete concerto or sonata
- An unaccompanied 20th/21st Century solo
- Three (3) standard orchestral excerpts
Artist
Diploma
- Same requirements as certificate in
performance
- Any French conservatory solo
FLUTE
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All major and minor scales and
3-octave chromatic scale
- Exposition of the 1st movement of
a Mozart Flute Concerto (G Major or D Major)
- A contrasting solo of your choice
(for example: any French conservatory solo, i.e., Fauré Fantaisie,
Enesco Cantabile et Presto, Chaminade Concertino, etc. or a piece of your
choosing)
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- Exposition of the 1st movement and opening
of the 2nd movement of either Mozart Flute Concerto (G Major or D Major)
- A contrasting piece of your choosing
- Three (3) standard orchestral excerpts
OBOE
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All major scales and minor scales
- Chromatic scale, full instrument range (B
flat-F)
- One (1) Barret or Ferling etude
- Solo or movement of solo from one of the
following:
- Marcello, Concerto in C Minor
- Any Handel sonata
- Mozart, Concerto in C Major
- Mozart, Quartet in F Major
- Haydn, Concerto in C Major
- Britten, Six Metamorphoses After
Ovid
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- Two (2) contrasting movements from the
following list:
- Vaughan Williams, Oboe Concerto
- Mozart, Oboe Concerto
- Strauss, Oboe Concerto
- Doráti, Cinq pièces pour
le hautbois
- Schumann, Three Romances
- Telemann, Fantasies
- Dutilleux, Oboe Sonata
- Two (2) or three (3) orchestral excerpts of
your choice
SAXOPHONE
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All major and minor scales
- Two (2) Ferling etudes
- One (1) solo work of the student's
choice
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- Student's choice of any two (2)
major solo works for the saxophone