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Strings Audition Information

 

Violin

Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus string auditions. When selecting your audition date, please choose the earliest date possible as slots later in the audition cycle tend to fill up quickly.

Memorization required for all repertoire.

1 First movement of a standard concerto, with cadenza if applicable

2 Two contrasting movements from the Bach Solo Sonatas and Partitas

3 A showpiece

 

Viola

Perform two works of contrasting styles and tempos. Play selected scales and studies upon request. Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus string auditions.

Memorization recommended for all repertoire

1) 3 octave scales and arpeggios

2) One movement of J.S. Bach's Six Suites for Solo Viola (originally for Cello)

3) A concerto movement, of your choice, that differs in style or character from the solo Bach movement.

 

Cello

Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus string auditions.

1.         Two contrasting movements of a Bach Suite, a Vivaldi Sonata or something similar

2.         A movement of a concerto by Saint-Saëns, Lalo, Haydn, Goltermann or the like

3.         One etude by Popper, Duport, Schroeder, Merk, etc.

4.         All major and minor scales in three octaves          

 

Double Bass

Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus string auditions.

1) Major and minor scales - 2 octaves with arpeggios

2) 1 Two works such as - Bille: New School for the Double Bass, Book 1; Simandl: New Method for the Double Bass, Book 1; Sturm: 110 Etudes; Simandl: 30 Etudes; sonatas by Marcello, Vivaldi, Corelli, Scarlatti; Eccles: Sonatas; Weinstein: Modal Solos; any standard double bass concerti - two movements.

 

Harp

Perform two works of contrasting styles and tempos. Play selected scales and studies upon request. Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus string auditions.

Non-Performance Applicants

Two works such as - Dussek: Six Sonatas; Tournier: Six Noels Pour La Harpe; Flagello: Berceuse; Grandjany: Et Ron, Ron, Ron, Petit Patapon; Corelli: Giga; Bochsa: Selections from Quarante Etudes Faciles, Op. 318.

Performance Applicants

Two works such as - Bach-Grandjany: Largo from Violin Sonata No. 5; Haydn-Salzedo: Theme and Variations; Beethoven: Variations on a Swiss Air; Grandjany: The Children's Hour; Dello Joio: Bagatelles.

 

Updated on 08/31/2018