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Woodwinds Audition
Information
Flute
You may audition with or without accompaniment; however, accompanists will not be provided for live auditions. At least one solo repertoire piece must be performed from memory.
For MM Applicants
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in A Minor, H. 562; Mvt. 1
W.A. Mozart: Concerto in D Major, K. 314; Mvts. 2 and 3
K. Fukushima: Mei
One piece of your choice (contrasting style from above)
and the following orchestral excerpts:
Beethoven: Leonore; first and second excerpts
Strauss: Salome
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphasis
For DM Applicants
J.S. Bach: Partita in A minor, BWV 1013; Corrente and Sarabande
Carl Stamitz: Concerto in G, Op. 29; Mvts. 2 (with cadenza) and 3
Berio: Sequenza I
One piece of your choice (contrasting style from above)
and the following orchestral excerpts:
Beethoven: Leonore; first and second excerpts
Strauss: Salome
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphasis
Oboe
Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus woodwind auditions. Recorded auditions will not be accepted.
All Oboe Performance applicants should prepare:
1) The first movement of Mozart Oboe Concerto, K. 314 or third movement of Mozart Quartet, K. 370;
2) One slow and one fast etude of Barret, Brod, or Ferling;
3) Three orchestral excerpts;
4) One movement of a contemporary solo;
5) Sight reading and scales upon request.
Clarinet
Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus woodwind auditions.
Non-Performance Applicants
Two contrasting solo pieces (or movements) Examples given below
All major scales
Performance applicants
Two contrasting solo pieces (or movements) Examples given below
〮 One orchestral excerpt Examples given below
〮 All major scales
Examples of solo pieces:
〮 Concert pieces by Stamitz, Weber, Crusell, Mozart
〮 Sonatas/sonatinas by Arnold, Bernstein, Martinu, Poulenc, Saint-Saens
〮 Solo de concours by Debussy, Lefebvre, Marty, Messager, Rabaud
〮 Burgmuller Duo, Cavallini Adagio & Tarantella, Widor Introduction & Rondo
Examples of orchestral exerpts:
〮 Beethoven Symphonies 4, 6, 8
〮 Brahms Symphonies 2-4
〮 Mendelssohn Scherzo; Symphonies 3, 4
〮 Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
〮 Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol
〮 Tchaikovsky Symphonies 5, 6
Bassoon
Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus woodwind auditions.
Non-Performance Applicants
1) All major scales
2) Two works such as - Bakaleinikov: Three Pieces; Galliard: any of the Six Sonatas; Hess: any of the Seven Recital Pieces; Telemann: Sonata.
Performance Applicants
1) All major and minor scales:
2) Two works such as - Vivaldi: Concerti in a minor, e minor, or d minor; Mozart: Concerto, K.191; Hindemith: Sonata; Weber: Concerto.
Saxophone
Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus woodwind auditions.
Non-Performance Applicants
12 major scales,
5-10 minutes of music from the standard repertoire for alto saxophone (ex: Creston Sonata, Heiden Sonata, Glazunov Concerto, Ibert Concertino da Camera, Maurice Tableaux de Provence, or equivalent),
1 etude (ex: Ferling, Voxman, Lacour, Bozza, or equivalent).
Performance Applicants
All of the above, plus 12 harmonic minor scales
For questions regarding repertoire and etude choices, or to request permission to audition on tenor saxophone, contact Dr. Deibel.