Bienen School of Music - Northwestern
University
Woodwinds Audition Information
Master of Music: Bassoon
For Final Audition:
Suggested
Solo Selections:
- Milde étude from Concert Studies Book 2
- Mozart, Concerto K.191, First and Second
movements
- St. Saëns Sonate, First and Second movements
- Any Vivaldi Concerto, First and Third
movements
Orchestral
Excerpts:
- Ravel, Bolero (solo)
- Stravinsky, Le sacre du printemps,
opening and recap on C-flat
- Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro Overture,
opening and recap (eighth note passages)
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 4, fourth movement
(sixteenth note passages)
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, end of second
movement
In
addition: All major and harmonic minor scales and arpeggios for the entire
range of the instrument (to high E)
Master of Music: Clarinet
Prescreening
required: must be video recording
For Prescreening:
- Two contrasting études from the Rose 32
Études for Clarinet
- First movement from concerto by Mozart,
Copland, or Nielsen
- One prepared piece of the applicant’s choice
NOT listed above
For Final Audition:
- Entire concerto by Mozart, Copland, or
Nielsen
- Minimum of two contrasting major pieces from
the standard clarinet repertoire NOT listed above
- Selection of three or four orchestral
excerpts of contrasting character
Master of Music: Flute
Prescreening
required: video preferred
For Prescreening:
- Two contrasting works, one from the Baroque,
Classical or Romantic style and one from the 20th or 21st century. If
including a multi-movement work, only two contrasting movements from the
work are required.
- Two contrasting orchestral excerpts
For Final Audition:
- Four works representing different styles
from the standard repertoire. If including a multi-movement work, only two
contrasting movements from the work are required.
- Four contrasting orchestral excerpts
demonstrating both lyrical and technical skills.
In addition,
possible sight-reading
Master of Music: Oboe
For Final Audition:
Suggested
Solo Selections:
- Concerto by Cimarosa, Marcello, Handel,
Mozart or Strauss
- Sonata by Telemann, Handel, Saint-Sans, or
Hindemith
- Schumann, Three Romances
- Britten, Six Metamorphoses
In
Addition: Two contrasting études by Barret or Ferling and standard orchestral
excerpts of the applicant’s choice
Sight-reading
may be required at the audition.
Master of Music: Saxophone
Prescreening
required: must be video recording
For Prescreening:
- Two contrasting études from: Bozza Etude
Caprices, Lacour 28 Etudes After Messiaen, Lauba Neuf Etudes, Koechlin
Etudes for Saxophone and Piano, Karg-Elert 25 Capricen und Sonate, or
other etudes of similar difficulty
- Three works or movements of contrasting
styles, including at least one work from the contemporary repertoire and
one work from the standard repertoire
For Final Audition:
- All major and harmonic minor scales, full
range; major 3rds and 4ths
- Three complete works of contrasting styles.
One should be from the standard repertoire, and one should be from the
contemporary repertoire
Updated on 09/05/2018