Bienen School of Music - Northwestern University

Woodwinds Audition Information

Bachelor of Music: Bassoon

For Final Audition:

Suggested Solo Selections:

• Milde étude from Concert Studies Book 1
• Mozart, Concerto K.191, first and second movements
• Weber, Concerto Op. 75, second movement Orchestral Excerpts: two contrasting

In Addition: all major and harmonic minor scales at least up to high C

Bachelor of Music: Clarinet

Prescreening required: must be video recording

For Prescreening:

• Two contrasting études from Rose 32 Études for Clarinet
• Mozart, Clarinet Concert KV 622, Mvt. 1 exposition
• One prepared piece of the applicant’s choice

For Final Audition:

• Two contrasting études from Rose 32 Études for Clarinet
• Mozart, Clarinet Concerto KV 622 (entire piece)
• One prepared piece of the applicant’s choice

Bachelor of Music: Flute

Prescreening required: video preferred

For Prescreening:

• Two contrasting movements from a standard solo work, OR one standard work with contrasting sections.
• Two contrasting orchestral excerpts

For Final Audition:

If including a multi-movement work for the below selections, only two contrasting movements from the work are required.

• A Baroque work
• A Classical or Romantic work
• A work from the 20th or 21st Century 
• Two contrasting orchestral excerpts

In addition, possible sight-reading

Bachelor of Music: Oboe

For Final Audition:

Suggested Solo Selections:

l  Concerto by Cimarosa, Marcello, Handel, Mozart, or Vivaldi

l  Sonata by Telemann, Handel, Saint-Sans, or Hindemith

l  Schumann, Three Romances

l  Britten, Six Metamorphoses

In Addition: Two contrasting etudes by Barret or Ferling and standard orchestral excerpts of the applicant’s choice

Sight-reading may be required at the audition

Bachelor of Music: Saxophone

Prescreening required: must be video recording

For Prescreening:

·      Two contrasting études from Ferling, Berbiguier/Mule, J.L. Small, Labanchi, or Voxman Selected Studies

·      One complete, multi-movement classical work or two to three contrasting movements from different works. Suggested repertoire includes works by Creston, Glazunov, Ibert, Tomasi, Bach, Creston, Fasch, Debussy, Heiden, Muczynski, Rueff, Boutry, Bozza, Milhaud, Noda. Applicant may choose other works which demonstrate both technical and lyrical playing.

For Final Audition:

·      All major and harmonic minor scales (full range), and chromatic scale (low Bb to high F#)

·      One complete, multi-movement classical work or two to three contrasting movements from different works

·      Sight reading

·      Optional: Jazz selections, such as a transcription, jazz etude, and/or improvisation (with play-along)

Updated on 09/05/2018