Music at Illinois
Music at Illinois - University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Woodwind Audition
Information
Bassoon
Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:
1. Two
or more contrasting movements from the standard solo repertoire (an etude is
acceptable for one of these) that demonstrate lyrical phrasing and technical
proficiency
2. All major scales and chromatic scale (at least two octaves, preferably
full range)
3. Sight reading
Clarinet
Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:
1. Two
or more contrasting movements from solo repertoire, sonata or concerto, or
etudes, demonstrating lyrical phrasing and technical proficiency
2. Major scales through three sharps and three flats; chromatic scale (at
least two octaves, preferably full range)
3. Sight reading
Flute
Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:
1. Three
or more contrasting movements from solo, sonata, or concerto repertoire, demonstrating
lyrical phrasing and technical proficiency
2. All major scales (two octaves); three examples of harmonic and three
examples of melodic minor scales (two octaves), and a chromatic scale from C1
to C4
3. Sight reading
Oboe
Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:
1 Two or
more contrasting movements from the standard solo repertoire (an etude is
acceptable for one of these) that demonstrate lyrical phrasing and technical
proficiency
2. All major scales and chromatic scale (preferably full range)
3. Sight reading
Saxophone
Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:
1. Two or more contrasting movements from the standard solo
repertoire (an etude is acceptable for one of these) that demonstrate lyrical
phrasing and technical proficiency
2. All major scales and chromatic scale (at least two octaves, preferably
full range)
3. Sight reading