Jacobs School of Music
Guitar Audition Information
MM and DM
All graduate applicants must submit a screening recording (DVD) online before a personal interview will be scheduled. Screening recordings (DVD) must be received no later than December 1. Recordings should be approximately 30-40 minutes in length. All applicants must perform works from all of the following three groups:
Two contrasting movements by J. S. Bach chosen from suites, sonatas, or partitas for lute,
cello, violin, or flute, including Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro for lute, BWV 998
One selection from the following: Mauro Giuliani, Variations, op. 38; Grande Ouverture, op. 61; Variations, op. 105; Variations, op. 107; Sei grandi variazioni, op. 112; Le Rossiniane, opp. 119-124; Giulianate, op. 148; Gran sonata eroica, op. 150; Nicolò Paganini, Grand Sonata in A, arr. for guitar solo; Fernando Sor, Introduction and variations on a theme by Mozart, op. 9; Grand solo, op. 14; Sonata, op. 15b; Grande sonate, op. 22; Deuxième grande sonate, op. 25; Introduction and Variations, op. 26; Introduction and Variations, op. 28; Septième fantaisie et variations brillantes, op. 30; Fantaisie sur un air favori ecossaise, op. 40; Fantaisie élégiaque, op. 59.
Two works by different composers selected from: Antón Garcia Abril, Evocaciones, Sonata del pórtico; Isaac Albéniz, Asturias, Cadiz, Córdoba, Granada, Malagueña, Mallorca, Rumore de la caleta, Sevilla, Torre Bermeja; Vicente Asencio, Collectici intim, Suite valenciana; Richard Rodney Bennett, Impromptus; Lennox Berkeley, Sonatina, Theme and Variations; Benjamin Britten, Nocturnal; Leo Brouwer, El decameron negro, Elogio de la danza, Hika, Sonata; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Capriccio diabólico, Sonata, Tarantella; Stephen Dodgson, Fantasy-Divisions, Partita; John W. Duarte, Americana; Roland Dyens, Libra sonatine, Saudade no. 3; Manuel de Falla, Homenaje para Le tombeau de Debussy; Angelo Gilardino, Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza, Tenebrae factae sunt; Alberto Ginastera, Sonata; Enrique Granados, Danzas españolos, 5-11, La maja de Goya; Hans Werner Henze, 3 tientos; Frank Martin, Quatre pièces brèves; Federico Mompou, Suite compostelana; Federico Moreno Torroba, Castillos de España, Nocturno, Pièces caractéristiques, Sonatina, Suite castellana; Juan Orrego Salas, Esquinas; Goffredo Petrassi, Suoni notturni; Astor Piazzolla, Four Pieces; Manuel Ponce, Sonata clásica, Sonata mexicana, Sonata romántica, Sonata III, Sonatina meridional, Thème varié et finale, Variations sur "Folia de España" et fugue; Joaquín Rodrigo, En los trigales, Invocation et danse, Sonata a la española, Tres piezas españolas; Antonio Ruiz Pipo, Cancion y danza no. 1; Toru Takemitsu, All in Twilight, Folios; Alexandre Tansman, Cavatina; Joaquín Turina, Fandanguillo, Hommage à Tarrega, Sevillana, Sonata; Heitor Villa-Lobos, Chôros No. 1, 12 Etudes, 5 Preludes, Suite populaire brésiliene; William Walton, Five Bagatelles; Sonata by Antonio Jose.