Boston Conservatory at Berklee
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Audition Requirements | Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Strings
Audition Information
Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double
Bass
It is
not required that you perform your audition with piano accompaniment, and the
Conservatory cannot provide an accompanist for you. But for those who would
like to work with a pianist, String faculty member Rhonda
Rider can provide a list of local collaborative pianists for hire. A
grand piano will be available in the audition room.
Audition materials should include:
- An etude or short virtuosic work that best
demonstrates your ability to shift freely around the whole range of the
instrument with good control of bowing articulation
- Two movements of unaccompanied Bach (bass
players may substitute with another work of their choice)
- A complete first or last movement of a
standard concerto
- A work of the applicant’s choice (a
20th-century work is recommended)
- Preparation of a melodic and a harmonic
minor scale of your choice in three to four octaves, performed with a
minimum of four notes slurred per bow, plus the corresponding arpeggios
(the arpeggio cycle of Flesch or Galamian is preferred and should be
performed three notes slurred to a bow)
- Sight reading at the live audition
Updated on 09/17/2018