Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Music 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 Department 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 technical work that best
demonstrates your ability to shift freely around 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 from the
standard concerto repertoire
- Prepare a scale of your choice (major or
minor) 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.
There
will be brief sight reading at the live audition.
Updated on 09/17/2018