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Violin
Prescreening Repertoire
The first step of the
audition process is for you, the applicant, to upload a prescreening video by
the December 1st application deadline. Piano accompaniment is required. The
prescreening recording must contain the following repertoire:
The prescreening recording
must consist of a concerto from the list below (only required movements) with
accompaniment. No other material is required or requested.
Live Audition Repertoire
If you are invited to audition, you must prepare works from each category
listed below. All violin audition repertoire must be memorized, with no
exceptions. Piano accompaniment is required. A list of pianists will be
provided.
Audition repertoire is the same for both
undergraduate and graduate programs.
Scales
All 3-octave major and minor scales, using melodic and harmonic forms of minors
Arpeggios
All
3-octave arpeggios, major and minor
Etudes
Choice
of any Dont or Gavinés etude, or a Paganini Caprice
Bach
One
movement of the applicant’s choice
Concerto Movement
Choose one work from this list; prepare movements as indicated:
Other: One virtuoso piece of the applicant’s choice
Viola
Prescreening Repertoire
The first step of the
audition process is for you, the applicant, to upload a prescreening video by
the December 1st application deadline. The prescreening recording must contain
the following 4 repertoire selections:
1. Any Bach Cello Suite prelude or any movement from Bach’s Violin
Sonatas and Partitas
2. One of the following:
A. Any two movements from a solo work by Hindemith or Reger
B. Pendercki Cadenza for Solo Viola
C. Any Paganini Caprice
D. A work that is comparable to those listed A-C.
3. Stamitz or Hoffmeister
Concerto – 1st movement (with cadenza)
4. One piece of your choice. You can play either one movement or the entire
work. Selections 1, 2 and 3 must be performed by memory. Selection 3 must be
performed with piano. Please upload each work as an individual track.
Live Audition
Repertoire
If you are invited to
audition, you must prepare a work from each category listed below. No
substitutions. These works have been chosen in conjunction with our
collaborative piano faculty. Piano accompaniment is required. A list of
pianists will be provided.
Category 1
Bartok,
Concerto (1st or 3rd movement)
Hindemith, Der Schwanendreher (1st or last movement)
Paganini, La Campanella
Paganini, Sonata per la Grand Viola
Walton, Concerto (1st or 2nd movement)
Category 2
Bloch
Suite Hebraique (1st movement)
Brahms, Sonata in Eb (1st movement)
Brahms, Sonata in F minor (1st movement)
Bridge, Allegro Appassionato
Clarke, Sonata (1st or 2nd movement)
Hindemith, Op. 11/4 (1st movement)
Rochberg Sonata (1st movement)
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata (1st movement)
Schumann, Marchenbilder (1st or 3rd movement)
Shostakovich, Sonata (2nd movement)
Vieuxtemps Sonata, 1st movement (without the introduction)
Category 3
One piece of your choice
from selections 1, 2 or 3 from the prescreening list. You may perform the same
work you submitted for your prescreening video.
Cello
Prescreening
Repertoire
The first step of the
audition process is for you, the applicant, to upload a prescreening video by
the December 1st application deadline. Piano accompaniment is required. The
prescreening recording must contain the following repertoire:
Live Audition
Repertoire
If you are invited to
audition, you must prepare works from each category listed below. All
violoncello audition repertoire must be memorized, with no exceptions. Piano
accompaniment is required. A list of pianists will be provided.
Scales
All 3-octave major and minor scales, using melodic and harmonic forms of minors
Arpeggios
All 4-octave arpeggios, major and minor
Etudes
Choice of Popper #6 or #9 AND any Piatti Caprice
Concerto Movement
Prepare the first movement of one of the following, unless otherwise noted:
• Barber, Concerto
• Dvorak, Concerto, B minor, Op. 104
• Haydn, Concerto, D Major
• Prokofiev, Symphonie Concertante, Op. 125
• Schumann Concerto
• Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations, Op. 33 (complete)
• Shostakovich, Cadenza and final movement, Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major
Other
One virtuoso piece such as:
• Davidoff, At the Fountain, Op. 20 #2
• Chopin, Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3
• Paganini, Moses Variations
• Popper, Elfentanz
Double
Base
Prescreening
Repertoire
The first step of the
audition process is for you, the applicant, to upload a prescreening video by
the December 1st application deadline. Piano accompaniment is required. The
prescreening recording must contain the following repertoire:
The prescreening video must
include the first movement from one of the standard concertos listed below
(without cadenza); one movement of the player’s choice from the Suites for Solo
Cello by J.S. Bach; and all of the same audition orchestral excerpt
requirements listed in the audition repertoire specific to your program below.
Live Audition
Repertoire
If you are invited to
audition, you must prepare works from each category listed below. Piano
accompaniment is required. A list of accompanists will be provided. There is no
memorization requirement for double bass.
Bachelor of Music
(BM) and Performance Diploma (PD) Applicants
Scales
Two 3-octave major and minor scales, using melodic and harmonic forms of minor
Arpeggios
Two 3-octave arpeggios, major and minor
Concerto
1st movement from one of the following standard double bass concertos (without
cadenza)
Bach
One movement from any of the violoncello suites
Orchestral Excerpts
choose three different composers below and perform one excerpt from each, for a
total of three excerpts
Master of Music
(MM), Artist Diploma (AD) and Professional Studies Certificate (PSC) Applicants
Scales
All 3-octave major and minor scales, using melodic and harmonic forms of minor
Arpeggios
All 3-octave arpeggios, major and minor
Concerto
1st and 2nd movements from one of
the following standard double bass concertos (without cadenza)
Bach
One movement from any of the violincello suites
Orchestral Excerpts
One standard excerpt from each of the following composers, for a total of
five excerpts
Updated on 08/08/2018