UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance - University of Michigan

Strings Audition Information

Violin (BM)

Pre-Screening Requirements

Please upload the following items:

• One movement of a standard concerto
• One movement of solo Bach

In-Person Audition Requirements

Prepare the first movement of a concerto (including cadenza if one is written), two contrasting movements of a Bach sonata or partita, and one caprice chosen from:

• Paganini Caprices, op. 1
• Wieniawski Caprices, op. 18
• Wieniawski Ecole Moderne, op. 10
• Dont Etudes, op. 35

All solo literature must be performed from memory. Sight-reading may be assessed at the audition.

Viola (BM)

Pre-Screening Requirements

Please upload the following items:

• One movement of a standard concerto
• One movement of solo Bach

In-Person Audition Requirements

Prepare an etude representing your current level of technical development; two contrasting movements of a Bach sonata, partita, or unaccompanied suite; and a movement from the standard viola concerto literature (no Telemann).

Both the Bach and the concerto should be played from memory.

Cello (BM)

Pre-Screening Requirements

Please upload the following items:

• One movement of a standard concerto
• One movement of solo Bach or an etude (Popper, Duport, Piatti, etc.)

In-Person Audition Requirements

Prepare an etude representing your current level of technical development, two contrasting movements from one of the Bach unaccompanied suites, and an allegro movement from the standard cello concerto literature.

Both the Bach and the concerto should be played from memory.

Double Bass (BM)

Pre-Screening Requirements

Please upload the following items:

• One movement of a standard concerto
• One movement of solo Bach

In-Person Audition Requirements

Prepare an etude representing your current level of technical development, a movement from a standard concerto, a contrasting work or movement of a work of your choice, and a few minutes of excerpts from standard orchestral repertoire.

One of the solo works or movements should be played from memory.

Harp (BM)

Pre-screening Requirements

This program does not pre-screen at this time. Please be sure to fill out the required portions of the Artistic Profile but you do not need to upload recordings unless you are doing a Recorded Audition.

In-Person Audition Requirements

Prepare ALL of the following:

1. Four octaves of ascending and descending arpeggios in two keys, alternating hands
2. Four octaves of a scale in one key, hands together
3. One etude
4. Two substantial works of contrasting style and/or time period.

All solo literature must be performed from memory.

Updated on 10/05/2018