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Graduate Music Audition Requirements & Repertoire - UNCSA

Strings Audition Requirements

 

Instrumental & Composition Applicants
Graduate Audition Dates

Friday, January 25, 2019
Friday, February 8, 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019

Scholarship Consideration
Students who audition after February 9, 2019  will not be eligible for merit scholarship consideration.

 

Violin (MM)

  • Two movements of a J.S. Bach solo sonata or partita, preferably from memory
  • Two movements
  •  Of a concerto from the standard repertoire
  • A work written after 1940

 

If you have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please contact violin faculty members Kevin Lawrence (lawrencek@uncsa.edu), Ida Bieler (bieleri@uncsa.edu) or Janet Orenstein (orensteinj@uncsa.edu) about their respective studios.

 

Viola (MM)

  • Two contrasting movements from Bach cello Suites, Violin Sonatas, or Partitas, preferably from memory
  • Two movements of a concerto from the standard repertoire
  • A major sonata

 

If you have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please contact string department chair Kevin Lawrence at lawrencek@uncsa.edu.

 

Cello (MM)

  • Two movements of a standard concerto
  • A Prelude and contrasting dance movement from solo Bach
  • A showpiece or contemporary work written after 1940

 

If you have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please contact cello professor Brooks Whitehouse at whitehouseb@uncsa.edu.

 

Double Bass (MM)

  • Two movements of a J.S. Bach unaccompanied Suite
  • One piece demonstrating lyricism
  • One piece that displays virtuosic technique
  •  Three to five standard orchestral excerpts from different composers
  • At least two different eras should be represented in your solo selections, and at least 20minutes of music should be prepared for presentation.
  • At least one piece should be a concerto or sonata movement, or a substantial showpiece from the standard double bass repertory.

 

If you have questions regarding specific repertoire or the audition process, please contact double bass professor Paul Sharpe if there are questions regarding specific repertoire.

 

Harp (MM)

There is no graduate degree offered for 2018-2019 academic term at UNCSA.

 

 

Updated on 10/12/2018