Undergraduate Audition l Eastman School of Music

Woodwind Audition Information

Bassoon (BM)

2020 Rochester Audition Dates: February 14th, February 21st, and February 28^th

Pre-screen recording:

Upload a video recording within your online application which includes the following repertoire  

l  Three to five minute solo of the applicant’s choice.

l  One Milde étude from Op. 24

l  Orchestral Excerpt, Ravel: Bolero  Solo (rehearsal 2 to 3)

Live Audition: 

Applicants who are invited to a live audition should be prepared to perform the following:

l  All major, and either harmonic OR melodic minor scales, using the complete range of the instrument up to a high B or C depending on the key.

l  Milde Concert Study #29 op. 26

l  A standard concerto of the applicant’s choice

l  One piece written since 1950 of the applicant’s choice

l  Orchestral Excerpts:

ü  Ravel: Bolero rehearsal 2 to 3; and

ü  Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4: mvt. II, m. 274 to end

l  Sight Reading

Clarinet (BM)

2020 Rochester Audition Dates: February 7th, February 14th, February 21st, and February 28^th

Pre-screening requirement: 

Before December 1, all clarinet applicants seeking a live audition must upload a pre-screen video recording. Your video should include 

the following:  

l  One etude from Rose 32 Etudes

l  Mozart Concerto, K.622, First movement exposition with piano accompaniment 

l  Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Second movement: from one bar before D through two bars after E (mm. 68-77)

l  Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo): Beginning to bar 48

Live Audition: If approved from pre-screening, the applicant will perform the following at the live audition, without piano accompaniment. 

l  Two Etudes from Rose 32 Etudes 

ü  -One slow etude from the following: 1, 11, 13, 19, 21, or 31

ü  -One fast etude from the following: 10, 16, 20, or 24

l  One of the following solo works: 

ü  Mozart Concerto, K. 622: Movement 1

ü  Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie (complete)

l   One 20th or 21st century unaccompanied solo, such as: 

ü  Donald Martino A Set for Clarinet (first movement) 

ü  Olivier Messiaen Abyss of the Birds (complete)

ü  Miklos Rozsa Sonatina Op. 27 (first movement)

ü  William O. Smith Five Pieces (two contrasting movements)

ü  Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces (complete)

ü  Heinrich Sutermeister Capriccio (complete)

l   All three of the following orchestral selections: 

ü  Beethoven Symphony No. 6 First movement: two bars before K to the end of the solo (mm. 474 to 492)

ü  Second movement: one bar before D through two bars before E (mm. 68-77)

ü  Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo) Beginning to bar 48

ü  Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol First Movement: from A to B; and from C to the end of the movement

Flute (BM)

2020 Rochester Audition Dates: February 7th, February 14th, February 21st, and February 28th

Pre-screening requirement:  

l  Before December 1, all flute applicants seeking a live audition must upload a pre-screen video.

l  The pre-screening recording must include each of the following items. It can be recorded either with or without piano accompaniment. 

ü  Mozart: Entire first and second movements plus cadenzas from either D or G major concerto

ü  J.S. Bach: 2 movements from a sonata or partita of your choice

ü  A work of your choice

l  The following 3 standard orchestral excerpts (not the entire work): 

ü  Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3: mm. 328 through 360

ü  Brahms: Symphony IV;  Movement 4, mm. 89-103

ü  Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream; from 12 measures before P to the end.

Live Audition – Each of the following: 

l  A Mozart concerto

l  A sonata or partita by J. S. Bach

l  A work of your choice

l  Orchestral excerpts as appropriate to training and experience

Oboe (BM)

2020 Rochester Audition Dates: February 7th, February 14th, February 21st, and February 28^th 

l  Any concerto from the standard repertoire (such as Mozart, Marcello, Strauss, etc.) ORany sonata from the standard repertoire (such as Handel or Hindemith)

l  A standard study, such as Barret or Ferling

l  Orchestral excerpts as appropriate to training and experience

Saxophone (BM)

2020 Rochester Audition Dates: February 7th, February 14th and February 21^st

Pre-screening requirement: 

l  Before December 1, all saxophone applicants seeking a live audition must upload a preliminary audition video recording. 

l  Please make a video recording of the following: Please upload repertoire in the order listed. If approved from pre-screening, the live audition should follow the same repertoire guidelines, and can present the same or different material.

Examples of recommended repertoire:

l  Any concerto or sonata from the standard repertoire, such as Creston, Desenclos, Glazunov, Ibert, or equivalent

l  Two etudes of contrasting tempo, such as Voxman, Ferling, or Karg-Elert

Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for their requirements.