Music at the Juilliard School

Strings audition information

Violin (BM)

Prescreen Repertoire

Please note: the completeness and thoughtfulness of live audition repertoire submitted with the application is a factor in the decision whether to invite a candidate for an audition.

1. - A slow and fast movement from a 19th-, 20th-, 21st-century concerto.
2. - One movement from an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita.
3. - One Paganini caprice.

Live Audition Repertoire

- Of Nos. 1 and 4 below, one must be a work composed since 1960.

•   Memorization of music since 1960 is encouraged but optional. All other compositions must be performed from memory.
• - Please minimize piano accompaniment interludes.
• - The completeness and thoughtfulness of live audition repertoire submitted with the application is a factor in the decision whether   to invite a candidate for an audition.

- A slow and fast movement from a 19th-, 20th-, 21st-century concerto.

1. - Two contrasting movements from an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita. No repeats please, unless ornamented. A dance        movement and its double constitute one movement. The Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in d minor will satisfy this requirement.
2. - One Paganini caprice.
3. - One brilliant concert piece. If the concerto in No. 1 was composed before 1960, this work must be post-1960.

Prescreen Repertoire

- No. 1 and, select either No. 2 OR No. 3.

- Two contrasting movements from any Bach solo suite (originally for cello) or sonata or partita (originally for violin).

1. - A sonata movement or short work, solo or with piano.
2. - A representative substantial portion of a concerto. Examples include (but are not limited to):
• - A slow-fast pair of movements of the Telemann.
• - First movement with cadenza of the Stamitz D Major, Hoffmeister D Major, Rolla E-flat Major or Vanhal C Major.
• - First or second movement of Walton.
• - First or second and third movements of Bartok.
• - Any movement of Hindemith Der Schwanendreher.
• - A substantial fast movement of any 20th or 21st-century concerto.

Live Audition Repertoire

- All compositions except for duo sonatas should be memorized.

• - Of Nos. 2 and 3, one must be a 20th or 21st-century composition.

- Two contrasting movements from any Bach solo suite (originally for cello) or sonata or partita (originally for violin).

1.   A sonata movement or short work, solo or with piano.
2. - A representative substantial portion of a concerto. Examples include (but are not limited to):
• - A slow-fast pair of movements of the Telemann.
• - First movement with cadenza of the Stamitz D Major, Hoffmeister D Major, Rolla E-flat Major or Vanhal C Major.
• - First or second movement of Walton.
• - First or second and third movements of Bartok.
• - Any movement of Hindemith Der Schwanendreher.
• - A substantial fast movement of any 20th or 21st-century concerto.

Accompanist information

Works with piano accompaniment must be accompanied for the live audition.

• We encourage you to use a Juilliard accompanist for your audition.
• Accompanists will be provided free of charge for the audition; please note that accompanists charge fees for rehearsals.
• A list of accompanists will be provided approximately two weeks before auditions. You must contact an accompanist from the list two weeks prior to your audition and provide him/her with a piano score of the repertoire for the audition.
• If you wish to bring your own accompanist, you may do so. However, Juilliard will not pay him/her, nor can your Juilliard audition be rescheduled around your accompanist's availability.
• If you plan to play with a Juilliard-provided accompanist, please carefully consider general familiarity of your repertoire. Juilliard cannot guarantee accompanists will know unusual or non-standard repertoire. Please be particularly mindful to select contemporary works that have become standard repertoire or have piano parts which are easily sight read. If the Juilliard accompanists hired for your audition day are unable to learn or sight read a non-standard work, you may need to play that work unaccompanied.

Cello (BM)

Prescreen Repertoire

- One movement of a concerto from the standard cello repertoire, such as Dvorak, Schumann, Haydn D or C, Lalo, Shostakovich, Barber, Herber    t, Prokofiev Sinfonia Concert ante, Elgar, or Saint-Saëns. If Saint-Saëns is chosen, please play the 2nd and 3rd movements; if Elgar is chose    n, please play either the 1st and 2nd movements or the 3rd and 4th movements; if Shostakovich Concerto #1 is chosen, please play the 1st an    d 2nd movements.

1. - A Bach prelude and one other movement from any Bach suite (the prelude and movement should come from the same suite).

Live Audition Repertoire

One movement of a concerto from the standard cello repertoire, such as Dvorak, Schumann, Haydn D or C, Lalo, Shostakovich, Barber, Herbert, Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante, Elgar, or Saint-Saëns. If Saint-Saëns is chosen, please play the 2nd and 3rd movements; if Elgar is chosen, please play either the 1st and 2nd movements or the 3rd and 4th movements; if Shostakovich Concerto #1 is chosen, please play the 1st and 2nd movements.

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2. A Bach prelude and one other movement from any Bach suite (the prelude and movement should come from the same suite).
3. One virtuoso piece such as those listed: Popper Spinning Song or Elfentanz, Paganini Moto Perpetuo, Faure Papillons, Boccherini Sonata L’Imperatrice, Piatti Caprices or Popper Etudes, Davidoff At the Fountain, Schubert Arpeggione Sonata (1st movement), or Tchaikovsky Pezzo Capricioso.
4. One work composed after 1945 such as works by Carter, Sessions, Dutilleux, Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Shapey, etc. which is 6-8 minutes in length. (The work may be either a complete short piece or a complete movement from a larger work.)
5. A short lyrical piece such as Saint-Saëns The Swan, Fauré Après un Rêve, Chopin/Popper Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2, Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Chopin Sonata slow movement, Schumann Five Pieces in Folk Style, 2nd movement, Schumann Fantasy Pieces, 1st movement, or the choice of the applicant.
6. First movement of a Classical or Romantic sonata. If Beethoven Op. 5 #1 or #2 is chosen, please only play the Rondos (last movements).

Accompanist information

Works with piano accompaniment must be accompanied for the live audition.

• We encourage you to use a Juilliard accompanist for your audition.
• Accompanists will be provided free of charge for the audition; please note that accompanists charge fees for rehearsals.
• A list of accompanists will be provided approximately two weeks before auditions. You must contact an accompanist from the list two weeks prior to your audition and provide him/her with a piano score of the repertoire for the audition.
• If you wish to bring your own accompanist, you may do so. However, Juilliard will not pay him/her, nor can your Juilliard audition be rescheduled around your accompanist's availability.
• If you plan to play with a Juilliard-provided accompanist, please carefully consider general familiarity of your repertoire. Juilliard cannot guarantee accompanists will know unusual or non-standard repertoire. Please be particularly mindful to select contemporary works that have become standard repertoire or have piano parts which are easily sight read. If the Juilliard accompanists hired for your audition day are unable to learn or sight read a non-standard work, you may need to play that work unaccompanied.

Double Bass (BM)

Prescreen Repertoire

- One movement from the Bach Cello Suites.

1. - A movement from the standard solo literature or  the 1st movement of a standard concerto (Dragonetti, Vanhal, Bottesini, 
2.   Dittersdorf, Koussevitzky) including published cadenza, if applicable. To be played with piano accompaniment, if appropriate.
3. - One standard orchestral excerpt of the applicant's choice.

Live Audition Repertoire

One movement from the Bach Cello Suites.

1. A movement from the standard solo literature or  the 1st movement of a standard concerto (Dragonetti, Vanhal, Bottesini, Dittersdorf, Koussevitzky) including published cadenza, if applicable.
2. Two standard orchestral excerpts of the applicant's choice.
3. One 3-octave scale and arpeggio of the applicant's choice.

Applicants are expected to bring their own instruments for the audition. We regret that there is no instrument storage available at The Juilliard School for auditioning applicants.

Accompanist information

 Works with piano accompaniment must be accompanied for the live audition.

 We encourage you to use a Juilliard accompanist for your audition.

 Accompanists will be provided free of charge for the audition; please note that accompanists charge fees for rehearsals.

 A list of accompanists will be provided approximately two weeks before auditions. You must contact an accompanist from the list two weeks prior to your audition and provide him/her with a piano score of the repertoire for the audition.

 If you wish to bring your own accompanist, you may do so. However, Juilliard will not pay him/her, nor can your Juilliard audition be rescheduled around your accompanist's availability.

 If you plan to play with a Juilliard-provided accompanist, please carefully consider general familiarity of your repertoire. Juilliard cannot guarantee accompanists will know unusual or non-standard repertoire. Please be particularly mindful to select contemporary works that have become standard repertoire or have piano parts which are easily sight read. If the Juilliard accompanists hired for your audition day are unable to learn or sight read a non-standard work, you may need to play that work unaccompanied.

                                                                                                                                                         Updated on 03/18/2019