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Classical Guitar Audition Information
GUITAR (CLASSICAL)
A prescreening video is required. To accommodate prescreening, applicants are strongly urged to submit applications well before the deadline of December 1. Each piece of repertoire must be unedited and recorded separately.
PRESCREEN REQUIREMENTS:
Same as audition requirements (can be different pieces than what are played for the live audition)
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Undergraduate
Graduate
Below are examples of CIM guitar audition material, with 3 contrasting style works. Mr. Vieaux or Mr. Davin may stop you in the middle of a piece in order to hear other works. Being stopped for time constraints is no reflection on the guitarist's performance.
Example
1
BACH Allemande from BWV 995 Suite
MERTZ Elegie
MARTIN "Comme Une Gigue" from Quatre Pieces Breves
Example
2
SCARLATTI Sonata K. 1
PONCE 1st Movement from Sonata No. 3
CARTER Changes
Example
3
DOWLAND Fantaisie No. 10
GIULIANI Grande Overture, Op. 61
TURINA Sonata, 1st movement
Example
4
SOR Op. 9 Variations
GINASTERA Sonata, 2nd Movement
JOBIM "A Felicidade" (arr. Dyens)
Updated on 04/09/2019