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Strings Audition Information
VIOLIN AND VIOLIN SUZUKI
PEDAGOGY
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:
One
movement of a concerto, one movement of Bach, and one etude
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Undergraduate
(must be
played from memory)
- All major and minor scales/arpeggios in
three octaves (not required on video recording)
- Two etudes or caprices by Dont, Gavinies,
Kreutzer, Paganini, Rode, or the equivalent
- Two contrasting movements from a Bach sonata
or partita (Ciaccona from Bach's Second Partita may be used as the
equivalent.)
- One movement from a standard concerto
-
Graduate
(must be
played from memory)
- Two contrasting movements from a Bach sonata
or partita (Ciaccona from Bach's Second Partita may be used as the
equivalent.)
- An entire standard concerto or concert piece
of the applicant's choice
- Other solo of the applicant's choice
- Scales, arpeggios, and thirds may be
requested (not required on recorded auditions)
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For an Artist Diploma or DMA audition
The
violin faculty selects from the following requirements:
- An entire sonata or partita for violin solo
by Bach
- A first movement with cadenza of a Mozart
violin concerto
- Two Paganini caprices or a substantial
virtuoso piece: Ravel Tzigane, St. Saëns Rondo
Capriccioso, Ysaÿe Ballade, Sarasate Carmen
Fantasy (or another piece of the candidate's choice as approved
by the head of the violin department)
- A complete Romantic violin concerto with
appropriate cadenzas (Beethoven Concerto also acceptable)
VIOLA
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.
PRESCREENING REQUIREMENTS:
(must be
played from memory)
- A scale of your choice in three octaves,
once slurring six and once with a spiccato stroke
- One movement of a Bach cello suite or violin
sonata/partita
- First movement from a standard viola
concerto
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AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Undergraduate
(must be
played from memory)
- A scale of your choice in three
octaves, once slurring six and once with a spiccato stroke
- Two contrasting movements from a
solo Bach suite, sonata, partita or an equivalent solo work
- One movement from a standard viola
concerto
Graduate
(must be
played from memory)
- A scale of your choice in three octaves,
once slurring six and once with a spiccato stroke
- Two contrasting movements from a solo Bach
suite, sonata, partita or an equivalent solo work
- One movement from a standard viola concerto
CELLO AND CELLO SUZUKI PEDAGOGY
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 a different etude, suite, concerto or concerto
movement than what is played for the live audition)
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
(must be
played from memory):
- Two contrasting etudes of Franchomme,
Piatti, or Popper
- Two contrasting movements from a Bach suite
- One movement of a standard concerto, or
- Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme:
theme, variations 1, 2, 3
-
For a DMA or Artist Diploma
audition
The
cello faculty will select from the following requirements:
- An entire Bach Suite
- Complete standard concerto, or
- Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme:
theme, variations 1, 2, 3, and finale
- 20th- or 21st-Century composition
(memorization not required)
DOUBLE BASS
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:
Undergraduate and Graduate
- First movement of a standard concerto (or
work of similar scope)
- One movement from a Bach cello suite*
- Two orchestral excerpts, by different
composers, representing contrasting styles and techniques
-
LIVE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Undergraduate
- First movement of a standard
concerto (or work of similar scope)
- One movement from a Bach cello
suite*
- Two orchestral excerpts, by
different composers, representing contrasting styles and techniques
- A piece of choice**
Graduate
- Two movements of a standard
concerto (or work of similar scope)
- One movement from a Bach cello
suite*
- Three orchestral excerpts, by
different composers, representing contrasting styles and techniques
- A piece of choice**
-
*For
Bach:
- Any key
- Please play all repeats, including
Da Capo if applicable (no repeats on D.C.)
- Modern bow or period bow are both
acceptable
- Ornaments on repeats are welcome
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**Piece
of Choice:
Something that represents you as a unique musician; can be any time period,
style,
genre, etc. Possibilities include:
- Contemporary/Modern
- Jazz
- Pop Arrangements
- Bluegrass
- Showpiece/transcription
- Additional movement of Bach,
concerto, excerpt, etc.
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DMA Applicants
Please
contact Scott Dixon, the department head, at scott.dixon@cim.edu to discuss
appropriate audition repertoire.
HARP
A
prescreening recording is not required, except for doctor of musical arts
applicants. If you wish to upload a video recording to your application, you
may do so. The recording should consist of selections from the audition
repertoire. Doctor of musical arts applicants should record approximately
30 minutes of the repertoire below.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Two solo works of contrasting
style (preferably memorized)
- Level III Warm-Up from On Playing
the Harp by Yolanda Kondonassis (published by Carl Fischer)
- One orchestral excerpt of the
applicant's choice
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- Updated on 04/09/2019