Audition - Curtis Institute

Classical Guitar Audition Information

Classical Guitar (BM)

Audition Repertoire

Applicants will play works selected from categories A through E. Everything except the chamber piece is to be played 

from memory.

A. Two of the following études by different composers:

Regondi, Étude No. 2

• Regondi, Étude No. 5
• Regondi, Étude No. 8
• Regondi, Étude No. 10
• Sor, Studio in G Major, Op. 29, No. 3
• Sor, Studio in A Major, Op. 6, No. 6
• Sor, Studio in C Major, Op. 29, No. 17
• Villa-Lobos, Étude No. 3
• Villa-Lobos, Étude No. 7
• Villa-Lobos, Étude No. 10
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B. One of the following complete pieces:

J. S. Bach, Chaconne from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004

• J. S. Bach, Lute Suite No. 2, BWV 997
• J. S. Bach, Lute Suite No. 3, BWV 995
• J. S. Bach, Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998
• Giuliani, Variations on a March by Cherubini, Op. 110
• Matiegka, Sonata in B minor, Op. 31, no. 6
• Regondi, Introduction and Caprice, Op. 23
• Regondi, Reverie-Nocturne, Op. 19
• Sor, Fantaisie, Op. 7
• Sor, Fantaisie No. 7, Op. 30
• Sor, Souvenirs d'une Soiree a Berlin, Op. 56
• Sor, Fantaisie Elegiaque, Op. 59
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C. One of the following complete pieces:

Ponce, Thème varié et finale

• Ponce, Sonata No. 3
• Ponce, Variations and Fugue on "La Folia"
• José, Sonata
• Britten, Nocturnal after John Dowland
• Walton, Bagatelles
• Ginastera, Sonata, Op. 47
• Carter, Changes
• Berio, Sequenza XI
• Brouwer, Sonata
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D. One of the following concertos (first movement only; accompanist provided):

Giuliani, Concerto in A major, Op. 30

• Ponce, Concierto del Sur
• Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez
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E. One of the following chamber pieces (chamber partner provided):

Crumb, Mundus Canis: movements 2 and 4

• Giuliani, Rondo, Op. 68, No. 2 in B minor (for guitar and piano)
• Takemitsu, Toward the Sea (for alto flute and guitar), movement 3

                                                                                                              Updated on 04/11/2019