SFCM | San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Piano audition

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: PIANO

Acceptance into the Piano program at SFCM requires pre-screening.

Live auditions at the Conservatory are required of the following applicants:

• Anyone residing in California

Regional auditions are available for the following applicants:

• Applicants residing outside of California

Final audition recordings are accepted from the following applicants:

• Undergraduate applicants residing outside of California
• Graduate applicants residing outside the United States
• Final recordings must be submitted online through the formal Application, found here, no later than December 1.

PRE-SCREENING

Applicants must submit an unedited audio-visual recording with the following repertoire:

Undergraduate (recording must be at least 20 minutes in length)

• The first movement of a Classical period sonata
• A complete and substantial Romantic period work (such as a Ballade or the Mephisto Waltz) or at least two contrasting movements of a larger multi-movement work
• One short work of the candidate's choice. This may be, for example, an etude, a prelude and fugue, or a character piece from any period

Graduate (recording must be at least 30 minutes in length)

• The first movement of a Classical period sonata
• A complete and substantial Romantic period work (such as a Ballade or the Mephisto Waltz) or at least two contrasting movements of a larger multi-movement work
• One short work of the candidate's choice. This may be, for example, an etude, a prelude and fugue, or a character piece from any period

FINAL AUDITION REPERTOIRE

Undergraduate

A complete work from each of the following periods:

• Baroque (a prelude and fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier or a fugal movement from a suite)
• Classical (a complete sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, or Schubert)
• Romantic (a work from the 19th century)
• Contemporary (a work from the 20th or 21st century)

Graduate

• A major work of Bach (partita, toccata, suite, etc.)
• An entire Classical sonata
• A Romantic work equal in difficulty to a Chopin ballade or scherzo
• A 20th-century work equal in difficulty to the Copland Variations or the Bartók Suite Op. 14

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  Updated on 08/10/2018