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Strings Audition Information

 

 

Violin (BM)

 

Review the UNT Violin Audition Requirements prior to submitting your application. 

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l  Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas (BWV 1001-1006): two contrasting movements from the same sonata or partita or Chaconne

 

l  1st or 3rd movement from a Romantic or Post-Romantic concerto (written after 1800)  

 

 

l  Either Bach or the movement of a concerto must be memorized. 

 

 

 

 

 

Violin (Education, Composition, and B.A.)

 

 

l  One or two movements from Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas (BWV 1001-1006)

 

l  One movement of a concerto (or a concert piece) showing technical capacity above 3rd and 4th positions. (Exclusions: "Meditation" from Thais, or any similar slow pieces.)

 

l  One major and one minor scale (excluding G and A) in 3 octaves to be performed in sixteen notes, 8 or 12 notes per bow, quarter note = 80 or faster)

 

 

 

Viola (BM)

 

Review the UNT String Audition Requirements prior to submitting your application. 

 

 

l  A movement from a standard viola concerto and a pair of movements from a Bach solo suite.

 

l  Please note that the works listed are only suggested pieces; any standard work of comparable quality is acceptable.

 

l  There is no memory requirement.

 

l  The instrumentalist should prepare 10-15 minutes of music.

 

 

 

Cello (BM)

 

Review the UNT String Audition Requirements prior to submitting your application. 

 

l  First movement of a standard concerto (Dvorak, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, etc.), and a movement of a solo Bach suite.

l  Please note that the works listed are only suggested pieces; any standard work of comparable quality is acceptable.

l  There is no memory requirement.

l  The instrumentalist should prepare 10-15 minutes of music.

 

 

 

Double Bass (BM)

 

Review the UNT String Audition Requirements prior to submitting your application. 

 

 

l  First movement from any of the standard double bass concertos or equivalent single-movement works, e.g., Bottesini, Dragonetti, Dittersdorf, Koussevitzky, etc., and two standard orchestral excerpts.  

 

l  Please note that the works listed are only suggested pieces; any standard work of comparable quality is acceptable.  

 

l  There is no memory requirement.  

 

l  The instrumentalist should prepare 10-15 minutes of music.

 

 

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Harp (BM)

 

 

Review the UNT String Audition Requirements prior to submitting your application. 



l  A solo performed from memory, showing technical proficiency and musicianship. The solo should display a minimum difficulty level represented by the suggested repertoire (Solos of a higher difficulty level may be substituted.): Impromptu Caprice (Pierné), Chanson dans la nuit (Salzedo), Féerie, Vers la source dans le bois, or Etude de concert (Tournier), Any Naderman Sonata, Sarabanda e Toccata (Nino Rota), Concerto in Bb, mvt. 1 (Handel, any transcription), any of the Six Sonatinas, (Dussek), Absidioles (Andres), La Source (Hasselmans), Variations on a Theme of Mozart (Glinka), Sonata (Parry)

 

l  A second solo of your choice. The work should be from a contrasting style and period, compared to the first solo.

 

l  One cadenza from an orchestral work such as: Waltz of the Flowers or Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky), Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Britten), or Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakov).

 

                                                                                                                        

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                                                                                                                             ​Updated on 04/26/2019