Butler School of Music

Butler School of Music - The University of Texas at Austin

Strings Audition Information

 

 

 

Violin (MM & DMA)

 

 

Video Prescreening (required)

 

▶ Memorization is REQUIRED for ALL works.

▶ Piano accompaniment for the prescreening recording is REQUIRED.

 

ü  One movement of a standard concerto

ü  One movement from 6 Solo Sonatas and Partitas by J.S. Bach

ü  One Paganini caprice of the applicant's choice

 

 

▶Please note a movement and its "Double" constitute one movement.

▶Each prescreen selection may be recorded in a separate video. Upload and attach your video prescreening to the Butler School of Music application form and submit by December 1. Audio-only prescreening submissions do not qualify.

 

Audition (if invited)

 

▶Memorization is REQUIRED for ALL works.


▶Accompaniment is not required or provided for the live audition, but permitted if so desired and provided by the auditionee.

 

ü  One movement of a standard concerto

ü  One movement from 6 Solo Sonatas and Partitas by J.S. Bach

ü  One Paganini caprice of the applicant's choice

ü  First movement exposition from Violin Concerto No. 3, 4 or 5 by W.A. Mozart

 

 

Viola Performance (MM)

 

 

Video Prescreening (required)

 

▶One movement from the Bach Cello Suites OR from the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

  • ▶An outer movement of a standard concerto

All concerti and unaccompanied works are to be performed from memory in both prescreening and live rounds.

 

▶Piano accompaniment for the prescreening recording is required. If invited, no accompaniment will be allowed at the live audition.

▶Each prescreen selection may be recorded in a separate video. Upload and attach your video prescreening to the Butler School of Music application form and submit by December 1. Audio-only prescreening submissions do not qualify.

 

Audition (if invited)

 

l  Two contrasting movements from the Bach Cello Suites

l  An outer movement of a standard concerto

l  A fast movement from a standard sonata work

 

Please note, all concerti and unaccompanied works are to be performed from memory in both prescreening and live rounds.

 

 

 

Viola Performance (DMA)

 

 

Video Prescreening (required)

 

l  One movement from the Bach Cello Suites or from the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

l  An outer movement of a standard concerto

l  A fast movement from a standard sonata work

 

▶All concerti and unaccompanied works are to be performed from memory in both prescreening and live rounds.

▶Piano accompaniment for the prescreening recording is required. If invited, no accompaniment will be allowed at the live audition.

▶Each prescreen selection may be recorded in a separate video. Upload and attach your video prescreening to the Butler School of Music application form and submit by December 1. Audio-only prescreening submissions do not qualify.

 

Audition (if invited)

 

l  Two contrasting movements from the Bach Cello Suites

l  An outer movement of a standard concerto

l  A fast movement from a standard sonata work

l  Another piece of the applicant’s choice

 

Please note, all concerti and unaccompanied works are to be performed from memory in both prescreening and live rounds.

 

 

Cello (MM)

 

l  A complete unaccompanied Bach suite

l  A complete standard concerto

l  One other contrasting work or movement from a work

 

All concerti and unaccompanied works (before 1950) are to be performed from memory.

 

 

Cello (DMA)

 

l  A complete unaccompanied Bach suite, from suites 4, 5 or 6

l  A complete Haydn concerto

l  Two other contrasting works or movements from a work

 

All concerti and unaccompanied works (before 1950) are to be performed from memory.

 

 

Double Bass (MM & DMA)

 

 

l  One movement from a standard double bass concerto.

l  Two contrasting movements from a standard double bass sonata or two contrasting movements from the Bach suites for cello.

l  Any two standard orchestral excerpts chosen from the following composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Strauss.

 

 

Harp (MM)

 

▶One movement chosen from:

 

ü  Lariviere: Etude No. 36, 37 or 38

ü  Pozzoli: Studi di Media Difficolta

ü  Bochsa: Studies, O. 34

ü  Nadermann: Sept Sonatas Progressives

 

▶Two contrasting works from other periods

▶At least two works must be performed from memory; etudes may be performed from printed music.

 

 

Harp (DMA)

 

l  Two contrasting movements of Bach or Scarlatti, one slow and one fast

l  Two pieces from contrasting periods

l  One movement of a concerto

 

At least two works must be performed from memory; etudes may be performed from printed music.

 

If you have any further questions regarding harp audition requirements, please contact Delaine Leonard by email or phone: 512/413-3152.

 

 

                                                                                                                          

 

                                                                                                                              Updated on 04/24/2019