Graduate Music Admissions

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Professional Studies Audition Requirements

Opera and Voice (All works to be performed from memory)

1. A recitative and aria from an opera or oratorio
2. Three songs or arias, selecting one each from among the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary periods.  Each selection must also be in a different language (English, German, French, or Italian.)

Piano (All works to be performed from memory)

1. A contrapuntal Baroque work
2. An entire sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, or Schubert
3. A large Romantic work
4. An Impressionistic or Contemporary piece

Guitar

1. Two movements of a Bach suite transcription from violin, cello, or lute
2. Two etudes from Twelve Etudes by Villa Lobos
3. Two movements from any sonata by Sor, Tedesco, Ponce, or Berkeley

Strings (applicants are encouraged to arrange for an accompanist for the audition.  For a list of accompanists, contact Eric Schweingruber.

1. At least two movements from a Bach unaccompanied sonata
2. A movement from a Classical concerto or sonata
3. A movement from a Romantic concerto or sonata
4. A work from the Contemporary period

Woodwinds and Brass (applicants are encouraged to arrange for an accompanist for the audition.  For a list of accompanists, contact Eric Schweingruber.

1. Two contrasting etudes
2. A concerto, sonata, or solo work
3. Excerpts from the standard orchestral repertoire

Percussion

1. Snare Drum: an etude from the Twelve Studies for Snare Drum (Douze Etudes pour Caisse Claire) by Delecluse
2. Bar Percussion:  a solo form, or equivalent to, the Bach Partitas for Solo Violin or the Creston Concertino for Marimba
3. Timpani:  a solo equivalent to "March" from the Carter Eight Pieces for Timpani
4. Multi Percussion:  a taped performance of a piece equivalent to the Dahl Duettino Concertante
5. Orchestral repertoire:  choose six representative selections for each medium of snare drum, glockenspiel, xylophone, and timpani from the standard orchestra audition repertoire
6. Orchestral repertoire:  choose three representative selections each for tambourine and cymbals from the standard orchestra audition repertoire
7. Sightreading