Woodwinds
Woodwinds
Undergraduate
- A Chromatic scale encompassing your full range
- Two octave C, F and A major scales
- Two pieces of contrasting character, approximately five minutes in total duration. One should contain lyrical, melodic material primarily in the range just above the bass clef. The other should demonstrate your finger agility and articulation.
( Example Repertoire: Your audition material from Honor Band or All-State, pieces you prepared for Solo and Ensemble competitions, or other pieces you feel best demonstrate your current abilities, material from your current school band or orchestra pieces-if you haven’t yet studied any solo works).
If you are unsure of what to choose, please contact Eric Fassbender and he will help you find the right pieces for your audition.
Graduate
- Exposition of the Mozart or Weber concerto
- Piece for bassoon and piano, composed after 1900, of level comparable to the Paris Conservatoire contest pieces such as: Saint-Saens Sonata, Tansman Sonatina, Bozza Recit, Sicilienne et Rondo or Concertino,Duclos Faggotino
- The following Orchestral Excerpts:
- Marriage of Figaro
- Tchaikovsky 6
- Scheherazade mvmt 2 opening and cadenzas
- Two others of your choice
- A short piece or movement that best demonstrates your musical voice and interests. Please be prepared to share your reasons for choosing the work.
Contact Eric Fassbender prior to submitting an application.
Undergraduate
- All major scales (three octaves when possible, articulated up and slurred down)
- For recorded auditions, please select three scales that best demonstrate your ability
- A Chromatic scale (encompassing your full range, slurred)
- The first movement of a major Classical or Romantic-era concerto or sonata
- Examples: Mozart Concerto, Weber Concerti, Brahms Sonata, Saint-Saëns Sonata, etc.
- May be submitted without piano accompaniment, if applicable
- A movement of a work from the following list:
- Larsen: Dancing Solo
- Stravinsky: Three Pieces
- Osborne: Rhapsody (complete)
- D'Rivera: The Cape Cod Files
- Two contrasting orchestral excerpts
Contact Joshua Anderson for any questions prior to your audition.
Graduate
- Be prepared to demonstrate all major/melodic minor scales and arpeggios
- For recorded auditions, please select five scales and arpeggios that best demonstrate your ability.
- Prepare the first movement of one of the following concerti:
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major
- Weber: Clarinet Concerto in F minor
- Weber: Clarinet Concerto in Eb major
- Copland: Clarinet Concerto (beginning to the end of the cadenza)
- Prepare the first movement of one of the following sonatas:
- Brahms: Sonata in F minor
- Brahms: Sonata in Eb major
- Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Clarinet
- Hindemith: Sonata for Clarinet
- Prepare a selection from one of the following works:
- Stravinsky: Three Pieces (No. 2 or 3)
- Larsen: Dancing Solo
- Chen Yi: Monologues
- D'Rivera: The Cape Cod Files
- Prepare three contrasting orchestral excerpts
Contact Joshua Anderson prior to submitting an application.
Undergraduate
- Three major scales (two octaves, tongued up and slurred down)
- Chromatic scale, three octaves if possible, tongued
- Two musical selections from a sonata, concerto, etude, or orchestral work that highlight your technical proficiency and melodic lyricism
( Example Repertoire: Mozart: Concerto in G, Faure: Fantasie, any sonata by Bach, Telemann, or Handel, an etude from Melodious and Progressive Studies ed. Robert Cavally, Book 1, 2, or 3 (Southern Music company), Standard Orchestral Flute Excerpts).
Contact Mary Miller for any questions prior to your audition.
Graduate
- An exposition from a standard flute concerto
- A flute sonata or unaccompanied solo
- One etude selected from the following:
- Casterade: 12 Etudes
- Jean Jean: Modern Etudes
- Hugues: 40 New Studies
- Four Standard Orchestral Excerpts that showcase your range, technical proficiency and melodic lyricism
( Example Repertoire: Mozart: Concerto in D or G, Nielsen: Concerto, Ibert: Concerto, Liebermann: Sonata, Prokofiev: Sonata, Fukushima: Mei, Messian: Le Merle Noir, Coleman: Danza de la Mariposa).
Contact Mary Miller prior to submitting an application.
Undergraduate
- Two major scales, preferably slurred
- A single work, or two contrasting short works (one of which could be an etude or ensemble excerpt), totaling no more than eight minutes, which demonstrate technical proficiency, sound production and phrasing
Contact Aaron Hill for any questions prior to your audition.
Graduate
- Three contrasting solo works from three different centuries. Can include selections from an undergraduate senior recital program.
- Two Orchestral Excerpts
- Two Etudes
Contact Aaron Hill prior to submitting an application.
Undergraduate
- Two major scales, preferably slurred
- A single work, or two contrasting short works (one of which could be an etude or ensemble excerpt), totaling no more than eight minutes, which demonstrate technical proficiency, sound production and phrasing
Contact Aaron Hill for any questions prior to your audition.
Graduate
- Three contrasting solo works from three different centuries. Can include selections from an undergraduate senior recital program
- Two Etudes
Contact Aaron Hill prior to submitting an application.