List of Suggested Audition Material

Voice

All voice applicants for the B.A. degree program are required to sing one song/aria in Italian or English from the anthologies listed below or the equivalent.

All voice applicants for the B.M. degree program are required to sing two songs/arias from the anthologies listed below or the equivalent.

Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias (Shirmer or Paton) (High of Low)

Italian Arias of the Baroque and Classical Periods, Paton (High or Low)

English Songs of the Renaissance to Baroque, Stollen (High or Low)

Audition selections should be memorized.

If the student has any questions regarding repertoire, please contact the Area Coordinator for the Voice Area.

Piano

All piano applicants should play pieces chosen from these examples or comparable pieces:

Any of the J. S. Bach WTC, book I or II, except Nos. 1 and 8

Any of the Six French Suites or English Partitas, Toccatas by
J. S. Bach

Any first movement of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven

Any piece from Books 5 or 6 of Bartok's Mikrokosmos

Any of the Brahms Intermezzi

Fantastiestucke, Opus 12, Robert Schumann

Chopin's Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Polonaises, Ballads

Any Romantic work, e.g., Brahms, Schumann, Chopin

B.M. applicants must prepare three different works by different composers or from three different style periods for a total of approximately 20 minutes of memorized music.

Organ

It is not necessary for the applicant to have studied organ prior to college entrance. It is, however, required that he/she have a minimum of five years of piano study. Therefore, the applicant should be prepared to audition on both piano and organ, if he/she has studied both.

A chorale-prelude or prelude/fugue of Bach or Mendelssohn

Pieces from Gleason's Method of Organ Playing.

A hymn to be played and sung

Violin

One etude selected from Dont, Fiorillo or Kreutzer; and the first two movements of any Handel sonata, or the first and last movements of a concerto by Seitz, Vivaldi, or a comparable composer.

Viola

A fast and a slow movement from the Telemann Concerto in G Major, Marcello Sonata in E Minor, or a comparable selection. One etude from Blumenstengel, Kruetzer or Campagnoli.

Cello

A fast and a slow movement selected from sonatas by Marcello or Handel, or comparable material. Common scales in two or three octaves. An etude from Dotzauer Etudes Book I, or similar studies.

Double Bass

A fast and a slow movement from Marcello's Sonata in E Minor, or a comparable selection. Common scales in two or three octaves. An etude from Simandl's Thirty Etudes.

Guitar

Applicants should be prepared with major and minor scales through the 5th position, two pieces for solo guitar, and an etude of moderate difficulty by Sor, Carulli or Carcassi.

Flute

Concerto in G Major, Concerto in D Major, Mozart

Sonatas, J. S. Bach (any one)

Fantasie, Fauré

Concertino, Chaminade

Sonata, Hindemith

Syrinx, Debussy (flute alone)

Selected Studies, Anderson, Opus 18 (easier), opus 15, (harder) International Edition.

Chromatic scale low C to high C to low C.

Oboe

Concerto in F Minor, Corelli-Barbirolli

Concerto in G Minor, Handel

Piece in G Minor, Pierne

Oboe Concerto, Haydn (second movement)

Selected Studies (Voxman) Rubank (prepare one fast and one slow piece)

Clarinet

Any piece from Stubbin's Recital Literature For Clarinet, vol. I or II (published by Wahr, Ann Arbor, Michigan); or any of the following:

Concert and Contest Collection, Rubank

Rhapsody, Osborne

Sonata, Hindemith

Concertino, Weber

Concertos 1 or 2, Weber

Grand Duo Concertante, Weber

Fantasia and Rondo, Weber

32 Etudes, C. Rose

Sonatas 1, 2, Brahms

Sonata, Poulenc

Three Pieces, Stavinsky

Concerto, Mozart

All major scales in two or three octaves. Chromatic scales

Bassoon

Concerto, Opus 75, Weber, C. M.

Six Sonatas, Galliard

Sonata, Hindemith

Concerti, Vivaldi

Sonata, Etler

Sonata in Bb (duo), Mozart

Twenty-six Melodic Studies, Opus 15, Jaucourt

Studies, Opus 8, Weisenborn

Aerobic Bassooning, Read

Saxophone

Two movements of contrasting nature from below:

Sonata, Eccles, pub. Southern

Sonata, Jacobi, pub. Southern

Two Bourees, Purcell, pub. Bourne

Rossari Etudes, Vol. I - II, pub. Southern

Hite Melodic Progressive Studies, Southern

Concerto, Glazounow, pub. Leduc

All major scales, two octaves. chromatic scale, low Bb1 - F3

Trumpet or Cornet

Minimum of two movements from one of the following works:

Concerto, Haydn

Concerto, Hummel

or any of the following from:

Solos for the Trumpet Player, Beller

#1 Theme and Variations, Yarai

#2 Sonata Movements, de Fesch

#4 Sonata Movements, Handel

#5 Le Tambourin, Rameau

#6 Allegro Spiritoso, Senaille

#8 Concerto Rondo, Mozart

#14 Andante and Allegro, Ropartz

#15 Petite Piece Concertante, Balay

French Horn

Four Concertos for Horn, Mozart

Sonata in F Major, Sonata in G Minor, Corelli

Reverie, Opus 29, Glazounow

Nocturne, Opus 35, No. 10, Gliere

Trombone and Euphonium

Any etude from Melodious Etudes For Trombone, Joannes Rochut, and one of the following: (a slow and a fast movement)

Six Sonatas for Trombone and Piano, Galliard

Morceau Symphonique, Guilmant

Sonata in Bb Major, Vivaldi-Ostrander

Clef Studies, Blazhevich (any etude)

Tuba

Air and Bouree, Bach-Bell

Variations on Theme by Handel, Beethoven-Bell

Sonatine For Tuba and Piano; Walter Hartley

Any solo from Solos for the Tuba Player, Wekselblatt

Percussion

A. Snare Drum

One or two solos/etudes selected from the following:

Portraits in Rhythm, Cirone

Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum, Delecluse

B. Keyboard Instruments Marimba, Xylophone or Vibraphone, (any solo.)

movement of a sonata or concerto

four-mallet solo

C. Timpani (any solo)

*NOTE: B.A. students are required to perform Category B. Categories A and C may be omitted if time does not permit. (Categories A, B and C are required for B.M. applicants.)

A. Present two original compositions for any instrumental combination (score and recordings, if possible).

B. Chose two works from the modern and contemporary art music repertory (not pop music), listen to the music, and briefly discuss during auditions. What we are looking for is a general knowledge of the pieces, not an in-depth theoretical analysis. Some examples of composers are Bartòk, Ives, Berg, Copland, Hindemith, Ligeti, Stravinsky, Varèse, Crumb, Lansky, Ginastera, Davidovsky, Cage, and any contemporary art music composer.