Graduate Repertoire Requirements

Graduate Repertoire Requirements

1. Piano Area

A. Piano Performance

Audition Requirements (memorization required):

• A complete work by J.S. Bach that includes a fugue

• A complete major sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven

• A complete work from the 19th century

• A complete work from the 20th or 21st centuries

• A virtuosic étude 

B. Collaborative Piano

Audition Requirements (memorization required for solo works):

• One Prelude & Fugue from J.S. Bach Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1 or 2.

• A 19th or 20th century solo piano work

• Any Beethoven Violin or Cello Sonata (first movement)

• Franck Violin Sonata (4th movement) or any outer movement of a Brahms Violin, Viola or Cello Sonata

• Schubert's "Ganymed" (A-flat major)

• Debussy's "Green" from Ariettes Oubliées (A-flat)

C. Piano Pedagogy

Audition Requirements (memorization preferred, but not required)

• A complete work by J.S. Bach that includes a fugue

• A complete sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven

• A complete work from the 19th century

• A complete work from the 20th or 21st century

• A Statement of purpose (2 pages)

2. String Area

A. Violin Performance

• Two contrasting movements of an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita

• A complete concerto from the standard repertoire

• Two contrasting movements of a Romantic or 20^th century sonata

• A virtuosic concert piece

B. Viola Performance

• Two contrasting movements of a solo sonata or suite

• Two contrasting movements of a concerto from the classic or romantic period or 20th century

• Two contrasting movements of a sonata

• One piece of the applicant's choice

• Three orchestra excerpts

C. Cello Performance

• One movement of a major work from Baroque or Classical period.

• A major work – concerto or sonata - from the Romantic period.

• A representative work from the 20th-21st century.

D. Double Bass Performance

• Two contrasting movements of a concerto

• Two contrasting movements of a sonata

• A virtuoso piece or two movements of a suite by Bach

• Three orchestra excerpts

3. Woodwind Area

A. Flute Performance

• A concerto from the standard repertoire, with piano accompaniment

• One major solo of the applicant's choice. 

• One unaccompanied 20th or 21st Century work

• Orchestral Excerpts

     a. Debussy Prélude Apres-midi d'un Faune

     b. Mendelssohn Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream

     c. Stravinsky Petrushka

B. Clarinet Performance

• A concerto from the standard repertoire, with piano accompaniment

• One major solo of the applicant's choice.

• One unaccompanied 20th or 21st Century work

• Orchestral Excerpts

a. Beethoven Symphony No.6 Mvt.1, mm.474 (2 before K) to mm.492

                                                 Mvt.2  mm.68 (1 before D) to mm.77 (9 after D)

                                                 Mvt.3  mm.114(32 after A) to mm.133 (51 after A)

b. Mendelssohn Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream

c. Kodaly Dance of Galante (solo on the first page)

d. Rimsky-Korsakov  Capriccio Espagnol   Mvt. 1, A to B

                                                                      Mvt.3, Last 21 measures

4. Percussion Performance

• Timpani: A solo work appropriate for an undergraduate senior recital

• Snare drum: A solo orchestral work appropriate for an undergraduate senior recital AND a solo rudimental work from Wilcoxon, Freytag, or similar.

• Marimba: A solo work written after 1990 appropriate for an undergraduate senior recital AND a movement from the Bach Cello Suites or Bach Violin Sonatas.