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Audition Requirements

Below you will find a list of  undergraduate and graduate requirments for auditions into the school of music.  For more information, contact the corresponding studio professor or visit the UA School of Music website.

Flute  

Anchor 1

Undergraduate

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Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not needed
Performed from memory: Concertos are encouraged to be from memory, but not required
Length of Audition: 15 minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes CD, DVD, or video link
Repertoire:

1. A movement from either a Bach Sonata or a Mozart Concerto
2. A French conservatory piece
3. Another contrasting piece, movement, or etude
4. All major and minor scales required
5. Sight Reading

 

Graduate

 

Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not needed
Performed from memory: Concertos are encouraged to be from memory, but not required
Length of Audition: 30 minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes CD, DVD, or video link
Repertoire:
1. Prepare a 30 minute program that includes at least 3 different styles of solo repertoire and 4-5
orchestral excerpts.

 

 

For more information, contact Lindsay Leach Sparks lsparks@uakron.edu

Oboe

Anchor 2

Undergraduate


Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not needed
Performed from memory: Not Required 
Length of Audition: 10-20 minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes CD
Repertoire:

  1. Two contrasting movements of a concerto or sonata of your choice

 

Graduate

Audition: Required 

Accompanist: Not needed 

Performed from memory: Not Required

Length of Audition: 10-20 minutes

Recording Accepted: Yes CD

Repertoire:

  1. Two contrasting works for oboe

  2. Three orchestral excerpts.

 

More Information: Jack Harel jc133@uakron.edu

Clarinet

Anchor 3

Undergraduate

 

Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not needed
Performed from memory: Not Required
Length of Audition: 15 minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes CD
Repertoire:

  1. Class A solo and comparable repertoire Contrasting Etude, preferably from Carl Rose's 32 Etudes

  2. Major scales

  3. Chromatic Scale up to high G

 

 

Graduate

Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not needed
Performed from memory: Not Required
Length of Audition: 30 minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes CD
Repertoire: 

  1. 3 Contrasting Works from Standard Repertoire exhibiting a variety of styles.

  2. 5 Orchestral Excerpts

 

More Information: Dr. Kristina Jones kbelisl@uakron.edu

Bassoon

Anchor 4

Undergraduate

 

Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not Needed
Performed from memory: Not Required
Length of Audition: 15 Minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes, CD or DVD
Repertoire: 

  1. Two pieces (two solos or one solo and one etude) of contrasting style,

  2. Major scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats,

  3. Chromatic scale,

  4. Sightreading

 

Graduate

Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not Needed
Performed from memory: Not Required
Length of Audition: 30 Minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes, CD
Repertoire: 

  1. Two contrasting works from the standard bassoon repertoire

  2.  3-4 orchestral excerpts

 

More Information: Cynthia Cioffari ccioffa@uakron.edu

Saxophone

Anchor 5

Undergraduate

 

Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not required
Performed from memory: Not Required
Length of Audition: 15 minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes (CD or DVD)
Repertoire:

  1. Major, minor, and chromatic scales in the full range of the instrument.

  2. Sight reading is required.

  3. Jazz Improvisation is optional.

  4. One prepared piece from the following list, or another major work of similar scope and difficulty.

 

Bozza, Improvisation et Caprice

Creston, Sonata

Dubois, Concerto

Ibert, Concertino da Camera

Debussy/Rousseau, Rhapsody

Francaix, Cinq Danses Exotiques

Glazounov, Concerto

Hartley, Concerto

Hindemith, Sonata

Heiden, Sonata

Maurice, Tableaux de Provence

Milhaud, Scaramouche

Noda, Improvisation I

Villa Lobos, Fantasia

 

Graduate

 

Audition: Required
Accompanist: Not required
Performed from memory: Not Required
Length of Audition: 30 minutes
Recording Accepted: Yes (CD or DVD)
Repertoire:

  1. Major, minor, and chromatic scales in the full range of the instrument.

  2. Sight reading is required.

  3. Jazz Improvisation is optional.

  4. Two prepared pieces, one selection of your choice and one from the following list.

Albright, Sonata

Bassett, Duo Concertante

Berio, Sequenza IX b or VIIb

Bolcom, Lilith

Dahl, Concerto

Denisov, Sonate

Feld, Sonata for alto saxophone and piano

Finney, Sonata (Viola)

Gotkovski, Variations Pathetiques

Gotkovski, Brilliance

Husa, Concerto

Husa, Elegie et Rondeau

Lennon, Symphonic Rhapsody

Martin, Ballade

Maslanka, Sonata

Robert, Cadenza

Ruggiero, Interplay

Sancan, Lamento and Rondo

Stockhausen, InFriendship

Subotnick, In Two Worlds

Swerts, Klonos

Villa Lobos, Fantasia

Wuorinen, Divertimento

 

More Information: Dr. Todd Gaffke tgaffke@uakron.edu

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