Audition Requirements
Bachelor of Music
All undergraduate music applicants are required to take the Music Placement Exam on the day of the audition. Further details on the Music Placement Exam can be found here.
Applications are considered in the following areas:
Piano
- A Prelude and Fugue from the Well Tempered Clavier
Or - Another major work of J.S. Bach
- A sonata of Beethoven, Haydn or Mozart
- A Romantic Work
- A Twentieth Century Composition (optional)
Harpsichord
Representative works from major areas of the literature:
- A major work of J.S. Bach
- A Baroque work
- A work from the early Classical or Twentieth century repertoire
Organ
Three substantial works from different style periods:
- A work of J.S. Bach
- A work from the Nineteenth or Twentieth century repertoire
- A work of the applicant's choice
(Applicants should bear in mind the character of the Maynard-Walker Memorial Organ)
Voice
BMus (performance program) audition requirements:
- One Italian Art Song and one American or British Art Song
- No opera arias will be accepted
BA (Music Education or general music) audition requirement:
- One Italian Art song and one American or British Art song/or Musical theater selection
- No opera arias will be accepted
If above requirements are not on the application's repertoire, they will not be granted an audition. Exceptions can be made for a German or French art song.
Strings
Violin, Viola, Cello:
- One movement of a major concerto
- Two contrasting movements of Solo Bach
- One movement of a sonata, contemporary work or a show piece
Bass:
- Major or minor scale and arpeggio, three octaves, of applicant's choice
- Two contrasting movements of a baroque sonata, or first movement of a standard concerto and an additional contrasting movement or work
- One etude on the level of Bille, Simandl, Storch-Hrabe, or Sturm
- One orchestral excerpt of the applicant's choice
Woodwinds
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Saxophone:
- One movement from a concerto
- 2 contrasting etudes
- 3 to 5 excerpts
Brass
Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn and Tuba
- One movement from a concerto
- 2 contrasting etudes
- 3 to 5 excerpts, if the student has them
Percussion
- Snare drum solo work and rudiments
- A solo on a mallet instrument (usually Marimba) plus all scales
- A Timpani solo and tuning exercises
Classical Guitar
- A technical study or composition by Sor, Aguado or Carcassi
- A work from the Renaissance or Baroque period
- A solo twentieth century composition