Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music

Aaron Copland School of Music

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All faculty can be reached via email, and individual appointments can arranged between students and faculty.

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Hours and Location

Music Building
Room 203
Queens College, CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Queens, NY 11367-1597
(Tel) 718-997-3800
(Fax) 718-997-3849
acsm@qc.cuny.edu

Office Hours
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 - 5:00
Friday - 9:00 - 5:00 (Remote)

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Audition Requirements

MM/Graduate Certificate in Classical Performance

Applications are considered in the following areas:

 

Piano

  • A Prelude and Fugue or comparable work by J.S. Bach
  • A sonata by Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart or Schubert
  • Any large keyboard work of Brahms, Chopin, Liszt or Schumann
  • A Twentieth Century Composition

 

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

  • Three art songs in contrasting style and language. (Italian, German, French, and/or English, English songs should not be a translation)
  • Three arias in contrasting style and language. (Italian, German, French, and/or English)

 

Strings

Violin, Viola, Cello:

  • Two movements of a major concerto
  • Two contrasting movements of Solo Bach
  • One movement of a sonata
  • One movement of a contemporary work or show piece

Bass:

  • Three contrasting works of different style periods, which must include either a complete concerto or a sonata
  • Doctoral and Professional Studies Audition Requirements
  • Four complete, contrasting recital works, including the twentieth or twenty-first century
  • Three significant orchestral excerpt

 

Woodwinds

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Saxophone:

  • One complete concerto
  • One contemporary work accompanied or unaccompanied
  • 2 contrasting etudes
  • 3 to 5 excerpts

 

Brass

Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn and Tuba

  • Major and minor scales
  • Two contrasting movements from one or more concertos
  • One contemporary work accompanied or unaccompanied
  • 2 contrasting etudes
  • 3 to 5 excerpts

 

Percussion

  • A snare drum solo
  • Two and four mallet solos
  • A Timpani solo

 

Classical Guitar

  • Representative selections from major areas of the literature:
  • A major work of J.S. Bach
  • A twentieth century work
  • A selection of the applicant's choice