Audition Repertory by Instrument

• Solos by Barat, Jacob, Capuzzi, Herbert L. Clarke, or other works of similar difficulty
• Etudes by Bordogni/Rochut, Blazhevich, Kopprasch, or Tyrell
• Band or orchestra excerpts as appropriate to training and experience

• Any complete concerto from the standard concerto repertory, such as Mozart, Strauss, Gliere, Jacob, Haydn, etc.
• A movement from the standard recital repertory, such as Hindemith, Ewazen, Beethoven, Schumann, Cherubini, etc.
• Three etudes from any three of the following: Maxime-Alphonse Etudes, Book 4, 5, or 6; Kling; Kopprasch; Neuling; Belloli; Gallay; Reynolds
• Three to five orchestral excerpts from the standard repertory (Beethoven, Mahler, Brahms, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, etc.)
• All major and harmonic minor scales, 2-3 octaves, in eighth notes at quarter note=112-126, and corresponding arpeggios

MM, DMA

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all graduate horn applicants must submit a preliminary audition recording (DVD preferred, though CD is permissible).  The prescreening recording should include:

• 2 movements of contrasting concerti or contrasting recital repertoire (with or without piano accompaniment)
• 2-3 orchestral excerpts demonstrating contrasting styles, periods, and technical/musical attributes.
  

MM Live Auditions in Rochester
Prepared repertory should be selected from traditional and contemporary solo literature (including unaccompanied repertory) and orchestral excerpts from several eras and styles, demonstrating advanced technical and musical development. Audition also will include sight-reading and transposition.

DMA Live Auditions in Rochester
Applicants should prepare a program of solo, orchestral, and etude repertory demonstrating professional standards of technical and musical development. Proficiency in natural horn is encouraged.

• A solo work chosen from the following: Grondahl concerto, Jacob concerto, Wagenseil concerto, Hindemith sonata, Sulek sonata, Casterède sonata, Galliard sonata, Guilmant, Bozza, or a work of similar difficulty
• One etude from Rochut Melodious Etudes 1-24
• Orchestral excerpts as appropriate to training and experience
• Sight-reading in alto and tenor clefs

Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for additional requirements.

• A solo work chosen from the following: Spillman concerto, George concerto, McCarthy sonata, Harley sonata, Galliard sonata, or a work of similar difficulty
• One etude from Rochut Melodious Etudes 1-24
• Orchestral excerpts as appropriate to training and experience
• Sight-reading in bass clef

• Arutunian, Haydn, Hummel, or Tomasi concerto
• Hindemith or Kennan sonata
• Contrasting etudes by Charlier and/or Bordogni
• Orchestral excerpts: Mahler, Symphony No. 5 (opening); Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3; Stravinsky, Petrushka (“The Ballerina”); Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition (“Promenade”)
• Sight-reading

MM, DMA

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all graduate trumpet applicants must submit a preliminary audition recording (DVD strongly preferred, though CD is permissible). The prescreening recording should be a minimum of 25 minutes in duration.

Prepared repertory for prescreening and a live audition should include a range of solo literature (including contemporary) and orchestral excerpts.  Possible sight-reading. Familiarity with high horns and transposition is required.

Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for additional requirements.

• One Bordogni melodic study
• One Kopprasch technical etude #17 or #21
• All scales
• Excerpts: Wagner, “Meistersinger” Overture (Letter J to the end), Berlioz Hungarian March, and Ride of the Valkyries
• Performance applicants must also play the Vaughan Williams Concerto and the cadenza from the HIndemith Sonata Concerto (mvt. 1 or 2); Music Education applicants whose instrument is tuba must play the Edward Gregson Concerto (mvt. 1 only) and the cadenza from the Hindemith Sonata

• One Bordogni melodic study
• One Kopprasch technical etude either #49 or #57 and One Verne Reynolds Etude either #6 or #10 (48 Etudes by Verne Reynolds, www.bmacmusic.com)
• Excerpts: Wagner, “Meistersinger” Overture (Letter J to the end); Resphigi, Fountains of Rome; The "Bear" solo from Stravinsky's Petrushka; and Berlioz, Recitative from Romeo and Juliet
• Performance applicants must also play the Penderecki Capriccio and the cadenza from the Hindemith Sonata
• Education applicants must play the Vaughan Williams Concerto, movements 1 & 2 and the cadenza from the Hindemith Sonata

MM
Following the prescreening review, successful applicants will prepare Dvorak's 8th symphony for the live audition.

DMA
Following the prescreening review, successful applicants will prepare Brahms' 4th symphony in its entirety for the live audition.

• Jazz audition: Applicants must be prepared to perform 3-4 jazz selections in varied styles and improvise on each of them. (One audition with an Eastman student rhythm section; one audition with other applicants on that day.)
• Classical audition: See individual instrumental guidelines

• A Prelude and Fugue or Toccata by J.S. Bach
• Representative portions of a 17th- or 18th-century French dance suite
• A composition from the early 17th-century Italian school or the English virginalist school
• A composition of choice from any historic period (may include 20th-century works).

• The French literature of the 17 th and 18 th centuries
• The English virginalists
• Italian music of the 17 th century
• A selection of the applicant’s choice from any historic period.

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all organ applicants must submit a preliminary audition recording (DVD is strongly preferred, though a videotape (VHS) is permissible. Please see the online application for more information on prescreening after the application goes live on September 1. The repertory for the prescreening DVD and the live audition in Rochester may be different or the same, but must include each of the following:

BM
Each of the following:

• At least one work by Bach or another Baroque composer
• Two selections by a Romantic or contemporary composer, one primarily lyrical and one primarily virtuosic

MM
Applicants should prepare a program of not more than 30 minutes, including a major work of J.S. Bach. Other works should be of contrasting styles and periods, and should include at least one lyrical and one virtuosic selection. Performance from memory is encouraged, but not required.

DMA
Applicants should prepare a program of not more than 40 minutes, including a major work of J.S. Bach. The program should reflect the applicant’s breadth of knowledge of the organ repertory, and their highest technical and musical achievements. Performance from memory is encouraged, but not required. If the applicant is skilled in improvisation, a five-minute improvisation may be part of the program.

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• One virtuoso concert etude
• A work by Bach that contains a fugue
• A complete classical sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, or Schubert
• One Romantic work from the 19 th century
• One work from the 20 th or 21 st century.

MM
Applicants must prepare a 45-minute audition program, to be performed from memory, including one virtuoso concert etude and at least three works representing contrasting styles.

DMA
Applicants must prepare a 60-minute audition program, to be performed from memory, including one virtuoso concert etude and at least three works representing contrasting styles. An audition in Rochester is required.

MM, DMA
Applicants should consult the Supplemental Form for Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music, found in the online application, for details on audition repertory.

NOTE: All applicants must attend a live audition in Rochester.

Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for additional requirements.

BM
Audition must include snare drum, timpani, and keyboard percussion.  Suggested repertoire and methods from the followng:

• Snare drum:  Cirone Portraits in Rhythm; Delecluse Etude 1 or 6 from Douze Etudes; Peters' Intermediate or Advanced Snare Drum Studies
• Timpani:  Beck Sonata for Timpani; Carter Eight Pieces for Solo Timpani; Firth The Solo Timpanist, Hochrianer Etuden fur Timpani
• Keyboard percussion: 2 mallet Bach from the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin or the Six Suites for Solo Cello; Abe Dream of the Cherry Blossoms, Wind in the Bamboo Grove; Burritt October Night, Preludes, Creston Concertino for Marimba; Musser's Etudes and Preludes; Sammut Rotations, Stout Mexican Dances, Astral Dance, Etudes; Tanaka Two Movements for Marimba:  G. H. Green's Xylophone Solos; Rosauro Concerto for Marimba
• Sight-reading required
• Orchestral Excerpts are also recommended from the standard repertoire. Audition may also include drum set.

MM, DMA

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all graduate percussion applicants must submit a preliminary audition recording (DVD is strongly preferred, though CD is permissible). Please see the online application for more information on prescreening. The prescreening DVD must include each of the following:

• A movement of Bach from either the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin or the Six Suites for Solo Cello. 2 mallet example preferred.
• A 4-6 minute excerpt or movement from a contemporary solo Marimba work
• Delecluse Etude No. 1, 3, 6 , 9 or 11 from the Douze Etudes
• 2 contrasting orchestral excerpts on each of the following: snare drum, xylophone and timpani

MM, DMA Live Auditions in Rochester should include snare drum, timpani, and keyboard percussion. Suggested solo repertoire:

• Snare Drum: Etudes from Delecluse, Macarez, Peters, Tompkins
• Timpani: 3 contrasting orchestral excerpts and a solo or etude of your choice from Delecluse, Carter, Hochrainer, or the equivalent
• Keyboard Percussion: A movement of Bach from either the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin or the Six Suites for Solo Cello
• Burritt Azure or Scirroco; Druckman Reflections on the Nature of Water; Klatzow Dances of Earth and Fire; Maslanka Variations on Lost Love; Sueyoshi Mirage; Schwantner Velocities; Stevens Rhythmic Caprice: Stout Rumble Strips or Sendimental Structures; Viñao Khan Variations
• Three excerpts from the standard repertoire on each of the following: Snare Drum, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, and Timpani
• Sight-reading required

• One movement from one of the following double bass concerti: Bottesini, Capuzzi, Dittersdorf, Dragonetti, Koussevitsky, or Vanhal
• One contrasting solo work of the applicant’s choice
• One orchestral excerpt of the applicant’s choice from the standard repertoire
• Two scales (one major, one melodic minor) of the applicant’s choice in two or three octaves.

Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for additional requirements.

Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for additional requirements.

• Three contrasting works of the grade of difficulty of: Ibert, Réflets dans l’eau; Natra, Sonatina or Prayer; Handel-Grandjany, Prelude and Toccata
• An etude selected from the Bach-Grandjany Etudes for Harp

• An etude selected from Bach-Grandjany Etudes for Harp or Posse Eight Great Concert Etudes for Harp
• Three works of contrasting style from the following periods: 20th-century French, contemporary, and Baroque or Classical period.

• Three contrasting selections or major movements, which must be taken from three significant works representing different compositional periods. One of the selections must be by Bach.
• One etude or technical study

• A major concerto from the 20th century or contemporary repertory
• A major work for solo viola or viola and piano
• Two contrasting movements from a solo suite or sonata/partita of J.S. Bach
• An advanced etude or caprice

• A major concerto from the 20th century, or contemporary repertory
• Two major works for viola and piano or solo viola, one written in the past 20 years
• A complete solo suite or sonata/partita of J.S. Bach

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all undergraduate and graduate violin applicants seeking a live audition must submit a preliminary audition recording. The prescreening DVD or CD must include an etude in addition to 10 or more minutes of a violin concerto (unaccompanied is preferred). Please see the online application for more information on prescreening. The following lists repertory requirements by degree for applicants invited to a live audition and those auditioning only by recording.

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Each of the following:

• A movement of a concerto from the standard repertory by a composer such as Mozart, Mendelssohn, or Bruch
• Two contrasting movements from an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita
• An etude from one of the standard etude books, such as those of Kreutzer, Fiorillo, Rodé, or Dont
• Three-octave major and minor scales and arpeggios

BM
Each of the following:

• One movement of a standard concerto of moderate difficulty, such as Saint-Saëns, Lalo, or Romberg
• Sonata movement or other work of personal musical interest
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach suite
• Two contrasting etudes (e.g., Popper numbers 6 and 8, or Duport numbers 1 and 7)

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all applicants in voice must submit a preliminary audition recording (CD or DVD acceptable) with the application. Applicants should refer to the online application for more detailed information on prescreening. The guidelines given below apply to prescreening recordings and to those invited for a live audition - material submitted as part of the prescreening process may be performed at a live audition.

BM AMU
Three pieces in varying musical styles, in three different languages, one of which may be English. Non-native speakers of English must perform one piece in English.

MM PRL, DMA PRL
The required repertoire for all three graduate performance degrees is identical: Four pieces, with one of the four being an operatic aria, in at least three different languages, one of which may be English. Non-native speakers of English must perform one piece in English.

• Standard concerto (i.e., Mozart, Weber)
• One or two etudes such as are found in Milde Concert Studies, Vol. I
• Two contrasting orchestral excerpts of the applicant's choice as appropriate to training and experience

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all clarinet applicants seeking a live audition must submit a preliminary audition recording.  Please make a DVD of the following: Please record repertoire in the order listed for each degree program.

If approved from prescreening, the live audition should follow the same repertoire guidelines, and can present the same or different material.

BM

• First movement of Mozart or either Weber Concerto (with piano if possible) and the Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie or other French concours solo (with piano if possible)
• Unaccompanied Work: Choose either work listed below
• Rhapsody for Clarinet, Willson Osborne
• Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Igor Stravinsky (movements 2 and 3 only)
• Etude: 2 contrasting etudes from the Rose 32 Etudes
• Orchestral Excerpts
• Beethoven 6: Movement 1 (solo at the end of the movement); movement 2 (long solo)
• Mendelssohn scherzo: Opening through the end of the trills (dotted quarter = 76 to 84)
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol; movement 1 (both solos) and movement 3 (solo)

MM

• Solo Works with Piano
• First movement exposition of Mozart Concerto with piano (opening solo to downbeat of measure 154) and the
• First movement of either Brahms sonata with piano
• Contemporary Solo Literature: Choose one of the listed works below
• For an Actor: Monologue for Clarinet (inA) Shulamit Ran (opening to the end of second line on pg. 6)
• Sequenza IXa per clarinetto solo, Luciano Berio (letter F up to letter M)
• Dancing Solo, Libby Larson (choose two of the movements)
• Flammes, Komives (choose two of the etudes)
• Prelude, Penderecki (entire work)
• Gra, Carter (entire work)
• Hommages, Kovacs (DaFalla) or (Weber)
• Sonatina for Clarinet Solo, Rozsa (movement 1)
• A Set for Clarinet, Martino (choose one movement)
• Orchestral Excerpts:
• Beethoven 6: Movement 1 (solo at the end of the movement)
• Beethoven 8: Minuet and Trio (do not take the repeat)
• Mendelssohn scherzo: (opening through the end of the trills; dotted quarter = 84)
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol movement 1, (both solos) and movement 3 (solo)
• Stravinsky: The Firebird (Variation de l'oiseau de feu)
• Kodaly: Dances of Galante (solo on the first page)
• Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 9 movement 2 (opening solo)

DMA

Same requirements as for the Master of Music degree, with the addition of one of the following:

• Nielsen Concerto: Opening through the end of the first cadenza (bottom of page 3) and #30 to #33 (the use of piano and snare drum is up to the individual)
• Copland Concerto: Opening through the end of the cadenza (piano is required)

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all flute applicants seeking a live audition must submit a preliminary audition DVD. Please see the online application for more information on prescreening. The prescreening recording must include each of the following:

• Mozart: First movement from D or G major concerto
• Bach: 2 movements from a sonata of your choice
• A solo piece of your choice

The following 4 standard orchestral excerpts (not the entire work):

1. Beethoven: Leonore Overture (Flute/Bassoon duo only)
2. Brahms: Symphony IV
3. Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
4. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis

Live Audition

BM
Each of the following:

• A Mozart concerto
• A sonata by Bach, Handel, or Telemann
• A solo piece of your choice
• Orchestral excerpts as appropriate to training and experience

MM, DMA
Prepared repertory should include the undergraduate repertory in addition to a work from the contemporary solo literature and orchestral excerpts.

• Any concerto from the standard repertory (such as Mozart, Marcello, Strauss, etc.) OR any sonata from the standard repertory (such as Handel or Hindemith)
• A standard study, such as Barret or Ferling
• Orchestral excerpts as appropriate to training and experience

Prescreening requirement: By December 1, all saxophone applicants seeking a live audition must submit a preliminary audition recording.  Please make a DVD of the following: Please record repertoire in the order listed.

If approved from prescreening, the live audition should follow the same repertoire guidelines, and can present the same or different material.

Examples of recommended repertory:

• Any concerto or sonata from the standard repertory, such as Glazunov, Creston, or equivalent
• Two etudes of contrasting tempo, such as Voxman, Ferling, or Karg-Elert
• Possible sight-reading

Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for additional requirements.