AUDITION DATES
2023 Rochester Audition Dates: Fridays February 3, 10, 17, and 24
PRESCREENING AND AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Undergraduate
Flute pre-screening requirement: By December 1, all flute applicants must upload a pre-screen video. The pre-screening recording must include each of the following items. The pre-screen video can be recorded either with or without piano accompaniment.
- Mozart: Entire first and second movements plus cadenzas from either D or G major concerto
- J.S. Bach: 2 movements from a sonata or partita of your choice
- A work of your choice
- The following 3 standard orchestral excerpts (not the entire work):
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3: mm. 328 through 360
- Brahms: Symphony IV; Movement 4, mm. 89-103
- Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream; from 12 measures before P to the end
Audition Repertoire Requirements
Applicants who are selected based on faculty review of the pre-screening round will be invited to audition. If an applicant is unable to audition in-person, they may upload a video audition by February 1st with each movement and each excerpt recorded in its own separate, unedited track.
Applicants who audition by video may also be scheduled for a follow-up Zoom interview with faculty.
The repertoire for the audition is as follows:
- Mozart: Either complete D or G major concerto, with cadenzas
- J.S. Bach: A complete sonata or partita of your choice
- An additional work of your choice
- The following 3 standard orchestral excerpts (not the entire work):
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3: mm. 328 through 360
- Brahms: Symphony IV; Movement 4, mm. 89-103
- Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream; from 12 measures before P to the end.
- Additional excerpt(s) as appropriate to training and experience
Graduate
Update 9/22/2022: There will be no openings for Graduate Flute for Fall 2023 and applications will not be accepted this year. The following information is for future reference only.
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Flute Pre-screening requirement: By December 1, all flute applicants must upload a pre-screen video. The pre-screen video can be recorded either with or without piano accompaniment, and must include each of the following items.
- Mozart: Entire 1st and 2nd movement with cadenzas from D or G major concerto
- J.S. Bach: Two movements from a sonata or partita of your choice
- A work of your choice
- The following 5 standard orchestral excerpts (not the entire work):
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3 – mm. 328 through 360
- Brahms: Symphony IV; Movement 4, mm. 89-103
- Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream; from 12 measures before rehearsal letter P to the end.
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis; Solo from Movement III – Andantino
- Saint-Saens: “Aviary” movement from Carnival of the Animals
Audition Repertoire Requirements
Applicants who are selected based on faculty review of the pre-screening round be invited to audition in Rochester. If an applicant is unable to audition in-person, they may upload a video audition by February 1st with each movement and each excerpt recorded in its own separate, unedited track. Applicants in this category may also have a follow-up Zoom interview with faculty.
The repertoire for the audition is as follows:
- A complete Mozart concerto (including cadenzas)
- A complete sonata or partita by J.S. Bach
- A work from the contemporary solo literature (may be accompanied or unaccompanied)
- An additional work of your choice
- All of the following 6 standard orchestral excerpts (not the entire work):
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3 – mm. 328 through 360
- Brahms: Symphony IV; Movement 4, mm. 89-103
- Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe – flute solo
- Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream; from 12 measures before rehearsal letter P to the end.
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis; Solo from Movement III – Andantino
- Saint-Saens: “Aviary” movement from Carnival of the Animals