Bachelor of Music, Performance

• First movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of a Solo Sonata or Partita by J.S. Bach
• Two scales: one major, one minor (three octaves - fast/slow)
• Memorization is strongly encouraged for the concerto portion of the audition.

Bachelor of Music, Music Education; and Bachelor of Music, Music Therapy

• First movement of a concerto (or equivalent)
• Contrasting piece
• Two scales: one major, one minor (three octaves - fast/slow)
• Memorization is strongly encouraged for the concerto portion of the audition.

Bachelor of Music, Composition

• Two contrasting pieces
• Two scales: one major, one minor (three octaves - fast/slow)
• Prospective composition students will interview for admission to the composition degree at the end of their freshman year; students submit a portfolio of at least two compositions completed in the past five years during the interview.

Bachelor of Arts; and Music Minor

• Two contrasting pieces
• Two scales: one major, one minor (three octaves - fast/slow)

Bachelor of Music, Performance

• First movement of a concerto C. Stamitz, Hoffmeister, Zelter, or Hummel: Fantasie.
• Two movements of a Bach suite.
• One major and one minor scale (three octaves).
• An etude of either Mazas or Kreutzer.

Note: memorization of Bach is strongly encouraged.

Bachelor of Music, Music Education; and Bachelor of Music, Music Therapy

• First movement of a concerto by J. Schubert or Zelter
• One movements of a Bach Suite
• Two scales (three octaves)

Bachelor of Music, Composition

• One movement of a concerto or Bach suite
• Two scales (three octaves)
• Prospective composition students will interview for admission to the composition degree at the end of their freshman year; students submit a portfolio of at least two compositions completed in the past five years during the interview.

Bachelor of Arts in Music

• One movement of a concerto or Bach suite
• Two scales (three octaves)

Minor in Music

• One movement of a Bach Cello Suite and a movement of the Telemann Viola Concerto.
• Two scales (three octaves)

Bachelor of Music, Performance

• One concerto movement
• One movement of a Bach suite
• Two scales (three octaves)
• One etude

Memorization for the concerto and Bach are strongly encouraged.

Bachelor of Music, Music Education; and Bachelor of Music, Music Therapy

• Two contrasting pieces of your choice (i.e. Saint-Saens:Allegro appassionato; a Vivaldi sonata; Bach: G Major Suite
• Two scales

Bachelor of Music, Composition

• Two contrasting pieces of your choice (i.e. Saint-Saens:Allegro appassionato; a Vivaldi sonata; Bach: G Major Suite
• Two scales
• Prospective composition students will interview for admission to the composition degree at the end of their freshman year; students submit a portfolio of at least two compositions completed in the past five years during the interview.

Bachelor of Arts; and Minor in Music

• Two contrasting pieces of your choice (i.e. Saint-Saens:Allegro appassionato; a Vivaldi sonata; Bach: G Major Suite
• Two scales

Bachelor of Music, Performance

• A standard etude selected from Simandl: 30 Studies (or comparable)
• Two contrasting movements from a standard solo, sonata or concerto
• An orchestral excerpt of the applicant’s choice from any Brahms, Beethoven, or Mozart symphony
• Three major and three melodic minor scales of the applicant’s choice (three octaves)

Bachelor of Music, Music Education; and Bachelor of Music, Music Therapy

• One movement from a standard solo, concerto, or sonata
• Two major and two melodic minor scales of the applicant’s choice (three octaves)

Bachelor of Music, Composition

• One movement from a standard solo, concerto, or sonata
• Two major and two melodic minor scales of the applicant’s choice (three octaves)
• Prospective composition students will interview for admission to the composition degree at the end of their freshman year; students submit a portfolio of at least two compositions completed in the past five years during the interview.

Bachelor of Arts; and Minor in Music

• One movement from a standard solo, concerto, or sonata
• Two major and two melodic minor scales of the applicant’s choice (three octaves)

Undergraduate Audition

• Two pieces of contrasting style
• Tchaikovsky: Cadenza from The Nutcracker

Undergraduate Audition (all degrees)

• A 2 or 3 octave major scale from the Segovia, Shearer, or similar pedagogical systems
• A 2 or 3 octave melodic minor scale from the Segovia, Shearer, or similar pedagogical systems
• Two pieces in contrasting styles from the standard classical guitar literature
• Sight-reading

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (all degrees):

I. Auditions will consist of prepared repertoire, major scales with arpeggios, harmonic minor scales with arpeggios, and sight reading.

II. Prepare one (1) standard work for flute such as:

• Bach: Sonatas (any)
• Mozart: Concerto (G or D)
• Any works from the book “Flute Music by French Composers” (ed. by L. Moyse)
• Hindemith: Sonata
• Poulenc: Sonata

III. Prepare one (1) work of your choice. May be one movement from a selected piece.

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (all degrees)

• Two contrasting works
• Scales, all major scales with arpeggios, and minor scales in preferably the Harmonic form
• Sight Reading
• Suggested Etude Books: Ferling 48 Studiesand Barret40 Progressive Melodiesor 15 Grand Studies

Suggested Standard Literature:

• Albinoni Concerto
• Handel Sonata
• Mozart Concerto
• Poulenc Sonata
• Telemann Sonata or Partita

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (all degrees)

I. Repertoire

• Two (2) Contrasting works: Record and upload two separate audition videos to the Get Acceptd platform. These may be movements from the standard clarinet literature and/or etudes.

Suggestions (not requirements)

Etude Books (student may choose to perform an etude from one of the following books)

• Melodious and Progressive Etudes, Book 2, edited by David Hite, published by Southern Music
• Rose's 32 Etudes

Standard Clarinet Literature (only a suggestion, other pieces may be used without prior permission)

• Weber: Concertos or Concertino
• Mozart: Concerto
• Schumann: Fantasy Pieces
• Osborne: Rhapsody
• Stravinsky: Three Pieces
• Vaughn Williams: Six English Folk Songs
• Finzi: Five Bagatelles

II. Scales

• During the live interview portion of your audition (which you schedule on the Get Acceptd platform) you will be asked to play 3 - 4 scales. Be prepared to play any major or minor scales (harmonic minor is preferable but you may perform a different form if that is what you are used to. 

III. Sight Reading

• During the live interview portion of your audition (which you schedule on the Get Acceptd platform) you will be asked to play some sight reading. Dr. Ferreira will contact you once you have completed your audition registration, uploaded your two contrasting audition video recordings to speak to you about the sight-reading portion of your interview.

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (all degrees)

FUNDAMENTALS:

• All major scales and arpeggios, at a tempo of your choosing
• Chromatic scale, indicating your full range, at a tempo of your choosing

One concert etude selected from: 

• Jancourt: 26 Melodic Etudes
• Milde: Concert Studies
• Weissenborn: 50 Advanced Studies

One solo composition of your choice

Include selections to demonstrate both lyrical (slow) and technical (fast) playing.

Suggested solos at or above approximate level of:

• Bourdeau: Premier Solo
• Brandon: Colored Stones
• Mozart: Sonata, K. 292 or Concerto, K. 191
• Hindemith: Sonate
• Telemann: Sonata in F minor

Undergraduate Transfer Audition Requirements (all degrees)

If you are interested in transferring for your senior undergraduate year only, please contact me so we can discuss the specifics of your situation and expectations for study.

FUNDAMENTALS:

• All major and minor scales and arpeggios
• Chromatic scale, indicating your full range

One concert etude selected from:

• Milde: Concert Studies
• Weissenborn: 50 Advanced Studies
• Piard: 90 Etudes or 16 Characteristic Studies

One solo composition of your choice, at or above the approximate level of:

• Fasch: Sonata in CM
• Siqueira: Drei Etuden
• Mozart: Concerto, K. 191
• Villa Lobos: Ciranda Das Sete Notas
• Weber: Concerto in F Major

Two (2) orchestral excerpts of your choice

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (All Degrees)

• Scales
  • Major scales with arpeggios (as many keys as possible).
  • Minor scales (ability to perform in at least one minor form) with arpeggios (also in as many keys as possible).
• Sight reading (provided at audition)
• Two Contrasting works: Audition should consist of contrasting selections or movements from standard saxophone literature and/or etudes.

Suggested Etude Books

• A.M.R. Barret, Forty Progressive Melodies (for Saxophone), edited by Hite, Southern Music
• W. Ferling, 48 Famous Studies (for Oboe or Saxophone), revised by Andraud, Southern Music (note: other editions of these studies, including the edition edited by Mule and published by Leduc, are fine as well)
• Guy Lacour, 50 Etudes (50 Easy and Progressive Etudes): Book 2, Gerard Billaudot (publisher)

Suggested Standard Literature

• Bozza, Aria
• Creston, Sonata (any movement)
• Glazounov, Concerto
• Maurice, Tableaux de Provence (any movement)

OPTIONAL: A jazz etude or the performance of a jazz standard or classic with or without pre-recorded accompaniment. Improvisation is not required, but encouraged.

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (for all degrees)

• All Major scales, one octave
• Chromatic scale showing full range of the player
• Two contrasting solo pieces or etudes
• Sight reading

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (all degrees)

Required Solo Work (accompaniment optional)

• All candidates for admission must perform the first movement or rondo of a Mozart Concerto for Horn (K.412, K.417, K.447, or K.495). The Mozart Concert Rondo (K.371) or Mozart Horn Quintet (K.407) are also acceptable works.

Solo Work of Choice (accompaniment optional)

• A solo movement of the candidate’s choice.  This repertoire may include (but is not limited to):
  • Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 17
  • Bozza, En Foret
  • Dukas, Villanelle
  • Saint-Saens, Morceau de Concert
  • Strauss, Franz, Concerto Op. 8
  • Strauss, Richard, Concerto No. 1 or 2

Orchestral Excerpts (OPTIONAL)

• Please choose any three (3) excerpts from the following list:
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, mvmt. III (horn 1)
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. III (horn 1)
  • Mahler, Symphony No. 1, mvmt. III (horn 2)
  • Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, mvmt. I low tutti (horn 1)
  • Strauss, Till Euilenspiegel, opening call (horn 1)
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, mvmt. I opening (horn 1 and/or 2)
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, mvmt. II (horn 1)
  • Wagner, Gotterdammerung, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey Short Call (horn 1)

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (all degrees):

• One complete, multi-movement work (concerto, sonata, or suite) from any historical period.
• One lyrical, and one technical etude. Blazhevich, Rochut/Bordogni, Fink, Kopprasch, Snedecor, Tyrell, and Voxman etudes are highly recommended.
• All major and minor scales, in quarter notes, quarter = 120 minimum. Be able to demonstrate the upper and lower extremities of your range.

Undergraduate Audition Requirements (all degrees)

No pre-screen video is required.

Undergraduate Audition Requirements

• Two contrasting pieces: A movement of a classical sonata (Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven), a work form the 19th century (e.g., Chopin Prelude, Nocturne, or Fantasy Impromptu; Brahms Intermezzo, etc.) a Bach Invention or Prelude & Fugue from the WTC, an Impressionistic work (Debussy Prelude or Ravel piece), or 20th Century (Bartok, Ginastera, Gershwin, etc.).
• Scales: major and minor
• Sight reading: Level of vocal arias, hymns, etc.
• NOTE: Performance major auditions should be played from memory; music therapy and music education auditions may use music.

Piano and the B.M., Music Education Concentration

Pianists may audition for the keyboard faculty for the B.M. Music Education Concentration as either choral-track or instrumental-track. Piano will be considered as their principal instrument on which they will pursue applied study. Piano applicants must also interview with the Music Education area to be considered for the B.M. Music Education degree program, and should have experience as a performing member of one or more large, secondary music ensembles to receive consideration for admittance into the degree program.