Auditions - FSU College of Music - Florida State University

Woodwinds Audition Information

Flute

You may audition with or without accompaniment; however, accompanists will not be provided for live auditions. At least one solo repertoire piece must be performed from memory.

For MM Applicants

C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in A Minor, H. 562; Mvt. 1

W.A. Mozart: Concerto in D Major, K. 314; Mvts. 2 and 3

K. Fukushima: Mei

One piece of your choice (contrasting style from above)

and the following orchestral excerpts:

Beethoven: Leonore; first and second excerpts

Strauss: Salome

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphasis

For DM Applicants

J.S. Bach: Partita in A minor, BWV 1013; Corrente and Sarabande

Carl Stamitz: Concerto in G, Op. 29; Mvts. 2 (with cadenza) and 3

Berio: Sequenza I

One piece of your choice (contrasting style from above)

and the following orchestral excerpts:

Beethoven: Leonore; first and second excerpts

Strauss: Salome

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphasis

Oboe

Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus woodwind auditions. Recorded auditions will not be accepted.

All Oboe Performance applicants should prepare:

1) The first movement of Mozart Oboe Concerto, K. 314 or third movement of Mozart Quartet, K. 370;

2) One slow and one fast etude of Barret, Brod, or Ferling;

3) Three orchestral excerpts;

4) One movement of a contemporary solo;

5) Sight reading and scales upon request.

Clarinet

Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus woodwind auditions.

Non-Performance Applicants

Two contrasting solo pieces (or movements) Examples given below

All major scales

Performance applicants

Two contrasting solo pieces (or movements) Examples given below

〮 One orchestral excerpt Examples given below

〮 All major scales

Examples of solo pieces:

〮 Concert pieces by Stamitz, Weber, Crusell, Mozart

〮 Sonatas/sonatinas by Arnold, Bernstein, Martinu, Poulenc, Saint-Saens

〮 Solo de concours by Debussy, Lefebvre, Marty, Messager, Rabaud

〮 Burgmuller Duo, Cavallini Adagio & Tarantella, Widor Introduction & Rondo

Examples of orchestral exerpts:

〮 Beethoven Symphonies 4, 6, 8

〮 Brahms Symphonies 2-4

〮 Mendelssohn Scherzo; Symphonies 3, 4

〮 Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf

〮 Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol

〮 Tchaikovsky Symphonies 5, 6

Bassoon

Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus woodwind auditions.

Non-Performance Applicants

1) All major scales

2) Two works such as - Bakaleinikov: Three Pieces; Galliard: any of the Six Sonatas; Hess: any of the Seven Recital Pieces; Telemann: Sonata.

Performance Applicants

1) All major and minor scales:

2) Two works such as - Vivaldi: Concerti in a minor, e minor, or d minor; Mozart: Concerto, K.191; Hindemith: Sonata; Weber: Concerto.

Saxophone

Applicants may audition with accompaniment or unaccompanied. Accompanists will not be provided by the College of Music for on-campus woodwind auditions.

Non-Performance Applicants

12 major scales,

5-10 minutes of music from the standard repertoire for alto saxophone (ex: Creston Sonata, Heiden Sonata, Glazunov Concerto, Ibert Concertino da Camera, Maurice Tableaux de Provence, or equivalent),

1 etude (ex: Ferling, Voxman, Lacour, Bozza, or equivalent).

Performance Applicants

All of the above, plus 12 harmonic minor scales

For questions regarding repertoire and etude choices, or to request permission to audition on tenor saxophone, contact Dr. Deibel.

Updated on 08/31/2018