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Saxophone
No saxophone major is
available at Colburn Conservatory.
Bassoon
Prescreening Repertoire
The first step of the audition process is for you, the applicant, to upload a prescreening video by the December 1st application deadline. The prescreening recording must contain the following repertoire:
Your choice of at least two contrasting works or movements by different composers DVD recordings of live recitals also are acceptable to upload. Accompaniment is required for prescreening.
Live Audition Repertoire
If you are invited to audition, you must prepare works from each category listed below. Memorization of audition repertoire is NOT required. Piano accompaniment is required for the live audition. A list of accompanists will be provided if you are invited.
Bachelor of Music (BM) and Performance Diploma (PD) Applicants
Scales
All major and minor scales and a scale and chord study from Milde, opus 24
Etudes
Weissenborn, 50 Advanced Studies: One slow and one fast etude
Concerto
Weber, Concerto in F, movements 1 and 2
Master of Music (MM), Artist Diploma (AD) and Professional Studies Certificate (PSC) Applicants
Scales
A scale and chord study from Milde, opus 24
Etudes
One slow and one fast etude of the applicant’s choice
Concerto
Mozart, movements 1 and 2
Orchestral
Excerpts
• Mozart, Overture to Marriage of Figaro
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, second movement
Clarinet
Prescreening Repertoire
The first step of the audition process is for you, the applicant, to upload a prescreening video by the December 1st application deadline. Piano accompaniment is required. The prescreening recording must contain the following repertoire:
Live Audition Repertoire
If you are invited to audition, you must prepare works from each category listed below. Memorization of audition repertoire is HIGHLY recommended, but NOT required. Piano accompaniment is required at the live audition. A list of accompanists will be provided.
Scales
All major and minor scales, both slurred and
articulated, in three octaves. (Scales in C#, D, and Eb should be prepared in
two octaves.)
Etudes
Choose one of the following caprices:
• 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, or 17
from Paganini, Dix-Sept Caprices adapted for the clarinet and
published by Éditions Musicales Alphonse Leduc.
Kovács,
Béla
Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach. Edition Darok. EDL
2103
Solo
Work
A piece or composition of the applicant’s choice such as a concerto, sonata, or
solo
(Applicants may choose to perform two concertos from the list below; one as a
solo work and another as a concerto work.)
Concerto
Choose one of the following concertos and prepare
any two movements of the concerto:
• Corigliano, Concerto
• Mozart, Concerto K. 622
• Nielsen, Concerto
• Weber, Concerto #2 in E-flat
• Copland, Concerto (entire work)
Flute
Prescreening Repertoire
The first step of the audition process is for you, the applicant, to upload a prescreening video by the December 1st application deadline. Piano accompaniment is not required. The prescreening recording must contain the following repertoire:
Live Audition Repertoire
If you are invited to audition, you must prepare works from each category listed below. Memorization of audition repertoire (except for etudes) is highly recommended, but not required. Accompaniment is not required.
4. Bach—Sarabande from Partita in A minor
Oboe
Prescreening Repertoire
Live Audition Repertoire
Piano accompaniment is required for the live audition. A list of accompanists will be provided.
Performance Diploma (PD) and Bachelor of Music (BM)
Applicants
Master of Music (MM), Artist Diploma (AD) and
Professional Studies Certificate (PSC) Applicants
Updated on 08/09/2018