Graduate Music Audition Requirements & Repertoire - UNCSA

Woodwinds Audition Requirements

Bassoon (MM)

• Three contrasting movements of a standard concerto, sonata or solo work
• One Milde Concert Study or equivalent etude
• A work composed in the last fifty years
• A minimum of four contrasting standard orchestral excerpts

The total length of a live audition is 15 minutes. Piano accompaniment is not required however if you wish to use a pianist, bassoon professor Saxton Rose can supply the names and contact information for pianists in the area. UNCSA cannot provide accompanists.

A live audition is strongly recommended and required for consideration for the Teaching Assistant position, however students who are unable to travel to Winston-Salem may submit a high-quality video audition. Repertoire requirements are the same as that of a live audition.

Applicants should upload the video to an online service such as YouTube or Vimeo and submit the link to Saxton Rose at roses@uncsa.edu.

Clarinet (MM)

• Three selections that should include but not be limited to a complete sonata or concerto
• A work composed in the last 50 years
• Demonstrate the ability to sight-read

If you have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please contact clarinet professor Oskar Espina-Ruiz at espina-ruizo@uncsa.edu.

Flute (MM)

• One complete J.S. Bach Sonata
• One complete Mozart Concerto (G or D)
• One Paris Conservatoire Piece (as from the Flute Music by French Composers book – Schirmer)
• Five Standard orchestral Excerpts (as from the Baxtresser book)
• One Etude (like Paganini Caprice or equivalent)
• Scales (all majors and melodic minors)

Substitutions are ok. If you have any questions about the audition process, substitutions or requirements, please contact flute professor Dr. Tadeu Coelho at coelhot@uncsa.edu.

Oboe (MM)

• Three selections that should include, but not be limited to, a complete sonata or concerto, a 20th century work and a Bach cantata
• Two orchestral excerpts

If you have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please contact oboe professor Jaren Atherholt at atherholtj@uncsa.edu. 

Saxophone (MM)

• Three selections that should include but not be limited to a complete sonata or concerto
• A work composed in the last fifty years
• Demonstrate the ability to sight-read

If you have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please contact saxophone professor Robert Young at youngr@uncsa.edu.

Updated on 10/12/2018