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Keyboard Audition Information

Piano

All graduate piano applicants are required to submit a video screening recording to determine advancement in the audition process. The repertoire for the screening is the same as listed below for the live audition. View screening recording information here. 

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Piano (MM)

Comprises a fifteen minute program from memory, including:

l  A prelude and Fugue of J. S. Bach or a complete Toccata , Suite or Partita from which the faculty will choose a few movements.

l  A complete Classical sonata.

l  A work from the Romantic, Impressionistic or Contemporary periods.

Piano (DMA)

l  A forty-five minute program from memory of solo piano repertoire is required.

l  Example programs follow:

ü  Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 106 (first two movements)

ü  Chopin, Ballade in f minor, Op. 52

ü  Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit, (Ondine and Scarbo)

ü  Bach, Partita in C minor (complete)

ü  Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 53 (complete)

ü  Chopin, Fantaisie in f minor, Op. 49

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l  Option in Collaborative Piano: If collaborative piano as related field is desired, the applicant will present a screening audition for the collaborative faculty once coursework has begun.

l  Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance: Applicants to the GACMP will prepare a 60-minute recital demonstrating their highest artistic level. At the audition, the faculty will select 20 minutes of music from the program.

l  All new MM and DMA students who do not hold a BM in Performance from UNT must take the Graduate Piano Literature Examination to determine deficiencies in this area. For scheduling of this exam, contact the Music Graduate Office.

◀Piano performance applicants who wish to be considered for a TA in collaborative piano will both upload the following information and email it to elvia.puccinelli@unt.edu no later than February 22, 2018: complete collaborative piano repertoire lists, resume detailing collaborative piano experience, and links to live and unedited video recordings of both vocal and instrumental collaborative performances of degree-appropriate repertoire

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Collaborative Piano

Screening:

The video recording is to include the following repertoire:

l  one complete instrumental sonata;

l  five art songs representing at least three languages; and,

l  one solo work (memorized, 5-10 minutes in length).

◀At the beginning of the recording, state your name and the degree you seek. Check both the quality and playability of your recording before you upload it. Recordings must be live and unedited. The recording will be reviewed by the collaborative piano faculty. You will be notified no later than one month before your requested audition date regarding the results of this screening. 

Collaborative Piano (MM)

l  One solo work (5-8 minutes; to be performed from memory) 

l  Beethoven Violin Sonata Op 12 No 2 in A major, first movement

l  Strauss Allerseelen (E flat)

l  Fauré Mandoline (A flat)

Collaborative Piano (DMA)

l  One solo work (5-10 minutes; to be performed from memory) 

l  Franck Violin Sonata in A major, second movement

l  Beethoven Violin Sonata Op 30 No 2 in c minor, first movement

l  Debussy C’est l’extase (original key)

l  Barber St. Ita’s Vision (original key)

l  Sing and play - Schubert Am Feierabend (original key)

◀For any questions regarding repertoire, please email Dr. Puccinelli, Coordinator of Collaborative Piano, at elvia.puccinelli@unt.edu.

◀UNT will provide partners for the audition; please contact the Coordinator of Collaborative Piano at least three weeks before your audition to coordinate this.

◀Live audition is recommended, but video recordings may be accepted. If you wish to audition via recording, at the beginning of the screening recording state your name, the degree and major you seek and that this is your “final audition.” Please note that scholarships and assistantships are only awarded through live audition.

Organ

Students may be asked to make up deficiencies in repertoire and course work before beginning master's or doctoral level study.

Organ (MM)

l  Provide evidence of a senior recital equivalent to the standards for senior recitals at UNT and a complete list of all repertoire studied previously.

l  The entrance audition should include a major contrapuntal work from the Baroque period and major works from the 19th and 20th centuries.

l  The student should be prepared to play for 30 minutes.

l  Applicants will be asked to perform one hymn of their choice at the beginning of the audition.

l  An improvised or otherwise creative introduction is at the discretion of the applicant.

l  Sight-reading will be required at all auditions.

Organ (DMA)

l  Provide evidence of a Graduate Recital equivalent to the standards of Graduate Recitals at UNT and a complete list of all repertoire studied previously.

l  The entrance audition will include major works from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries.

l  Applicants will be asked to perform one hymn of their choice at the beginning of the audition.

l  An improvised or otherwise creative introduction is at the discretion of the applicant.

l  Sight-reading will be required at all auditions.

Suggested Repertoire

l  Bach trio sonatas and major preludes and fugues.

l  Major Bach chorale settings: Leipzig, Clavierubung III, etc.

l  Works by Dutch and German Baroque composers: Sweelinck toccatas and fantasies, Buxtehude major works, Muffat toccatas, etc.

l  Works by French Baroque composers: Mass movements and suites by Couperin, deGrigny, Marchand, Nivers, etc.

l  Works by Italian and Spanish Renaissance and Baroque composers: toccatas, tientos and other contrapuntal pieces by Frescobaldi, Froberger, the Gabrielis, Cabezon, Cabanilles, Correa, etc.

l  Major works by nineteenth century French composers, Franck Chorales and larger pieces, Widor, Vierne and Guilmant movements, etc.

l  Major works by nineteenth century German composers: Liszt, Mendelssohn, Reger, Reubke, Rheinberger, etc.

l  Major works by twentieth century composers: Dupre', Alain, Durufle', Messiaen, Hindemith, Distler, Albright, Demessieux, Eben, etc.

Harpsichord

Students should contact the coordinator to schedule an audition time and arrange for practice on the audition instrument. Students may be asked to make up deficiencies in repertoire and course work before beginning master's or doctoral level study.

Harpsichord (MM)

l  Provide evidence of a senior recital, equivalent to the standards for Senior Recitals at UNT.

l  The entrance audition should include a suite, toccata, or prelude and fugue by J.S. Bach

l  A group of pieces from either the French Clavecin or the English Virginal School, and one or more sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti or a piece by a 20th century composer.

l  The student should be prepared to play 30 minutes.

Harpsichord (DMA)

l  Provide evidence of a master's recital (on a keyboard instrument) equivalent to the standards for graduate recitals at UNT.

l  The entrance audition should include major works from at least five of the categories listed below. At least one of the major works must be played from memory.

l  The student should be prepared to play for 50 minutes.