No prescreening required. 

• Candidates should prepare two contrasting selections from the standard repertoire for their instrument, which may include solos, etudes, and/or orchestral excerpts.
• It is critical that the audition material be thoroughly prepared.

Candidates should prepare 15 minutes of music that  showcases their best playing within the 30 minute audition time slot allowance.

No accompaniment is required.

No technical requirements.

Suggested solos

• Barat, Andante and Allegro
• Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique
• David, Concertino (mvt. 1)
• Morel, Piece in F minor
• Telemann, Sonata in F minor

Suggested etudes

• Rochut/Bordogni, Melodious Etudes, book 1 (for lyrical selection)
• Voxman, Selected Studies (contrasting etudes)
• Blazhevich, Studies in Clefs (contrasting etudes)

• Tone quality
• Musicianship
• Overall control
• Competency
• Technique

1. When am I considered for scholarship?
   • You are considered for scholarship at the time of audition
2. When will I hear about my results?
   • You will be notified via formal letter about your audition results and music scholarship results in early March

No prescreening is required.

• Two solos, selected from different historical periods of music, and of difficulty and quality appropriate for performance at the doctoral level.
• Etudes 
• Orchestral excerpts

Auditions should consist of 20 minutes of music within the 30 minute audition slot time allowance.

• Accompaniment is suggested but not required.
• If you choose to audition with accompaniment, you will need to bring your own accompanist with you to the audition.

No technical requirements. 

MA:

• A complete Concerto or Sonata from the standard repertoire
• One unaccompanied piece for solo horn, or an etude of similar substance
• Five orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire, including:
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, movement 2, mm. 9-28, horn 1
• Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Lustige Streiche, opening to rehearsal 1, horn 1

DMA:

• Two complete solo works from the standard repertoire.
• One substantial unaccompanied piece for solo horn
• Eight orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire, including:
• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, mvt. 1, rehearsal 17-21, horn 1
• Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, opening to rehearsal 5, horn 1
• Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel, opening to rehearsal 1, horn 1
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, mvt. 2, mm. 9-28, horn 1
• Wagner, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, short call

• Tone quality
• Musicianship
• Overall control
• Competency
• Technique

1. When will I hear about my results?
   • You will be notified via formal letter about your audition results in early March