See the submission deadline for undergraduates to file with the School of Music and learn more about Audition Day.

No prescreening required, but it is strongly recommended that you contact Professor Gause for a sample lesson before your audition.

Candidates should prepare two contrasting selections from the standard repertoire for their instrument, which may include solos, etudes and/or orchestral excerpts.

Learn more about suggested repertoire

The audition will be in a lesson format with a full duration of 60 minutes, and should consist of five to seven minutes of prepared material.

No accompaniment is required.

• Scales
  • Up to four sharps or four flats, with two octaves where possible.
• Sightreading

Solo repertoire

• Arutunian Concerto
• Balay Prelude et Ballade
• Barat Andante et Scherzo
• Broughton Oliver’s Birthday
• Clarke Debutante, Bride of the Waves, etc.
• Handel Aria con Variazioni
• Haydn Concerto
• Hindemith Sonata
• Hummel Concerto
• Kennan Sonata
• Ketting Intrada
• Ropartz Andante et Allegro

Etude repertoire

• Arban Characteristic Studies
• Bousquet 36 Celebrated Studies
• Brandt 34 Orchestral Studies
• Charlier 36 Etudes transcendantes
• Voxman Selected Studies
• Wurm 40 Studies

Orchestral excerpts

• Beethoven Leonore Overture #3 off-stage call
• Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition promenade
• Respighi Pines of Rome off-stage solo
• Stravinsky Petroushka ballerina’s dance

• Sound knowledge of both major and minor scales
• Desire to learn
• Coachability

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

Please see Graduate Admissions Process for School of Music application and audition registration information.

No prescreening required, but it is strongly recommended that you contact Professor Gause for a sample lesson before your audition.

• Two solos, selected from different historical periods of music, and of difficulty and quality appropriate for performance at the doctoral level
• Etudes and orchestral excerpts
  • Learn more about required repertoire.

The audition will be in a lesson format with a full duration of 60 minutes and should consist of 15-20 minutes of prepared material.

No accompaniment is required.

• Sightreading

• One etude selected from Brandt - Vacciano Orchestral Studies (MCA Music), and one etude selected from Charlier Etudes Transcendantes (Leduc)
• Performance of three to five "standard" orchestral excerpts selected from any volume of excerpts by Bartold, Voisin, or Rossbach (International), or by Neubaus (Musikverlag Hans Gerig)

• Sound knowledge of both major and minor scales
• Desire to learn
• Coachability

1. 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