Join us for oboe auditions

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Undergraduate audition days

  • Friday, Feb. 14, 2025
  • Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025
  • Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
  • Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025

Submission deadline: All undergraduate applications must be submitted by Feb. 1, 2025

Graduate audition days

  • Friday, Feb. 14, 2025
  • Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025
  • Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
  • Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025

Submission deadline: All graduate applications must be submitted by Dec. 1, 2024

Undergraduate Oboe Auditions

No prescreening required.

Any two contrasting music selections—solo movements, etudes (lyrical/technical)—that demonstrate your musical and technical abilities.

No technical requirements, but you are welcome to perform additional music—such as excerpts, concertos, and chamber music—and we can discuss such topics as reed making, scales, and sight reading.

The audition will be in a lesson format with a full duration of 60 minutes.

No accompaniment required.

Potential Solo Repertoire:

Albinoni, Tomaso: Concerto in D minor, Op. 9 no. 2
Britten, Benjamin: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49

Cimarosa, Domenico: Concerto for Oboe and Strings

Fine, Vivian: Sonatina for Oboe and Piano

Handel, G.F.: Sonata No. 1 for Oboe and Keyboard / Sonata No. 2 / Sonata No. 3

Morris, Alyssa: Four Personalities for Oboe and Piano

Mozart, W.A.: Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370(368b)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Oboe Sonata, Op. 166

Schumann, Robert: Three Romances, Op. 94

Still, William Grant: Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano

Telemann, G.P.: Sonata in A minor / Concerto in F minor / Concerto in C minor

Potential Solo Collections:

Oboe Solos, Arranged and Edited by Jay Arnold, Amsco Music Publishing Company

Solos for Oboe, 30 Repertoire Pieces, Compiled & Edited by Nancy Clauter, Carl Fischer

Potential Etudes:

Barret, Apollon: 40 Progressive Melodies / Ferling, W.F.: 48 Studies for Oboe, Op. 31

All selections are available through Trevco Music (www.trevcomusic.com), Sheet Music Plus (www.sheetmusicplus.com), or International Music Score Library Project (www.IMSLP.org)

Your audition is an opportunity to showcase your playing ability while interacting in a supportive lesson setting.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the audition and number of applicants, we will not be able to provide individual comments. All decisions made will be final.

  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

Graduate Oboe auditions

No prescreening required.

Any two contrasting music selections—solo movements, etudes (lyrical/technical)—that demonstrate your musical and technical abilities.

No technical requirements, but we will discuss your work as a performer, pedagogue, and academician to map out your goals so we can work together to contribute to your long-term success as a professional.

You are welcome to perform additional music—such as excerpts, concertos, and chamber music—and we can discuss such topics as reed making, scales, and sight reading.

The audition will be in a lesson format with a full duration of 60 minutes.

No accompaniment required.

Potential Solo Repertoire:

Albinoni, Tomaso: Concerto in D minor, Op. 9 no. 2
Britten, Benjamin: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49

Cimarosa, Domenico: Concerto for Oboe and Strings

Fine, Vivian: Sonatina for Oboe and Piano

Handel, G.F.: Sonata No. 1 for Oboe and Keyboard / Sonata No. 2 / Sonata No. 3

Morris, Alyssa: Four Personalities for Oboe and Piano

Mozart, W.A.: Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370(368b)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Oboe Sonata, Op. 166

Schumann, Robert: Three Romances, Op. 94

Still, William Grant: Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano

Telemann, G.P.: Sonata in A minor / Concerto in F minor / Concerto in C minor

Potential Solo Collections:

Oboe Solos, Arranged and Edited by Jay Arnold, Amsco Music Publishing Company

Solos for Oboe, 30 Repertoire Pieces, Compiled & Edited by Nancy Clauter, Carl Fischer

Potential Etudes:

Barret, Apollon: 40 Progressive Melodies / Ferling, W.F.: 48 Studies for Oboe, Op. 31

All selections are available through Trevco Music (www.trevcomusic.com), Sheet Music Plus (www.sheetmusicplus.com), or International Music Score Library Project (www.IMSLP.org)

Your audition is an opportunity to showcase your playing ability while interacting in a supportive lesson setting.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the audition and number of applicants, we will not be able to provide individual comments. All decisions made will be final.

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

Questions?

David Cyzak

David Cyzak

Title/Position
Oboe
Visiting Assistant Professor