Applied Music (Performance) Audition Requirements - Violin & Viola

Violin  

1. Major and minor scales in 3 octaves
2. A fast movement chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Kabalevsky
• Mozart #4 or #5
• Bruch
• Lalo
• Mendelssohn

3. A movement of a solo Bach: Partita or Sonata
4. If needed, additional contrasting repertoire sufficient to have a total of 15 minutes of solo repertoire prepared. The additional repertoire could include the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty

• Beethoven:  Romances, or any Sonata
• Copland:  Sonata
• Kreister:  Siciliene and Rigadon, Praeludium & Allegro, Tamborin Chinois
• Standard Orchestral Excerpts

5. Sight Reading

Viola

1. Major and minor scales in 3 octaves
2. A fast movement chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Hoffmeister
• Stamitz
• Walton

3. A movement of  solo Bach (not from the first Suite)
4. If needed, additional contrasting repertoire sufficient to have a total of 15 minutes of solo repertoire prepared. The additional repertoire could include the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Brahms:  Sonatas
• Schubert:  Arpeggione Sonata
• Schumann:  Fairy Tales
• Vaughn Williams:  Suite
• Standard Orchestral Excerpts

5. Sight Reading