Auditions

Audition Requirements

• Solo audition of 30 minutes minimum
• Live auditions preferred when possible for local applicants
• Audition videos/links must be submitted in Slideroom application
• Performance must draw from the approved Audition Repertoire listed according to instrument below

Audition Repertoire by Instrument

Woodwinds

For specific questions, contact Director of Instrumental Studies John Burdett at jburdett@apu.edu.

Flute

• Bach: B minor Sonata
• Mozart: Concerto in D Major or G Major
• Dutilleux: Sonatine
• Prokofiev: Sonata
• Other approved standard repertoire

Oboe

• Mozart: Concerto in C Major
• Strauss: Concerto
• Dorati: Cinq Pieces Pour Le Hautbois

Bassoon

• Mozart: Concerto in B flat Major
• Vivaldi: Concerto in E minor or A minor
• Milde: Scale Studies and Etudes

Clarinet

• Brahms: Sonatas No. 1 and 2
• Mozart: Concerto, K. 622
• Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie
• Stravinsky: Three Pieces
• Weber: Concertos No. 1 or 2, Grand Duo Concertant
• Rose: 32 Etudes

Saxophone

• Creston: Sonata, Rhapsodie
• Glazounov: Concerto
• Heiden: Sonata
• Ibert: Concertino de Camera
• Muczynski: Sonata
• Bozza: Etudes
• Ferling: Etudes
• Karg: Etudes

Percussion

For specific questions, contact Director of Instrumental Studies John Burdett at jburdett@apu.edu.

Snare Drum

• Etudes by Cirone, Peters, Delecuse
• Multiple Percussion
• Solo pieces by Kraft or other approved composers

Marimba

• Sonata, by Bach
• Multiple mallet solos by approved composers
• Concertos by approved composers

Timpani

• Solos by Carroll, Carter, or other approved composers

Brass

For specific questions, contact Director of Instrumental Studies John Burdett at jburdett@apu.edu.

Trumpet

• Fasch: Concerto in D
• Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
• Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
• Honegger: Intrada
• Charlier: Etudes

French Horn

• Bach: Selection from Cello Suite
• Beethoven: Sonata
• Bozza: En Fore
• Gallay: Etudes
• Gliere: Concerto
• Hindemith: Concerto
• Kling: Etudes
• Alphonse: Books 4-6
• Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 or No. 3
• Strauss: Concerto No. 1 or No. 2
• V. Reynolds: 48 Etudes

Trombone

• Bourgeouis: Concerto
• Bozza: Ballade
• Ewazen: Sonata
• Grondahl: Concerto
• Saint-Saens: Cavatine
• Hindemith: Sonata (1st or 3rd mvt)
• DeFaye: Deux Danses
• Ewazen: Sonata
• Martin: Ballade
• Rimsky Korsakov: Concerto (1st mvt)
• Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites

Tuba

• Bordogni: Solfeggi for Tuba
• Broughton: Sonata
• Plog: Three Miniatures
• Vaughan Williams: Concerto
• Williams: Concerto

Excerpts:

• Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini (#16 to 5 measures after #19)
• Gershwin: An American in Paris (#67 to #68)
• Resphighi: Fountains of Rome (#11 to #14; 13 measures after #14 to Largamente

Guitar

For specific questions, contact Director of Guitar Studies Tom Hynes at thynes@apu.edu.

Choose two from the following:

• A dance or two from a Lute Suite, Cello Suite or Violin Sonata or Partita by J.S. Bach
• A major classical work of length by Sor (Theme & Variations, Sonata or Grand Solo), Giuliani (Theme & Variations, Sonata, Grand Overture), Aguado (Rondo in Am)
• A major Romantic/Neo-classic work of length by Ponce, Tansman, Castelnuovo-Tedesco. A sonata or suite from any of these composers will suffice
• A modern work of length by Brouwer, Takamitsu, Walton, Britten or Smith-Brindle or comparable work

Harp

For specific questions, contact Director of String Studies Marek Szpakiewicz at marek@apu.edu.

• Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite solo
• Two contrasting works: (1) 17th or 18th century composer, (2) 20th century composer
• Etude (e.g. Bochsa Etude No. 1 from Cinquante Etudes Op. 34, Book One)
• Orchestral excerpt (e.g. Waltz of the Flowers harp cadenza from the Nutcracker Suite)

Keyboard Collaborative Arts

For specific questions, contact Director of Keyboard Studies Joel Clifft at jclifft@apu.edu.

Applicants must perform the following:

• One complete solo work, performed from memory
• One complete instrumental sonata
• One opera aria
• Three art songs of varied style and language

Applicants may also be required to demonstrate sight-reading skills. All sonatas must be performed with an instrumentalist. All songs and arias must be performed with a singer. The applicant is expected to provide his or her own musical partners.

Piano

For specific questions, contact Director of Keyboard Studies Joel Clifft at jclifft@apu.edu.

Applicants must perform the following:

• One Prelude and Fugue from The Well Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach
• One complete classical sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert (excluding Beethoven “Opus 49”)
• One large-scale work from the romantic period
• One virtuoso etude

The applicant may also be required to demonstrate sight-reading skills.

Strings

For specific questions, contact Director of String Studies Marek Szpakiewicz at marek@apu.edu.

Violin

Each of the following (four selections total):

• Two contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied Sonata or Partita
• One movement of a standard violin concerto
• One virtuoso piece/caprice/etude

Viola

Each of the following (four selections total):

• Two contrasting movements of either a Bach cello Suite or a Bach violin Sonata or Partita
• One movement of a standard viola sonata
• One movement of a standard concerto written for viola

Cello

Each of the following (four selections total):

• Two contrasting movements of Bach cello suites
• One movement from a standard cello sonata
• One movement from a standard cello concerto

Double Bass

Each of the following (three selections total):

• One movement of Bach transcribed solo cello, key of applicant’s choice
• One movement of a standard concerto
• One movement of a sonata with piano