Woodwinds
BASSOON: Applicants should play 2 pieces of contrasting styles for the audition, for a total of 10 - 12 minutes of music, plus an etude or 2 orchestral excerpts.
CLARINET:
Please prepare the following:
- Exposition of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto
- 3 standard orchestral excerpts of your choice
- One unaccompanied 20th or 21st century piece
- One movement from a sonata or concerto of your choice
FLUTE: Applicants should play 2 pieces of contrasting styles for the audition, for a total of 10 - 12 minutes of music, plus an etude or 2 orchestral excerpts.
OBOE: Applicants should play 2 pieces of contrasting styles for the audition, for a total of 10 - 12 minutes of music, plus an etude or 2 orchestral excerpts.
SAXOPHONE: Prepare three movements of works that represent your lyrical and technical capabilities, with at least one work from the standard repertoire (e.g. Ibert Concertino da Camera, Tomasi Concerto or Ballade, Maurice Tableaux de Provence, Creston Sonata or Concerto, Denisov Sonata). Applicants should also prepare all full-range major and harmonic minor scales as well as a full-range chromatic scale.