Violin Audition Material (PD)

Performance Diploma

Applicants are required to submit prescreening recordings by December 1. Upload the videos to the Digital Portfolio section of the College of Music Supplemental Application. You will be given access to the Digital Portfolio after the College of Music Supplemental Application is submitted.  The recording quality and literature must be sufficient to make a reasonable judgment of ability. Recordings will be reviewed by a committee from the string area beginning the week following the December 1 deadline. You will be notified via email as to whether or not you have been invited for a live audition. Recordings received after December 1 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Live Audition:

• A complete solo sonata or partita by Bach
• A complete concerto from the following: Brahms; Glazunov; Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole; Paganini, No. 1 or No. 2; Saint-Saëns, B minor; Sibelius; Tchaikovsky; Vieuxtemps, No. 5
• Two virtuoso pieces from the following: Chausson, Poème; Kreisler, Recitativo and Scherzo; Ravel, Tzigane; Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Havanaise; Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy, Habanera, Zapateado; Tchaikovsky, Waltz, Scherzo; Wieniawski, Polonaise (D or A), Scherzo Tarantella, Variations on an Original Theme