Undergraduate and Music Minor

• All major and  minor scales in all forms through the full range of the instrument.
• Two contrasting etudes from books such as Anderson (op. 21, op. 33, or higher opus), Berbiquier (18 studies), Kohler, or Boehm.
• Two solos to demonstrate tone, technique, and musicianship (preferably of contrasting periods, e.g., Bach “Sonata in Eb,” Fauré “Fantasie”).

Master of Music

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 Applicantion is submitted. The recording (video preferred; audio-only acceptable) should contain two contrasting works and quality must be sufficient to make a reasonable judgment of ability. Recordings will be reviewed by a committee from the woodwind 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.

On-campus Audition Requirements

• Play three contrasting works from different style periods (one for solo flute).
• A minimum of four orchestral excerpts.
• Demonstration of memory strongly recommended.

Doctor of Musical Arts

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 Applicantion is submitted.  The recording (video preferred; audio-only acceptable) should contain two contrasting works and quality must be sufficient to make a reasonable judgment of ability. Recordings will be reviewed by a committee from the woodwind 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.

On-campus Audition Requirements

• Prepare a thirty-minute recital/lecture of three to four contrasting pieces.
• Present brief oral program notes for each piece.
• One work from memory strongly recommended.
• Click here for general information about the DMA audition format.

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 Applicantion is submitted.  The recording (video preferred; audio-only acceptable) should contain two contrasting works and quality must be sufficient to make a reasonable judgment of ability. Recordings will be reviewed by a committee from the woodwind 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.

On-campus Audition Requirements

Although repertoire selection and performance in the audition bear great importance, final acceptance is based on the demonstration of talent, dedication, and the desire to achieve excellence rather than solely upon the level of proficiency already achieved.

Choose ONE work from each of the lists below.

Concertos (from memory)
Boccherini, Concerto in D
Bach, C.P.E., Concerto in d minor
Bach, J.S., Suite in b minor
Griffes, Poem
Hanson, Serenade
Hue, Fantasie
Ibert, Concerto
Khachaturian, Concerto
Liebermann, Concerto
Martin, Ballade
Mozart, Concerto G or D
Nielsen, Concerto
Quantz, Concerto in G
Reinecke, Concerto in D
Rivier, Concerto
Rodrigo, Concierto pastoral
Rouse, Concerto
Telemann, Suite in a minor

Sonatas and works with piano
Bach, Sonatas
Beaser, Variations
Blavet, Sonatas
Copland, Duo
Couperin, Concert Royale
Enesco, Cantabile et Presto
Faure, Fantasie
Gaubert, Sonatas (1-3)
Handel, Sonatas
Jolivet, Chant de Linos
Liebermann, Sonata
Martinu, Sonata
Muczynski, Sonata
Poulenc, Sonata
Prokofiev, Sonata
Reinecke, Sonata Undine
Saint-Saens, Odelette
Schubert, Variations
Schumann, Romances

Unaccompanied works
Berio, Sequenza
Bozza, Image
Debussy, Syrinx
Dick, Flying Lesson
Ferroud, Trois Pieces
Ibert, Piece
Kuhlau, Fantasia in D
Marais, Les Folies d'Espagne
Telemann, Fantasias
Varese, Density 21.5

Orchestral excerpts (choose FIVE of the following)
Beethoven, Leonore Overture 3 (main solo)
Beethoven, Symphonies 3,4,7
Brahms, Symphonies #4 (main solo, 4th mvt.)
Debussy, Afternoon of a Faun
Dvorak, Symphony 8 (last mv.t solo)
Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphoses (3rd mvt. solo)
Mendelssohn, Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, Classical Symphony (both complete)
Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe Suite 2 (main solo)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol (cadenza)
Saint-Saens, Voliere (from Carnival of the Animals)
Stravinsky, Firebird Suite