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Clarinet Audition Material (PD)

Performance Diploma

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.

Prescreening

Prior to being invited to a live audition, applicants are required to submit prescreening recordings. 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.

Videos are due no later than Dec. 1.
Maximin of 15 minutes of unedited repertoire selected from the on-campus audition requirements.

On-Campus Audition (Comparable substitutions are allowed)

One Concerto such as:

Bolcom, Concerto
Bozza, Concerto
Copland, Concerto
Corigliano, Concerto
Crusell, Concerto in F minor
Francaix, Concerto
Gotkovsky, Two Concertos
Hindemith, Concerto
Nielsen, Concerto
Spohr, Concertos
Tomasi, Concerto
Tower, Concerto
Weber, Second Concerto in Eb

One Sonata or work with piano

Bassett, Arias
Brahms, Sonata No. 1 in F minor
Brahms, Sonata No. 2 in Eb Major
D. G Mason Sonata
Francaix, Tema con Variazioni
Kokai, Four Hungarian Dances
Martinu, Sonatina
Muczynski, Time Pieces
Prokofiev, Sonata
Reger, 1st or 3rd Sonata
Rossini, Theme and Variations
Tedesco, Sonata
Tower, Fantasy

One Unaccompanied work

Bassett, Soliloquies
Berio, Sequenza IX
Boulez, Domaines
Carter, Gra
Denisov, Sonata
Donatoni, Clair
Gotkovsky, Solo Sonata
Larsen, Dancing Solo
Martino, A Set for Clarinet
Messiaen, Abime des Oiseaux
Penderecki, Prelude
Ran, Three Scenes
Ran, Monologue for an Actor
Stockhausen, Amour
Stockhausen, Harlequin
Stockhausen In Freundschaft
Tower, Wings

Six Orchestral excerpts

Bartok, Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin
Beethoven, Symphonies 4, 6, and 8
Brahms, Symphonies 1 and 3
Kodaly, Dances of Galanta
Mendelssohn, Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, No. 1
Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 2
Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol
Rimsky-Korsakov, Suite from the Opera Le coq d’or
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op. 35
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 9
Stravinsky, Firebird Suite
Tchaikovsky, Symphonies 4, 5, and 6

One additional work

Choose from any genre that showcases strengths both musically and technically.

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