PIANO MM Audition Requirements

PBC Audition Requirements

Choose three from the following (memorization required):  J.S. Bach - any Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, or other major work  Classical - any sonata by Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart or Schubert  Romantic - any substantial work by Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Schumann or Mendelssohn  20th/21st Century - any major work by Bartók, Ginastera, Schönberg, Libermann, Prokofiev, etc. One virtuosic étude by Chopin, Liszt, Moscheles, Bartók, Debussy, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin or Stravinsky

Present an example from each of the following (memorization required): [same list]

One virtuosic étude by Chopin, Liszt, Moscheles, Bartók, Debussy, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin or Stravinsky

VOICE Master of Music  5-6 pieces 1 each in French, German, Italian, English and should include, but not more than one oratorio and/or operatic aria  Students should submit programs for all undergraduate performance recitals. Post Baccalaureate Certificate  40-50 minutes of memorized music that represents Italian song, German Lied, French melodie, and 20-21st century song in English.  One operatic and one oratorio aria (not more than one each) is required.  Should an applicant wish to include performances to show proficiency in other languages, i.e., Spanish, Russian, Czech, etc., they may do so, but may not do so as a substitution of French, German, Italian, or English.

STRINGS VIOLIN Master of Music  Applicants should prepare two solo works. One of them should be slow, with sustained, melodic lines, and the other should be fast and technically challenging. Choose from: o A movement at the level of difficulty of concerti by composers such as Mozart, Viotti, Bruch, Mendelssohn and Saint-Saëns No. 3 o A movement from an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita o A movement from Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern sonatas  Sight-reading. Post Baccalaureate Certificate  Choose three from the following: o J.S. Bach - any movement from the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin o Classical - Beethoven concerto or any Mozart concerto o Romantic - any substantial work by Brahms, Paganini, Wieniawski, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens etc. o 20th/21st Century - any major work by Bartók, Prokofiev, Khachaturian, Shostakovich etc. o One caprice by Wieniawski or Paganini  Sight-reading  Minimum time requirement of 30 minutes  Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level.

VIOLA Master of Music 1. Prelude from any Bach solo suites 2. One of the following complete sonatas: Brahms Op. 120 No. 1 and No.2 Schubert- Arpeggione, Schumann- Märchenbilder, Rebecca Clarke, or a sonata of similar difficulty. 3. The first movement of the following concertos: David, Bartok, Walton, Forsyth, or a concerto movement similar in difficulty. 4. A virtuosic piece of the applicant’s choice. 5. Sight-reading Post Baccalaureate Certificate

1. A complete solo Bach suite (1007-1012), or one of the Suites for Solo Viola, Op.131 by Max Reger. 2. A complete sonata by Schubert, Brahms, or Hindemith, or an equivalent work such as Schumann or Maerchenbilder. 3. A complete concerto such as: Stamitz, Bartok, Hindemith (Der Schwanendreher), Walton, etc.

CELLO Master of Music 1. A Sonata for Cello and Piano by one of the following composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Franck, Debussy or comparable work. 2. One of the following complete concertos: Dvorak, Schumann, Haydn D major, or comparable work. 3. Sight-reading

Post Baccalaureate Certificate 1. A Sonata for Cello and Piano Beethoven, Brahms, Franck, Debussy or a similar work: 2. One of the following concertos or a comparable work:  Dvorak  Schumann  Haydn D major 3. Three contrasting movements of a suite by J. S. Bach

DOUBLE BASS Master of Music  Classical 1. First movement including concerto from a standard concerto (Bottesini, Koussevitzky, or Vanhal) 2. All three octave major and minor scales 3. Sight-reading 

Jazz 1. Two memorized standards – be prepared to play the melody, a 2-beat bass line, a walking bass line, and improvised solo (All the Things You Are, Body and Soul, Confirmation, or Stella by Starlight) accompaniment will be provided. 2. All three octave major and minor scales 3. Sight reading provided at audition – ensemble part reading and lead sheet interpretation

Post Baccalaureate Certificate  Classical 1. Three octave major scales 2. A memorized movement of a major concerto by Bottesini, Koussevitzky, Dittersdorf, or Vanhal. 3. A memorized movement from a baroque sonata or Bach cello suite, memorized. 4. Modern work post 1950, (optional) 

Jazz http://www.wiu.edu/cofac/jazz/JazzStudAudPostBac.php

GUITAR Classical MM Audition Requirements

PBC Audition Requirements

Choose 2 from the following:  Movement from a Lute Suite, Cello Suite, or Violin Sonata or Partita by Bach  Work by Guiliani, Carulli, Carcassi, Sor, or comparable Classical composer  Work by Tarrega, Villa-Lobos, or comparable late 19th-early 20th century composer  Work by Brouwer or comparable 20th-21st century composer Sight reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

Choose at least 3 from the following: (Same list)

Sight reading 20 min. minimum time requirement Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

Jazz Post Baccalaureate Certificate http://www.wiu.edu/cofac/jazz/JazzStudAudPostBac.php

WOODWINDS FLUTE MM Audition Requirements

PBC Audition Requirements

1. Mozart: Concerto in G or D, movements I and II 2. A 19th- or 20th-century French work, from Flute Music by French Composers or equivalent 3. An unaccompanied 20th- or 21stcentury work 4. Five orchestral excerpts (Baxtresser: Orchestral Excerpts for Flute or equivalent)

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

1. J.S. Bach: Two contrasting movements from any sonata or Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013. 2. Mozart: First two movements from either the Concerto in G Major, K. 313; OR Concerto in D Major, K. 314. 3. Two contrasting movements from a twentieth- or twenty-first-century concerto, eg. Ibert, Nielsen, Rouse, etc. 4. Three orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire (see: Orchestral Excerpts for Flute by Jeanne Baxtresser). Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

OBOE MM Audition Requirements Choose two from the following:  St. Saens or Poulenc Sonata (1st mvt.)  Mozart or Haydn Concerto (3rd mvt.)  Any Telemann or Vivaldi Concerto or Sonata (mvts. 1 and 2)  Britten Six Metamorphoses (any three mvts.) Orchestral Excerpts; Choose two from the following:  Brahms Violin Concerto (slow mvt. excerpt)  Rossini La Scala di Seta (slow and fast excerpts)  Beethoven Symphony #3 (3rd and 4th mvt. excerpts)  Prokofiev Symphony #1 (3rd and 4th mvt. excerpts)

PBC Audition Requirements Choose three from the following: [same list]

Orchestral Excerpts; Choose three from the following: [same list]

***All excerpts may be found in the Rothwell books, Difficult Passages… published by Boosey and Hawkes Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

CLARINET MM Audition Requirements Choose two movements from any of the following concertos:  Mozart Concerto  Weber Concerto I or II And either  Copland Concerto  Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie Orchestral Excerpts; Choose two from the following:  Beethoven Symphony No. 6, MVT. I and II  Brahms Symphony No. 3, MVT. I and II  Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol, MVT. I and III  Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf  Mendelssohn, Scherzo to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

PBC Audition Requirements Same, with the addition of the complete Mozart concerto

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

Choose four excerpts

SAXOPHONE MM Audition Requirements - Saxophone Two pieces (one accompanied and one unaccompanied) from the following:

PBC Audition Requirements - Saxophone In addition to MM requirements, two pieces from the following:  Albright – Sonata

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Denisov – Sonata For Alto Saxophone Desenclos – Prélude, Cadence et Finale Lennon – Distances Within Me Berio – Sequenza IXb Robert – Cadenza Tower - Wings

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

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Bolcom – Lilith Dahl - Concerto Husa - Concerto

Sight-reading Minimum time requirement of 45 minutes Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

BASSOON MM Audition Requirements One piece from each of the four eras below: • Baroque - Any Sonata/Concerto by Vivaldi or a pre-approved alternative piece 
 • Classical - Mozart Bassoon Concerto, Hummel Bassoon Concerto 
or a preapproved alternative piece • Romantic - Weber Bassoon Concerto
, Rossini Bassoon Concerto or a preapproved alternative piece • 20th/21st Century - Bozza Fantasy, Steinmetz Sonata, Saint-Saens Sonata or a pre-approved alternative piece 


PBC Audition Requirements Same requirements a higher level of performance is expected at the audition.

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

BRASS TRUMPET MM Audition Requirements TRUMPET PBC Audition Requirements TRUMPET Baroque concerto on piccolo A movement of a Baroque concerto trumpet: performed on the piccolo trumpet: Telemann, Torelli, L. Mozart or Telemann, Torelli, Handel or Tartini equivalent or equivalent A movement of a standard classical Classical concerto: concerto: Haydn and Hummel Concerti in E Hadyn, Hummel, Neruda flat or E A solo piece or movement of a A 19th or 20th century concerto or sonata or concerto: sonata: Hindemith, Kennan, Boehme, Boehme, Hindemith, Stevens, Arutunian, Bozza or equivalent Kennan, Arutunian or equivalent. Graduate assistantship includes reading with the faculty brass quintet Representative orchestra excerpts: Three standard orchestral excerpts: Respighi Pines of Rome offstage, Mahler Respighi Pines of Rome offstage, Symphony 5 opening Beethoven Leonore Overture #3, Ravel Piano Concerto, Stravinsky Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Petrouchka Ballerina’s Dance and Waltz Promenade, Mahler Symphony 5 or equivalent Opening or equivalent Sight-reading Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

Sight-reading Minimum of 30 minutes Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

HORN MM Audition Requirements HORN

PBC Audition Requirements HORN

Choose three from the following  Three standard orchestral excerpts such as those found in The Horn Player’s Audition Handbook by LaBar  Classical – A concerto by Mozart or Haydn

Present an example from each of the following  Five standard orchestral excerpts such as those found in The Horn Player’s Audition Handbook by LaBar  18th Century A concerto by Mozart Haydn, Telemann or Rosetti

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Romantic – a Concerto by Richard Strauss or Reinhold Gliere 20th/21st Century – A Sonata by Hindemith or Equivalent

One major étude by Gallay Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

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19th/20th – a Concerto by Richard Strauss , Reinhold Gliere, Gordon Jacob or Hindemith 20th/21st Century –An unaccompanied work for Solo Horn such as those by Douglas Hill, Vitaly Buyanovsky, or Randall Faust One virtuosic étude by Gallay, Reynolds, or Schuller Sight-reading No time but ALL CATEGORIES are required. Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

TENOR TROMBONE MM Audition Requirements TENOR TROMBONE 

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One major Concerto chosen from among following: L. Grondahl: Concerto ; F. David: Concertino; H. Tomasi: Concerto One Sonata chosen from the following: E. Ewazen: Sonata; J. Casterede: Sonatine; P. Hindemith: Sonate One lyrical Etude from: Bordogni/Rochut: Melodious Etudes for Trombone One technical Etude chosen from one of the following: Tyrell: 40 Progressive Etudes; Blazhevich: Sequences; Arban: Characteristic Studies Orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire

PBC Audition Requirements TENOR TROMBONE Candidate must be prepared to play some or all of the following: One major Concerto chosen from among the following: L. Grondahl: Concerto F. David: Concertino H. Tomasi: Concerto One Sonata chosen from the following: E. Ewazen: Sonata J. Casterede: Sonatine P. Hindemith: Sonate One lyrical Etude from: Bordogni/Rochut: Melodious Etudes for Trombone One technical Etude chosen from the following: Tyrell: 40 Progressive Etudes Blazhevich: Sequences Arban: Characteristic Studies

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement

Sight-reading No time but ALL CATEGORIES are required.

Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

BASS TROMBONE MM Audition Requirements BASS TROMBONE One major Concerto chosen from the following: Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement; E. Ewazen: Concerto; Thom Ritter George: Concerto One Sonata chosen from the following: A. Wilder: Sonata; Halsey Stevens: Sonatina; P. McCarty: Sonata One lyrical Etude from Bordogni: Vocalises (any edition) One technical Etude chosen from one of the following: T. Pederson: Advanced Etudes for Bass Trombone; K. Kahila: Semester of Studies for Bass Trombone; Gillis: 70 Studies Orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

PBC Audition Requirements BASS TROMBONE Candidate must be prepared to play some or all of the following: One major Concerto chosen from the following: Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement E. Ewazen: Concerto Thom Ritter George: Concerto One Sonata chosen from the following: A. Wilder: Sonata Halsey Stevens: Sonatina P. McCarty: Sonata One lyrical Etude from Bordogni: Vocalises (any edition) One technical Etude chosen from the following: T. Pederson: Advanced Etudes for Bass Trombone K. Kahila: Semester of Studies for Bass Trombone Gillis: 70 Studies Sight-reading No time but ALL CATEGORIES are required. Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

TUBA MM Audition Requirements TUBA All graduate applicants should be able to demonstrate either the CC or BB-flat tuba, and be capable of playing at least one

PBC Audition Requirements TUBA All applicants should be able to demonstrate both the CC and F tubas at the advanced level. BBflat tuba

work of reduced significance with either the may be used in place of the CC. F or E-flat tuba (more significant work would be preferred.) Prepare: Two contrasting solos and Prepare at least two contrasting solos. The list below contains suggestions and are characteristic of the necessary level of significance:

several of the major orchestral excerpts;

Recommended Solo List: Sonata (Concerto) by Bruce Broughton (Masters Music Publications) Sonatine by Jacques Casterede (Alphonse Leduc) Sonate fur Tuba & Klavier by Zoltan Bozza: Concertino (Alphonse Leduc) Gardonyi (Edition Walahll) Broughton: Sonata (Concerto) (Masters Sonata by Paul Hindemith (European Music Publications) American-Schott) Ewazen: Concerto for Tuba (Bass Sonata for (F) Tuba and Piano, Op. 34 by Trombone) (Southern Music Company) Trygve Madsen (Musikk-Huset A/S) Hindemith: Sonate (European AmericanSonata for Tuba and Piano by Alec Wilder Schott) (Mentor Music) Kraft: Encounters II (MCA Music/Editions Concertino by Eugene Bozza (Alphonse BIM) Leduc) Madsen: Sonata for (F) Tuba and Piano, Three Miniatures by Anthony Plog Op. 34 (Musikk-Huset A/S) (Editions BIM) Plog: Three Miniatures (Editions BIM) Tuba Concerto by Martin Ellerby Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto in f (Maecenas Music, Ltd.) (Oxford) Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone by Wilder: Sonata for Tuba and Piano Eric Ewazen (Southern Music Company) (Mentor Music) Concerto for Tuba and Strings by Arild Plau Williams (John) Concerto for Tuba and (Ovation) Orchestra (Hal Leonard Corporation) Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra by John Select two orchestral excerpts from the list Williams (Hal Leonard Corporation) Three Furies by James Grant (Grantwood below: Music Press) Alarum by Edward Gregson (Intrada Music Wagner: Publishing) Prelude to Die Meistersinger Encounters II by William Kraft (MCA The Ride of the Valkyries Music/Editions BIM) Berlioz: Salve Venere, Salve Marte by John Stevens Overture to “Benvenuto Cellini “ (Editions BIM) Rehearsal #15 through the third measure of rehearsal #17 Recommended Orchestral Excerpt List:

Prepare at least two contrasting solos. The list below contains suggestions and are characteristic of the necessary level of significance:

Rehearsal #18 through the fifth measure of rehearsal #19 The Damnation of Faust Symphonie Fantastique Brahms: Symphony No. 2 movement IV Bruckner: Symphony No.4, Mvt. IV Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses, Mvt II; scherzo Mahler: Symphony No.1, Mvt. III: complete Symphony No. 2, Mvt. V: Chorale Symphony No. 5, Finale Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 , Mvt. 5

Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg by Richard Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz • Rehearsal #15 through the third measure of rehearsal #17 • Rehearsal #18 through the fifth measure of rehearsal #19 The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms • Mvt. IV: Rehearsal "O" to the end Symphony No. 7 by Anton Bruckner • Mvt. IV: Rehearsal "P" to rehearsal "S" Symphonic Metamorphoses by Paul Hindemith • Mvt. II: Turandot, Scherzo: complete Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler • Mvt. III: complete Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler • Mvt. V: Chorale, From 2nd measure of rehearsal #10 through rehearsal #11 Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler • Part II. Mvt. 3: Scherzo, from 16th measure of rehearsal #15 through #17 Symphony No. 5 by Serge Prokofiev • Mvt. I: complete Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 by Serge Prokofiev • Mvt. V: From the fourth measure of rehearsal #49 through rehearsal #51 Fountains of Rome by O. Respighi Sensamaya by Silvestre Revueltas • Rehearsal #2 to rehearsal #11 • Rehearsal #33 to rehearsal #41 Symphony No. 8 by Dimitri Shostakovich • Scherzo Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss

Till Eulenspiegel by Richard Strauss • From rehearsal #13 to two measures before rehearsal #14 • From rehearsal #25 to seven measures before rehearsal #26 • From three measures before rehearsal #37 to four measures before Petrouchka by Igor Stravinsky “Peasant with Bear”: From #189 through #191 “Masqueraders”: From #240 through three measure before rehearsal #242 Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard showing potential for success at the Master’s level

Sight-reading No minimum time requirement Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with potential for success at the DMA level

PERCUSSION Master of Music Snare Drum

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One solo work of your choice that exhibits both concert and rudimental drumming techniques. Prim by Askell Masson
is a representative example of a piece that features both styles.

Keyboard Percussion

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One four-mallet marimba solo. Possible works include Land-Muramatsu, Virginia Tate-Smadbeck, Variations on a Japanese Children’s Song-Abe Other works of equal difficulty will be accepted.

Timpani

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One solo work. 2 of the following three movements (March, Canaries, and Perpeto Moto) from Carter’s Eight Pieces or one piece of similar difficulty. Drumset and Hand Drums are optional, but strongly encouraged.

Post Baccalaureate Certificate Snare Drum  One Delécluse Etude from Douze Études  One solo work of your choice  Two standard orchestral snare drum excerpts Keyboard Percussion  One four-mallet marimba solo  One four-mallet vibraphone solo  Two standard orchestral xylophone or glockenspiel excerpts Timpani  One timpani solo  Three standard orchestral timpani excerpts Multiple Percussion  One multiple percussion solo Accessory Percussion  One standard orchestral excerpt on tambourine, triangle, and crash cymbals  Drumset and Hand Drums are optional, but strongly encouraged.