Undergraduate Auditions

1. Two solo pieces showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement. 
   • The first solo selection should be in a slower tempo to demonstrate tone production, control, and phrasing. 
   • The second solo selection should be in a moderately fast tempo to demonstrate dexterity and technical facility. 
2.  Choose at least one from the following (or any combination thereof):
   • An etude;
   • A solo excerpt from standard orchestral, wind band, chamber, or jazz literature;
   • A different solo work

Graduate Pre-Screening

Piano accompaniment is preferred but not required. Prescreening recordings shall be evaluated equally, whether with accompaniment or without.

1. One movement of a standard solo work (concerto or sonata) or five to eight minutes from a single-movement work
2. One etude of the applicant's choice
3. Three standard orchestral excerpts from standard orchestra, wind band, chamber, or jazz literature.

If invited for a live audition, it is not necessary that the repertoire prepared for the audition be identical to the pre-screening materials.

Graduate Auditions

1. One complete concerto from the standard repertoire;
2. At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice;
3. Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement;
4. Three to five solo excerpts from standard orchestra, wind band, chamber, or jazz literature.