School of the Arts and Architecture

Department of Music

AUDITION REQUIREMENT

 

BASSOON

 

Undergraduate Applicants:

 

Freshman and Sophomore Performance Specialist and all Music Education specialists

 

REPRESENTATIVE REPERTOIRE

 

Two contrasting works—one fast; one slow- from the following list:

Weissenborn 50 Advanced studies

Orefici 20 Melodic studies

J. Kozeluch Concerto in C

W.A. Mozart Sonata in Bb KV 292

W. Hurlstone Sonata in F

Or other comparable repertoire

 

PLUS TECHNIQUES Below

§       Sight-reading:  simple Weissenborn Etude

 

 

For Junior and Senior Performance Specialists

 

REPRESENTATIVE REPERTOIRE

Three contrasting works from the following:

             Mozart, Weber, Vivaldi Concerto

             Sonatas by Saint-Saens, Teleman, Hurlstone, Steinmetz

             Orchestral excerpts

 

TECHNIQUES:

 

§       Sight-reading:  Orefici Melodic studies or comparable

§       Etudes: 

§         Jacobi 6 Caprices

§         Orefici Bravura Studies

§         Jancourt 26 etudes

 

 

MM and DMA:

Your program must include one from the following: Mozart: Concerto in Bb KV 191; Weber: Concerto in F; or Saint-Saens: Sonata.