School of the Arts and Architecture

Department of Music

AUDITION REQUIREMENT

STRING BASS

Freshman and Sophomore Performance Specialist and Music Education specialists

REPRESENTATIVE REPERTOIRE

Works by Marcello, Corelli, Vivaldi and others

For Junior and Senior Performance Specialists

REPRESENTATIVE REPERTOIRE

Solo works by handle, Ecceles, Dittersdorf, Bach (cello suites)

Dragonetti, Koussevitzky, and Bottesini

MM and DMA:

NOTE: All works in items 1 and 2 below should be performed from memory.

Repertoire: 1) A complete concerto, chosen from the following list: Koussevitzky, Dragonetti, Bottesini, Dittersdorf, Vanhal. If you wish to play a concerto that is not on this list, the request should be submitted at least 30 days prior to the audition. 2) Two contrasting movements from a Bach unaccompanied suite, 3) a virtuoso piece or complete sonata, 4) a selection of at least three contrasting orchestral excerpts.