School of the
Arts and Architecture
Department of
Music
AUDITION
REQUIREMENT
VIOLA
Undergraduate Applicants
* String Auditions.
At your audition, all works that have a piano or orchestra part should be played with piano. Hearing how you play with a piano is one of the skills faculty will be evaluating. We will provide a pianist, but of course you are welcome (and even encouraged) to come with your own pianist. Whether or not you come with your own pianist, please BE SURE TO BRING ALL PIANO PARTS WITH YOU! Rehearsal time with our staff pianists is very limited, but we will try to be as helpful as we can. Try to come early enough to take advantage of any rehearsal time that may be possible.
REPRESENTATIVE REPERTOIRE: Performance and Music Education Specialists
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Any suite of J.S. Bach
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Stamitz concerto
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Hoffmeister concerto
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Handel concerto
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J.S.Bach concerto
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Bruch Romance
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Vieuxthemps, Capriccio
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Britten Lachrymae
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Mendelssohn Sonata
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Bloch Meditation/
processional
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Bloch suite hebraique
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Schumann marchenbilder
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Clarke morpheus
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Mozart Sinfonia
concertante
NOTE:
All works, except for Sonatas with Piano, must be presented from memory.
Repertoire:
1) Approximately 60 minutes of recital repertoire,
demonstrating your abilities in several style periods. This should include one virtuoso piece and
at least two contrasting movements from a Bach Cello suite.
2) A complete concerto.
Suggested works are: Walton,
Bartok, Stamitz or Hindemith Concerto;
A sonata of Brahms, Clarke, Shostakovich, Schubert, Hindemith, etc.;
Reger or Hindemith solo sonatas, a Bach Suite.