School of the Arts and Architecture

Department of Music

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

VIOLIN

Applicants who are unable to come for a live audition have the option to submit a videotape.

Undergraduate Applicants:

I. Requirements for students specializing in Performance

All selections are to be played from memory.

· Applicant’s choice of one 3-octave major or minor scale with arpeggios, to be played at several different speeds.

· One etude by Kreutzer, Rode or Fiorillo, or a more difficult etude at the discretion of the applicant.

· Two contrasting movements from any of the solo sonatas and partitas of JS Bach.

· A first movement, or two contrasting movements, from a concerto by Mozart, Kabalevsky, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Wieniawski, or a more difficult concerto at the discretion of the applicant. 

II. Requirements for students specializing in Music Education

Applicants may choose to play with or without music.

· Applicant’s choice of one 3-octave major or minor scale.

· One etude of the applicant’s choice.

· One movement from a concerto by Bach, Viotti, Haydn, or Mozart, or a more difficult concerto at the discretion of the applicant. 

Graduate Applicants

All works, except for Sonatas with Piano, must be presented from memory.

I. Repertoire: MM:

· A complete concerto, chosen from the list below. (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.)

Bartok Concerto No. 2

Beethoven Concerto

Brahms Concerto

Mendelssohn Concerto

Paganini Concerto No. 1

Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 or No. 2

Sibelius Concerto

Tchaikowsky Concerto

· Two contrasting movements (or the Ciaccona) from one of Bach’s unaccompanied Sonatas or Partitas.

· One virtuoso piece.

II. Repertoire: DMA:

· The repertoire for MM, and additionally:

· Two movements from a sonata with piano.

· One work written after 1950.  (If the sonata or virtuoso piece is written after 1950, it is not necessary to prepare an additional work.)