Requirements per Instrument
![]() | Cello |
Undergraduate Audition Requirements:
- Performance (B.M.)
- Performance and Music Education (B.M.)
- Movement from a major work -- concerto, sonata, or suite (preferably from memory)
- Two contrasting movements from the J. S. Bach unaccompanied suites
- One technical étude or study
- Scales and arpeggios in three octaves, major and melodic minor
- Composition (B.M.) -- audition only required for instrumental emphasis (private lesson) consideration
- Music (B.A.)
- Music Education (B.M.)
- Music in Combination with an Outside Field (B.M.)
- Sound Recording Technology (B.M.)
- Undeclared Music Major
- Minor in Music
- Approximately 15 minutes of music -- two or three works in contrasting styles demonstrating range of technique and musicianship (preferably from memory)
- Major and melodic minor scales
Graduate Audition Requirements:
- Performance (M.M.)
Candidates must exhibit the equivalent preparation to that required for the Bachelor of Music in Performance at Ithaca College and give evidence of being equipped to perform successful recitals during the period of study for the degree program.
Prepare the following for a 20-minute audition:
- Movement from a major work - concerto, sonata, or suite (preferably from memory)
- Two contrasting movements from the J.S. Bach unaccompanied suite
- One technical etude or study
- Music Education (M.M., M.S.)
Prepare the following for a 15-minute audition:
- Two or three works in contrasting styles demonstrating a range of technique and musicianship (preferably from memory)

