Audition & Interview Requirements

Degree Page: B.M. Composition

Additional Application Requirements:

1. Two (2) scores of original works (with sound files, if possible). 

Audition Requirements:

1. Approximately 15 minutes of music -- two (2) or three (3) works in contrasting styles.
2. Major and melodic minor scales from memory.
3. Sight-reading.

NOTE: Please see requirements for B.M. Performance for suggested repertoire.

NOTE: These guidelines are suggestions to get you started. We want to hear you play music that is meaningful to you and highlights what you do best. Audition repertoire can be flexible. Please contact the clarinet faculty with any questions.

Interview Requirements:

1. Speak with a member of our Composition faculty and ask any specific questions you may have about the Composition degree program.

NOTE: Students who have had bass clarinet as their primary instrument in high school may play one piece on bass as long as the other is played on soprano clarinet. Students may also play their scales on either instrument.

Degree Page: B.A. Music

Audition Requirements:

1. Approximately 15 minutes of music -- two (2) or three (3) works in contrasting styles.
2. Major and melodic minor scales from memory.
3. Sight-reading.

NOTE: Please see requirements for B.M. Performance for suggested repertoire.

NOTE: These guidelines are suggestions to get you started. We want to hear you play music that is meaningful to you and highlights what you do best. Audition repertoire can be flexible. Please contact the clarinet faculty with any questions.

NOTE: Students who have had bass clarinet as their primary instrument in high school may play one piece on bass as long as the other is played on soprano clarinet. Students may also play their scales on either instrument.

Degree Page: B.M. Music Education

Audition Requirements:

1. Approximately 15 minutes of music -- two (2) or three (3) works in contrasting styles.
2. Major and melodic minor scales from memory.
3. Sight-reading.

NOTE: Please see requirements for B.M. Performance for suggested repertoire.

NOTE: These guidelines are suggestions to get you started. We want to hear you play music that is meaningful to you and highlights what you do best. Audition repertoire can be flexible. Please contact the clarinet faculty with any questions.

NOTE: Students who have had bass clarinet as their primary instrument in high school may play one piece on bass as long as the other is played on soprano clarinet. Students may also play their scales on either instrument.

Interview Requirements:

1. Speak with a member of our Music Education faculty to discuss any teaching experiences you have had, share any future teaching aspirations, and ask any specific questions you may have about the Music Education degree program. Approximately 10 minutes. 

Degree Page: B.M. Music in Combination with an Outside Field

Audition Requirements:

1. Approximately 15 minutes of music -- two (2) or three (3) works in contrasting styles.
2. Major and melodic minor scales from memory.
3. Sight-reading.

NOTE: Please see requirements for B.M. Performance for suggested repertoire.

NOTE: These guidelines are suggestions to get you started. We want to hear you play music that is meaningful to you and highlights what you do best. Audition repertoire can be flexible. Please contact the clarinet faculty with any questions.

NOTE: Students who have had bass clarinet as their primary instrument in high school may play one piece on bass as long as the other is played on soprano clarinet. Students may also play their scales on either instrument.

Degree Page: B.M. Performance

Audition Requirements:

1. At least two (2) movements of a multi-movement work from the standard clarinet repertoire, such as concerti or concertinos by Crusell, Krommer, Mozart, Spohr, Stamitz, Tartini, Weber, and sonatas and sonatinas by Arnold, Bernstein, Brahms, Hindemith, Perry, Poulenc, Smith, Saint-Saëns, etc.
2. One (1) shorter work in contrasting style, (e.g., a movement from a larger piece, an étude, or a shorter piece) such as Cavallini Adagio and Tarantella, Finzi Five Bagatelles, Miguel del Águila Pacific Serenade, Dorothy Rudd Moore Night Fantasy, Marie Elizabeth von Sachesen-Meiningen Romanze, or works for clarinet alone by Brandon, Martin, Osborne, Tailleferre, any of the Solos de Concours, works by Cahuzac, Bozza, and Jeanjean, and études by Baermann, Bedoya, Cavallini, D'Rivera, Hite Melodious and Progressive Studies, Polatschek, Rose, Uhl, etc.
3. Major and melodic minor scales from memory (minimum two (2) octaves); chromatic scale (from low E, minimum three (3) octaves).
4. Sight-reading.

NOTE: These guidelines are suggestions to get you started. We want to hear you play music that is meaningful to you and highlights what you do best. Audition repertoire can be flexible. Please contact the clarinet faculty with any questions.

NOTE: Students who have had bass clarinet as their primary instrument in high school may play one piece on bass as long as the other is played on soprano clarinet. Students may also play their scales on either instrument.

Degree Page: B.M. Music Education & Performance

Audition Requirements:

1. At least two (2) movements of a multi-movement work from the standard clarinet repertoire, such as concerti or concertinos by Crusell, Krommer, Mozart, Spohr, Stamitz, Tartini, Weber, and sonatas and sonatinas by Arnold, Bernstein, Brahms, Hindemith, Perry, Poulenc, Smith, Saint-Saëns, etc.
2. One (1) shorter work in contrasting style, (e.g., a movement from a larger piece, an étude, or a shorter piece) such as Cavallini Adagio and Tarantella, Finzi Five Bagatelles, Miguel del Águila Pacific Serenade, Dorothy Rudd Moore Night Fantasy, Marie Elizabeth von Sachesen-Meiningen Romanze, or works for clarinet alone by Brandon, Martin, Osborne, Tailleferre, any of the Solos de Concours, works by Cahuzac, Bozza, and Jeanjean, and études by Baermann, Bedoya, Cavallini, D'Rivera, Hite Melodious and Progressive Studies, Polatschek, Rose, Uhl, etc.
3. Major and melodic minor scales from memory (minimum two (2) octaves); chromatic scale (from low E, minimum three (3) octaves).
4. Sight-reading.

NOTE: These guidelines are suggestions to get you started. We want to hear you play music that is meaningful to you and highlights what you do best. Audition repertoire can be flexible. Please contact the clarinet faculty with any questions.

NOTE: Students who have had bass clarinet as their primary instrument in high school may play one piece on bass as long as the other is played on soprano clarinet. Students may also play their scales on either instrument.

Interview Requirements:

• Speak with a member of our Music Education faculty to discuss any teaching experiences you have had, share any future teaching aspirations, and ask any specific questions you may have about the Music Education degree program. Approximately 10 minutes. 

Degree Page: B.M. Sound Recording Technology

Pre-screen Requirements:

1. Two (2) pieces of contrasting styles.
2. Three (3) scales and arpeggios of your choosing.

Audition Requirements:

1. Approximately 15 minutes of music -- two (2) or three (3) works in contrasting styles.
2. Major and melodic minor scales from memory.
3. Sight-reading.

NOTE: Please see requirements for B.M. Performance for suggested repertoire.

NOTE: These guidelines are suggestions to get you started. We want to hear you play music that is meaningful to you and highlights what you do best. Audition repertoire can be flexible. Please contact the clarinet faculty with any questions.

NOTE: Students who have had bass clarinet as their primary instrument in high school may play one piece on bass as long as the other is played on soprano clarinet. Students may also play their scales on either instrument.

Interview Requirements:

• Meet with members of the SRT faculty, practice critical listening skills, and discuss your background in audio engineering thus far. Approximately 20 minutes.

Program Page: Music Minor

Audition Requirements:

1. Approximately 15 minutes of music -- two (2) or three (3) works in contrasting styles.
2. Major and melodic minor scales from memory.
3. Sight-reading.

NOTE: Please see requirements for B.M. Performance for suggested repertoire.

NOTE: These guidelines are suggestions to get you started. We want to hear you play music that is meaningful to you and highlights what you do best. Audition repertoire can be flexible. Please contact the clarinet faculty with any questions.

NOTE: Students who have had bass clarinet as their primary instrument in high school may play one piece on bass as long as the other is played on soprano clarinet. Students may also play their scales on either instrument.