Audition Program Requirements

An audition will consist of a diversified repertoire to be performed from memory. The repertoire must demonstrate technique, style, command of language (for voice auditions), interpretation, and stage presence.

Voice:

Two arias in different languages (not English)

An art song in a third language (not English)

A contemporary piece in English by an American or British composer

Note: A selection from an oratorio is optional, but cannot be offered in place of an opera aria.

Strings:

A representative work of JS Bach

A complete sonata from the Classical period

A selection representative of the Romantic or Impressionistic period

A selection representative of the Contemporary period

Note: you may use sheet music for a selection from a sonata.

Piano:

A Bach Prelude and Fugue, or at least 4 movements from any of the Bach suites

A complete sonata from the Classical period

A complete work from the Romantic or Impressionistic period

A representative work of the Contemporary period

Note for all selections: no repeats, please.

Other instruments:

A selection representative of each of four periods:

Baroque, Classical, Romantic or Impressionistic, and Contemporary.

Note for all selections: No repeats, please.

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