Classical Instruments and Vocal Audition Requirements

See the complete repertoire list below, arranged alphabetically by instrument. Major and minor scales should also be prepared. Your time with the committee will be 15 minutes. All vocal performance majors who audition by recording must submit a standard VHS format videocassette or DVD; all instrumentalists must submit a cassette or CD (see Hartt's Undergraduate Recording Submission Policy). All applicants will interview with their audition committee. Undergraduate instrumental auditions are unaccompanied. Applicants may bring their own pianist or audition without accompaniment.

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Bassoon
An étude from Weissenborn or Milde
Two contrasting movements from a solo work

Clarinet
A fast movement from a standard concerto comparable to those of Mozart and Weber (including Weber, Concertino)
Two contrasting études from C. Rose, 32 Études; Polatschek, Advanced Studies; Cavallini, Caprices (or comparable repertoire)
Performance majors only: add a second contrasting solo work

Euphonium
An étude such as Bordogni, Charlier, Kopprasch, or comparable work
Any standard solo

Flute
Mozart, Concerto in D or G - 1st and 2nd Movement
J. S. Bach, any sonata - two contrasting movements
Enesco, Cantabile & Presto or similar solo
Please contact flute instructor Janet Arms with questions or for additional information.

Guitar
Three pieces to be played on classical guitar (nylon strings) for your audition. Selections should include one technical study showing your ability to play arpeggios and two pieces from contrasting musical periods. The following are pieces commonly played at auditions. These are only suggestions. Please show this list to your teacher and, based on these suggestions, he/she will be able to suggest appropriate pieces you may currently be studying. All but the technical work should be played from memory:

Studies:
Carcassi, 25 Melodious Studies: Nos. 2, 3, 7, 13, 15
Sor, Twenty Studies, edited by Segovia
Giulliani: Any studies one page or longer in length.
Repertoire:
Six Lute Pieces From the Renaissance, Columbia Music
Villa-Lobos: Any Preludes or Etudes, Max Eschig
Bach: Bouree or Allemande from First Lute Suite, Sarabande from Third Cello Suite, or any movement from The First Cello Suite
Tarrega: Adelita Lagrima
Brouwer: Selected works from Simple Studies, Vol. 1 & 2, Max Eschig

Guitarists applying for Music Education
Same guitar auditions requirements as listed above. Please see Voice (below) for additional
information.

Harp
Two contrasting etudes demonstrating different technical skills.
A composition from the Baroque, Classical or Contemporary periods.
A composition of the level of difficulty of Au Matin by Marcel Tournieror Fantaisie on a Theme of
Haydn by Marcel Grandjany of the Romantic or Impressionist style.

Harpsichord
A prelude and fugue, or toccata of J. S. Bach
A work by Couperin or his school
A contrasting work

Horn
A movement from a Strauss or Mozart concerto
A movement from a 20th or 21st century work
A Kopprasch, Gallay, or Reynolds étude
5 orchestral excerpts from standard repertoire

Oboe
Two contrasting movements from a major concerto in the standard repertoire.
Two contrasting etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and lyrical abilities. ·
Two excerpts from the orchestral repertoire.

Organ
A prelude and fugue, or similar composition of J. S. Bach
A representative composition by a 19th-century composer
A work in contrasting style by a 20th or 21st-century composer

Percussion
Snare Drum: [1] prepared solo or étude, [2] demonstrate orchestral long roll, [3] sight-reading
Mallet Keyboard Instruments: [1] prepared solo and/or étude, [2] demonstrate scales, [3] sight-reading
Timpani: [1] prepared solo or étude, and/or orchestral excerpts, [2] demonstrate tuning ability
Orchestral excerpts: optional for undergraduate applicants
Prepared drum-set demonstrations or solos, hand-drumming demonstrations, multiple-percussion solos or studies are not required, but may be presented.

Piano-Performance majors
(All works to be performed from memory)
A Prelude & Fugue by Bach
The first movement from a Classical sonata
One Romantic work
One Impressionistic or post-1900 work

Piano-All other majors
Three contrasting works from different historical periods (Preferably one piece from memory)

Pianists applying for music education:
Three contrasting works from different historical periods (preferably one piece from memory)
Please see Voice (below) for additional information.

Saxophone
Two contrasting movements from a standard sonata or concerto (i.e. Creston, Heiden, Glazounov, Ibert, Maurice, etc.)
Two Ferling études (one slow, one fast)
Please contact saxophone instructor Carrie Koffman with questions or for additional information.

Trombone (tenor and bass)
A Bordogni (Rochut) étude
A contrasting étude from Arban, Blazhevich, Kahila, Kopprasch, Tyrrell, etc.
Any standard solo (Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique; Barat, Andante and Allegro; David, Concertino; Lebedev, Concertino; etc.)
Standard orchestral excerpts

Trumpet
An étude from Brandt or Charlier
Arutunian, Concerto; Hindemith, Sonata; or comparable work
An orchestral excerpt

Tuba
Each of the following:
One Bordogni melodic study
One Kopprasch technical etude
All scales
Excerpts: Wagner, “Meistersinger” Overture (Letter J to the end) and Ride of the Valkyries
Performance majors must also play the Vaughan Williams Concerto (mvt 1 or 2); all other majors must play the Edward Gregson Concerto (mvt 1 only)

Violin, Viola, and Cello
A movement of unaccompanied Bach
One movement of a concerto or a virtuoso piece
An étude or caprice
Non-performance applicants should play at least one of the selections from memory. Performance Applicants should play at least two of the selections from memory.

Double Bass
One orchestral excerpt from the standard repertoire or étude
Two contrasting solo selections (can include movements from sonatas or concerti)
Performance Applicants should play at least one of the selections from memory.

Voice
Prepare three selections from the standard vocal literature: art song, oratorio, or opera. At least one selection should be in a foreign language. All vocal auditions should be performed from memory.

An accompanist is provided for all voice auditions. The music should be laid out so that the accompanist does not experience difficulty in handling the material (i.e. put music in plastic sheets held in a loose-leaf notebook).

All vocal performance majors who audition by recording must submit a standard VHS format videocassette or DVD. Please note that while acceptances will be made based on a recorded audition, scholarship will not be awarded to vocal applicants auditioning by recording.
Vocal performance majors will interview with the audition committee during the audition time slot and also meet with the Director of the Vocal Studies Division immediately following the audition to complete a brief interview and musicianship test.

Pre-Cantorial Emphasis:
Prepare two selections from the standard vocal literature and one selection from sacred synagogue worship repertoire.

Pianists and Guitarists Applying for Music Education:
Pianists and guitarists applying for music education must perform a vocal audition, in addition to the piano or guitar audition, consisting of one selection from the standard vocal literature.