Clarinet Audition Requirements
Use the drop-down menus below to view the audition requirements for your degree/certificate area.Undergraduate
All undergraduate applicants to the Clarinet studio are expected to prepare the following audition requirements:
- Scales: two major and two minor scales, of your choice
- A technical etude
- A solo composition of the applicant’s choice that will demonstrate their musical and technical level of achievement
- Two or three orchestral excerpts of the player’s choice
All performance candidates are required to complete an audition. Note: All solo instrumental auditions are unaccompanied.
Graduate
All graduate applicants to the Clarinet studio are expected to perform an audition recital of 15-20 minutes, including a minimum of five works showing representative repertoire of various periods. Although there are no set requirements for this audition, please choose:
- A solo piece
- A movement from a concerto
- Three orchestral excerpts
- Etudes that show tone, musicianship, and technique.
All performance candidates are required to complete an audition. Note: All solo instrumental auditions are unaccompanied.
Certificate
All Advanced Music Studies Certificate (AMSC) applicants to the Clarinet studio are expected to perform an audition recital of 15-20 minutes, including a minimum of five works showing representative repertoire of various periods. Although there are no set requirements for this audition, please choose:
- A solo piece,
- A movement from a concerto
- Three orchestral excerpts
- Etudes that show tone, musicianship, and technique.
All performance candidates are required to complete an audition. Note: All solo instrumental auditions are unaccompanied.