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Flute Audition Requirements

Undergraduate Flute applicants are required to submit a pre-screening video-recorded audition. 

PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:

The preference for a pre-screening recording should be a recording without piano accompaniment. However, if the only recordings you have are with piano accompaniment, we will happily listen to what you can provide.


REQUIRED REPERTOIRE:
  • Mozart - Concerto in G or D Major: 1st and 2nd Movements (expositions only)
  • Orchestral Excerpts:
    • Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 (measures 328-360)
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 4, Movement IV (measures 93-105)
    • Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo (2 measures before P to the end)
    • Debussy - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune (Rehearsal No. 2-3)

All of the above excerpts can be found in "Orchestral Excerpts for Flute" (Baxtresser/Rearick) published by Theodore Presser.

Please see Pre-screening Instructions for details on how to submit your pre-screening. Media must be uploaded to the School of Music online application by December 1. 

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: 

All flute applicants are expected to prepare the following audition requirements:

  • Mozart - Concerto in G or D Major: 1st and 2nd Movements (expositions only)
  • Orchestral Excerpts:
    • Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 (measures 328-360)
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 4, Movement IV (measures 93-105)
    • Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo (2 measures before P to the end)
    • Debussy - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune (Rehearsal No. 2-3)
  • Standard Work of the Twentieth Century

All of the above excerpts can be found in "Orchestral Excerpts for Flute" (Baxtresser/Rearick) published by Theodore Presser.

Graduate Flute applicants are required to submit a pre-screening video recorded audition. 

PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:

The preference for a pre-screening recording should be a recording without piano accompaniment. However, if the only recordings you have are with piano accompaniment, we will happily listen to what you can provide.
                                                                                                                                        
REQUIRED REPERTIORE:
  • Mozart - Concerto in G or D Major: 1st and 2nd Movements (expositions only)
  • Orchestral Excerpts:
    • Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 (measures 328-360)
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 4, Movement IV (measures 93-105)
    • Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo (2 measures before P to the end)
    • Debussy - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune (Rehearsal No. 2-3)

All of the above excerpts can be found in "Orchestral Excerpts for Flute" (Baxtresser/Rearick), published by Theodore Presser.

Please see Pre-screening Instructions for details on how to submit your pre-screening. Media must be uploaded to the School of Music online application by December 1.

 

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

All flute applicants are expected to prepare the following audition requirements:

  • Bach - Sonata
  • Mozart - Concerto in G or D Major (complete, memorization optional)
  • Major standard work of the Twentieth Century (complete sonata, concerto, or substantial work such as Dutilleux - Sonatine, Jolivet - Chant de Linos, Martin - Ballade, or Sancan - Sonatine)
  • Six Orchestral Excerpts of contrasting styles; This can include:
    • Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 (measures 328-360)
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 4, Movement IV (measures 93-105)
    • Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo (2 measures before P to the end)
    • Debussy - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune (Rehearsal No. 2-3)

All of the above excerpts can be found in "Orchestral Excerpts for Flute" (Baxtresser/Rearick) published by Theodore Presser.

Certificate Flute applicants are required to submit a pre-screening video recorded audition. 

PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:

The pre-screening recording should be entirely without piano accompaniment. However, if the only recording you have is with piano accompaniment we will accept it with a note of explanation.

 

REQUIRED REPERTOIRE: 

  • Mozart - Concerto in G or D Major: 1st and 2nd Movements (expositions only)
  • Orchestral Excerpts:
    • Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 (measures 328-360)
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 4, Movement IV (measures 93-105)
    • Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Nights Dream, Scherzo (2 measures before P to the end)
    • Debussy - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune (Rehearsal No. 2-3)

All of the above excerpts can be found in "Orchestral Excerpts for Flute" (Baxtresser/Rearick), published by Theodore Presser.

Please see Pre-screening Instructions for details on how to submit your pre-screening. Media must be uploaded to the School of Music online application by December 1.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Candidates will be 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 refer to the graduate audition requirements for guidelines.