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. 

All excerpts should be played in one take, but Mozart may be recorded separately.

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.

All excerpts should be played in one take, but Mozart may be recorded separately.

• 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.

All excerpts should be played in one take, but Mozart may be recorded separately.

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)

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.