Flute Audition Requirements
Undergraduate
Flute applicants are required to submit a pre-screening video recorded audition.
PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:
REQUIRED REPERTOIRE:
- Mozart: Concerto in G or D major- 1st and 2nd movements (exposition 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 applicants to the flute studio are expected to prepare the following audition requirements:
- Mozart: Concerto in G or D major- 1st and 2nd movements (exposition 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.
- Standard Work of the Twentieth Century
Graduate
Flute applicants are required to submit a pre-screening video recorded audition.
PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:
- Mozart: Concerto in G or D major- 1st and 2nd movements (exposition 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 applicants to the flute studio 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 (from the Jeanne Baxtresser Book of Orchestral Excerpts). 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:
REQUIRED REPERTOIRE:
- Mozart: Concerto in G or D major- 1st and 2nd movements (exposition 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.