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Flute Audition Requirements

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 recording you have is 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 (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

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 recording you have is 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 (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.

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 (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.