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

PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS: 

• One etude from Kreutzer, Fiorillo, Rode, Dont or Gavinies, or a caprice by Wieniawski or Paganini (played by memory)
• An allegro movement of a non-Baroque concerto (played by memory)
• One movement of a Bach solo sonata or partita (played by memory)

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. Do not mail recorded audition media to the Office of Undergraduate Admission.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

All applicants to the violin studio are expected to prepare the following audition requirements:

• One etude from Kreutzer, Fiorillo, Rode, Dont or Gavinies, or a caprice by Wieniawski or Paganini 
• An allegro movement of a non-Baroque concerto (played by memory)
• One movement of a Bach solo sonata or partita (played by memory)

All performance candidates are required to complete an audition. Note: All solo instrumental auditions are unaccompanied.

Note: All solo instrumental auditions are unaccompanied during the live auditions.

Violin applicants are required to submit a pre-screening video recording. 

PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:

• Two contrasting movements of any solo sonata or partita by Bach (played from memory)
• A Paganini Caprice or a movement from an Ysaye solo sonata
• A first movement of a major concerto written after 1830

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 violin studio are expected to prepare the following audition requirements:

• Two contrasting movements of any solo sonata or partita by Bach (played from memory)
• A movement of a complete Classical, Romantic, or 20th Century concerto (played from memory)
• A Paganini Caprice, a movement from an Ysaye solo sonata, or any virtuoso work by Sarasate, Wieniawski, Saint-Saens, or Ravel

All performance candidates are required to complete an audition. Note: All solo instrumental auditions are unaccompanied.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

All applicants to the violin studio are expected to prepare the following audition requirements:

• Two contrasting movements of any solo sonata or partita by Bach 
• A Paganini Caprice or a movement from an Ysaye solo sonata
• A first movement of a major concerto written after 1830

All performance candidates are required to complete an audition. Note: All solo instrumental auditions are unaccompanied.