Audition Information

Application to the violin studio at the School of Music requires an audition, recorded or in person. Audition requirements are:

• A concerto movement
• Two contrasting movements of unaccompanied Bach
• An etude or a concert piece
• Also, submit a full resume (listing your complete activities as a musician, including awards). Please indicate the degree you wish to apply for, your age, and if you will be entering the University directly or needing to study English first.

Contact: Dr.%20Borislava%20Iltcheva, Professor of Violin

Application to the viola studio at the School of Music requires an audition, recorded or in person. Audition requirements are:

• A movement of a concerto or sonata
• A movement of unaccompanied Bach
• An etude or a concert piece
• Students should choose pieces from at least two categories listed above to show their ability on both technical and musical sides.

Also, submit a full resume (listing your complete activities as a musician, including awards). Please indicate the degree you wish to apply for, your age, and if you will be entering the University directly or needing to study English first.

Contact: Dr.%20Hsiaopei%20Lee, Professor of Viola

Application to the cello studio at the School of Music requires an audition, recorded or in person. Audition requirements are:

• A movement of a concerto or sonata
• Two contrasting movements of unaccompanied Bach
• An etude or a concert piece

Also, submit a full resume (listing your complete activities as a musician, including awards). Please indicate the degree you wish to apply for, your age, and if you will be entering the University directly or needing to study English first.

Contact: Dr.%20Alexander%20Russakovsky%2C Professor of Cello

Application to the bass studio at the School of Music requires an audition, recorded or in person. Audition requirements are:

Bachelor of Music

• Scales/Arpeggios: Two octaves scales and arpeggios. (Major and Minor.) (2 keys)
• One Short Etude to show candidate's technical proficiency
• Two Contrasting Movements of a sonata (Vivaldi, Marcello, etc.) concerto (Dittersdorf, Koussevitzky, Dragonetti, Bottesini, etc.)

Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts

• Scales/Arpeggios: Three octaves scales and arpeggios. (Major and Minor.) (2 keys)
• One Etude (Simandl, Nanny, Kreutzer, Mengoli, etc.)
• Two Contrasting movements of a Sonata or concerto
• One Movement of a Bach Cello Suite
• Also, submit a full resume (listing your complete activities as a musician, including awards). Please indicate the degree you wish to apply for, your age, and if you will be entering the University directly or needing to study English first.

Contact: Dr.%20Marcos%20Machado, Professor of Bass

Application to the guitar studio at the School of Music requires an audition, recorded or in person. Audition requirements are:

Bachelor of Music

• One etude by Carcassi, Sor, Coste, or Villa-Lobos
• A movement of a work or a single-movement work not from the Classical Period

Master of Music

• A movement of an unaccompanied Bach work for Lute, Violin, or Cello
• A movement of a work written after the Baroque Period

Doctorate of Musical Arts

• Two movements of an unaccompanied Bach work for Lute, Violin, or Cello
• A movement of a work or a single-movement work from the Classical or Romantic Period
• A movement of a work or a single-movement Contemporary work

Also, submit a full resume (listing your complete activities as a musician, including awards). Please indicate the degree you wish to apply for, your age, and if you will be entering the University directly or needing to study English first.

Contact: Dr.%20Nicolas%20Ciraldo, Professor of Guitar