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03-02-2008, 10:38 AM
| | Destroyobot | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada | | | Common university audition pieces?
I'm just curious to know if there are certain standards or popular pieces that people play for entrance audtions. Thanks
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03-02-2008, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Denton, Texas | | | The standard concerto repertoire (Dragonetti, Kouss, Vanhal, von Dittersdorf) or a movement from the Bach suites (Suites 1 and 3 are popular) seem to be good or required choices. Some places also ask for an etude, but that's totally wide open. |
03-02-2008, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Madison, WI/Indianapolis, IN | | | anything baroque is also pretty solid, Eccles, Bach, Marcello, etc. Also the Bottesini and Koussevitzky short pieces are pretty good ones, ie. Chanson Triste or Valse Miniature. Know your scales inside and out with all kinds of slurrs and rhythms. |
04-06-2008, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | Koussevitzky and Bach seemed to be the perennial favorites this year (at least from where I went, most of our repertoire (including mine) was). |
04-06-2008, 10:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Central Neb. | | | Throw in some Michael Jackson basslines and you'll be gold. Beat it, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal. You know, the classics. |
04-06-2008, 10:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN | | | Freebird, and Mustang Sally.
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04-08-2008, 10:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tallahassee/Tampa, FL | | | nooos
If you audition for jazz, DON'T play Blue Bossa. |
06-13-2008, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Woodbridge, VA | | | it really depends on where you're going...
I got in playing Simandl 10 and a Beethoven sonatina... and yes, I'm a music major (not a minor like many assume!) |
06-13-2008, 09:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Boston, MA | | | I'll second the concerto and Bach suggestions. I stuck to pretty bread and butter audition program this year...
Vanhal First movement, Prelude and Allemande from the Third Bach Suite
I didn't see any orchestral licks mentioned, and every major school will want here a few of those. Do a search but the standard licks include
Mozart 35, 39, 40,
Beethoven 3,5,7,9
Brahms One and Two
Strauss Heldenleben, Don Juan, Zarathustra, pretty much any of the tone poems.
There are many others, but for most undergrad programs pretty much anything from that list should suffice. |
06-16-2008, 11:29 AM
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I played the first movement of the Dragonetti concerto, the first Kreutzer etude, and an excerpt from Mozart 40. |
06-16-2008, 12:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Madison, WI/Indianapolis, IN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinRhodes  I played the first movement of the Dragonetti concerto, the first Kreutzer etude, and an excerpt from Mozart 40. | Did you only have to play one solo? most of the websites I've seen ask for two that contrast, or at least two movements. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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