Undergraduate Strings Audition Repertoire

• From memory:
  ◦  Two 3 octave scales slurred four and eight notes to a bow
  ◦  Two 3 octave arpeggios slurred three and six notes to a bow 
• An etude of moderate difficulty by composers such as Kreutzer, Dont, Op. 35, Rode, or Fiorillo 
• A movement from the Bach Sonatas and Partitas 
• A movement from a standard concerto such as those by Bach, Mozart, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Bruch or Barber 

Repertoire questions? Send an email to one of the following violin professors:

• Levon Ambartsumian
• Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva
• Michael Heald

• From memory:
  ◦  Two 3 octave scales slurred four and eight notes to a bow
  ◦  Two 3 octave arpeggios slurred three notes to a bow 
• One etude from Mazas Etudes Brillantes, Mazas Etudes Speciales, Op. 36 or Kreutzer Forty-Two Studies
• Two of the following:
  ◦  A movement from a concerto such as those by Telemann, Stamitz, Handel, J.C. Bach, or Hoffmeister
  ◦  A movement from the Cello Suites of Bach
  ◦  A movement from a sonata by Schubert, Brahms, Vivaldi, Handel, or Eccles

Repertoire questions? Email Prof. Maggie Snyder.

• From memory:
  ◦  Two 3 octave scales slurred four and eight notes to a bow
  ◦  Two 3 octave arpeggios slurred three notes to a bow 
• An etude of moderate difficulty by Popper, Duport, Kummer, Dotzauer, etc. 
• Two of the following:
  ◦  A movement from the Bach Suites 
  ◦  A movement of a sonata or a short piece such as those by Brahms, Bruch, Fauré, Eccles, Sammartini, Schumann or Beethoven
  ◦  A movement from a concerto such as those by Boccherini, Saint-Saëns Lalo or Haydn 

Repertoire questions? Email Dr. David Starkweather.

• From memory: 
  ◦  Two 3 octave scales slurred four notes to a bow
  ◦  Two 3 octave arpeggios in separate bows 
• Two etudes from the following:
  ◦  Billé
  ◦  Simandl
  ◦  Storch Hrabe
• A movement from a sonata or a short piece such as those by Eccles or Handel 
• A movement from a concerto such as those by Capuzzi, Dittersdorf, Dragonetti, Koussevitzky or Bottesini

Repertoire questions? Email Dr. Milton Masciadri.

• From memory: 
  ◦  Two three-octave scales using fingering patterns as in the Segovia edition 
• One solo of moderate difficulty by any Renaissance or Baroque composer 
• Two studies by composers such as Sor and Carcassi which demonstrate various technical skills of classical guitar playing 
• Optional: composition or etude by Villa-Lobos 

Repertoire questions? Email Dr. Daniel Bolshoy.

• One or two etudes, such as those by Pozzoli, Larivierre, or Grossi, which demonstrate technical facility in performing scales and arpeggios in both hands 
• Two contrasting pieces of moderate difficulty 
• The harp cadenza from "Waltz of the Flowers," Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite

Repertoire questions? Email Prof. Monica Hargrave.