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Voice

  • An Italian art song (sung in either Italian or English)
  • A song in English
  • Sightreading

Keyboard

  • 5 Major scales and triadic arpeggios of 4 octaves
  • A Czerny or Cramer study
  • Any piece by J. S. Bach
  • Any movement of a sonata
  • One movement of a piece by a Romantic or contemporary composer
  • Sightreading

Violin

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios with various bowings with at least one 3 octave scale
  • Two etudes from the following (one lyrical, one technical):
    • Kreutzer – Etudes
    • Fiorillo – Etudes
    • Rode – Etudes
  • A movement from a Bach suite or partita
  • One movement of a work composition from the Classic or Romantic periods
  • Sightreading

Viola

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios with various bowings with at least one 3 octave scale
  • 2 etudes (1 technical, 1 lyrical)
  • Any movement from the first three Bach suites
  • One movement from a composition of the Classic or Romantic periods
  • Sightreading

Cello

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios with various bowings with at least one 3 octave scale
  • 2 etudes (1 technical, 1 lyrical)
  • Any movement from the first three Bach suites
  • One movement from a composition of the Classic or Romantic periods
  • Sightreading

Double Bass

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios with various bowings with at least one 3 octave scale
  • Selections from Simandl’s New Method for the Double Bass, book 1
  • A movement from a sonata
  • Sightreading

Guitar

  • A song or movement of a piece
  • Sightreading

Flute

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical)
  • Any solo from Moyse’s Solos for the Flute Player
  • A movement from a sonata or concerto
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Oboe

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical)
  • A solo demonstrating the performer’s abilities
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Clarinet

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical)
  • A selection from Cavallini’s 30 Caprices, or Stamiz’s Concerto #3, or Weber’s Concertino or a comparable work
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Bassoon

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical)
  • A movement of a Marcello sonata or a comparable piece
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Saxophone

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical)
  • A solo demonstrating the performer’s abilities
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Trumpet

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical)
  • A solo demonstrating the performer’s abilities
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Horn

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical) from Gower-Voxman or Maxime-Alphonse
  • A solo demonstrating the performer’s abilities
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Trombone

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical) from Cimera’s Method for Trombone
  • A solo demonstrating the performer’s abilities
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Tuba

  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios
  • 2 etudes (one technical and one lyrical) from Getchell-Honey or Kenyon
  • A solo demonstrating the performer’s abilities
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading

Percussion

  • 5 Rudiment exercises on snare drum
  • 5 Major scales and arpeggios on mallets
  • A trap set solo demonstrating the performer’s abilities
  • A mallet solo demonstrating the performer’s abilities
  • OPTIONAL: an orchestra excerpt
  • Sightreading on both snare drum and a mallet instrument