Undergraduate Audition Procedures Woodwind Instruments
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Auditions normally last about ten minutes and are heard by a committee of faculty members from your area of interest. The faculty suggests the following in preparation for your live audition:
Woodwind Instruments
Woodwind players auditioning for acceptance into the music program at UT will be expected to play any/all major scales and choose two contrasting selections from the following suggestions:
Flute
Chromatic scale, Major and Minor scales extended over the full range of the flute. Anderson Etudes or Berbiquer Etudes; Concerto in G by Mozart; and Solo from Music by French Composers edited by Louis Moyse (published by G. Schirmer); any Handel Sonata; Kuhlau Grand Solos #1, #2, #3; Syrinx by Debussy; Danse de la Chevre by Honegger; Kokopeli by Hoover.
Oboe
Concertos by Mozart, Cimarosa, Marcello or Haydn. Sonatas by Handel. Contrasting studies from the Barrett Oboe Method.
Clarinet
Concertos by Mozart, Weber. Contrasting etudes from Rose 32 Etudes for Clarinet.
Bassoon
Concertos by Mozart, Weber, Vivaldi. Sonatas by Telemann, Galliard, Hindemith. Contrasting examples from Weissenborn, Advanced Studies (also known as Op. 8, Volume II).
Saxophone
Students should be able to display both their technical facility and melodic interpretation. This can be demonstrated through contrasting movements of a solo or by playing contrasting etudes as those by Ferling. Suggested repertoire: Sonatas by Creston, Heiden; Tableaux de
Provence-Maurice; Concertos by Glazounov, Creston, Dahl; OR Contrasting etudes from 48 etudes after Ferling (Mule edition); AND Major and minor scales extended to the full range of the instrument; Sight-reading; Chromatic scale.