Audition Information
Undergraduate auditions will be held March 3, 2012. Graduate auditions will be held February 18, 2012.
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UTA STRING AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Taped auditions are acceptable, but must be in video format. Live auditions are preferred. Memorization and accompaniment are both optional.
VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO
Performance level:
1 movement of a standard concerto
2 contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied work
2 major or minor scales of our choice (up to keys with 3 sharps or flats)
Majors other than performance:
1 solo of your choice
1 etude demonstrating technique
2 scales of your choice
BASS
Performance level:
2 contrasting movements from a Baroque sonata such as the Eccles
1 etude demonstrating technique from books such as Simandl or Kreutzer
2 orchestral excerpts - one from a Beethoven symphony and one from a Mozart symphony
2 major scales with their related minor scales and arpeggios in two octaves
Majors other than performance:
1 solo of your choice
1 etude demonstrating technique
2 scales (2 octaves) of the your choice
GRADUATE STUDENTS (MM IN PERFORMANCE):
Taped auditions are acceptable, but must be in video format. Live auditions are preferred. At least one piece must be performed from memory, and accompaniment is optional.
VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO
2 movements from a Bach unaccompanied work
1 movement of a standard concerto
1 additional work from the 20th or 21st Century
BASS
2 movements from a Bach unaccompanied work
1 movement of a standard concerto
Orchestral excerpts as follows:
Bach Orchestral Suite #2 - Badinerie
Beethoven Symphony #9 - Recitative from the fourth movement
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben including:
Rehearsal No. 9
Rehearasal No. 49
Rehearsal No. 57 to No. 65
For more information regarding admission to the UTA Music Department, click here.
UTA STRING AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Taped auditions are acceptable, but must be in video format. Live auditions are preferred. Memorization and accompaniment are both optional.
VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO
Performance level:
1 movement of a standard concerto
2 contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied work
2 major or minor scales of our choice (up to keys with 3 sharps or flats)
Majors other than performance:
1 solo of your choice
1 etude demonstrating technique
2 scales of your choice
BASS
Performance level:
2 contrasting movements from a Baroque sonata such as the Eccles
1 etude demonstrating technique from books such as Simandl or Kreutzer
2 orchestral excerpts - one from a Beethoven symphony and one from a Mozart symphony
2 major scales with their related minor scales and arpeggios in two octaves
Majors other than performance:
1 solo of your choice
1 etude demonstrating technique
2 scales (2 octaves) of the your choice
GRADUATE STUDENTS (MM IN PERFORMANCE):
Taped auditions are acceptable, but must be in video format. Live auditions are preferred. At least one piece must be performed from memory, and accompaniment is optional.
VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO
2 movements from a Bach unaccompanied work
1 movement of a standard concerto
1 additional work from the 20th or 21st Century
BASS
2 movements from a Bach unaccompanied work
1 movement of a standard concerto
Orchestral excerpts as follows:
Bach Orchestral Suite #2 - Badinerie
Beethoven Symphony #9 - Recitative from the fourth movement
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben including:
Rehearsal No. 9
Rehearasal No. 49
Rehearsal No. 57 to No. 65
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