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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
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