Audition Requirements

1) ‎Two contrasting pieces from the bassoon repertory which best display your technical and musical skills.
These may be:
    a.  Contrasting movements from a solo bassoon work (Telemann Sonata, Besozzi Sonata, Mozart Concerto,
            Weber Concerto, Vivaldi Concerti, etc.)
    b.  Two seperate, contrasting solo bassoon works
    c.  Etudes (Weissenborn, Milde, Jancourt, Concone, etc.)
2) All major scales and arpeggios (two octaves minimum, any preferred rhythmic and articulation pattern)
3) Chromatic scale (3 octaves from low Bb to high Bb, any preferred rhythmic and articulation pattern)
4) Sight-reading
*Applicants may contact Dr. Lowe (slowe@arts.ufl.edu) with any questions about audition selections. 

1) A concerto first movement such as one by Saint-Saëns, Boccherini, Haydn, or Lalo; OR a sonata movement such as one by Brahms or Beethoven
2) A movement from a Bach suite
3) Sight-reading

1) Two contrasting solos (FBA Level V or higher)
2) All major scales
3) Full-range chromatic scale
4) Sight-reading
    NOTE: If you play bass clarinet in your band you must play at least one solo on B♭ clarinet. Scales may be played on either instrument and you may play one solo work on bass clarinet. 

1) Present two contrasting works that display your performance skills:
    a) One should emphasize lyrical playing and tone production
    b) The second should emphasize music of a more technical nature
2) Sight-reading. 

1) All major scales (two octaves)
2) Sight-reading
3) Two contrasting etudes: (e.g. Melodious Etudes: Book 1, Rochut; Selected Studies for Baritone, Voxman; 36 Studies for Trombone/Baritone, Kopprasch; Advanced Studies for Baritone, Tyrell)
    a) One lyrical
    b) One technical
4) One solo from the standard repertoire for euphonium (e.g. ​Suite for Baritone, Haddad; Fantasia, Jacob; Concerto for Euphonium, Horovitz; Sonata for Unaccompanied Euphonium, Clinard; A Walk in the Woods, Censhu)

1) Two contrasting solo works: FBA Level V or higher, or from A Handbook of Literature for the Flute (James Pellerite)
2) All major scales, two or more octaves (tongued and slurred)
3) A chromatic scale, three or more octaves
4) Sight-reading

1) Two contrasting works
These may be:
    a) Movements from solo works (e.g. Glière, Concerto; Strauss, Nocturno; Dukas, Villanelle; Hindemith, Sonata; Mozart, Concertos 1-4 or Concert Rondo;
        Saint-Saëns, Morceau de Concert; Strauss, Concerto No.1, Op.11)
    b) Etudes (Kopprasch, Kling, Maxime-Alphonse, or Gallay)
    c) Additional selections of comparable difficulty
2) Sight-reading

Two contrasting pieces from the standard classical guitar repertoire

1) Two contrasting pieces: Etudes, studies, and/or solos (FBA Level V or higher)
    a) One fast
    b) One slow
2) All major scales, two octaves when possible
3) A chromatic scale, two octaves (starting on low C, C#, or D)
4) Sight-reading

Applicants with previous experience should be prepared to perform representative works from the classical repertory. Applicants without previous experience should demonstrate the same level of keyboard facility as entering pianists. 

NOTE: Applicants must audition in all three areas (Snare, Timpani, Mallet)

Snare Drum
1) One solo or etude demonstrating musical and technical ability
2) Concert style (buzz) roll, pp-ff-pp
3) Sight-reading

Timpani 
1) One solo or etude demonstrating musical and technical ability
2) Tuning
3) Sight-reading

Keyboard (Mallet) Percussion 
1) One solo or etude demonstrating musical and technical ability (two or four mallets)
2) Major scales (two octaves with arpeggios)
3) Sight-reading

Prior to an audition, all piano applicants must complete a pre-screening.
(Check Step 3 “Submitting Materials” for Details)

Audition Requirement – After Pre-Screening

1) Three works, by memory, by different composers representing a range of historical styles and demonstrating a thorough depth of technical and musical development. One of the three pieces must be a fast movement from a sonata by Beethoven, Mozart or Haydn.
2) Sight-reading

1) Two contrasting works, FBA Level V or higher (One may be an etude of a similar difficulty)
2) All major scales
3) Full-range chromatic scale.
4) Sight-reading

1) Two contrasting works: 
    a) One lyrical or technical etude (e.g. Bordorgni/Rochut, Kopprasch, Tyrell); AND 
    b) One solo (FBA Level IV or higher; e.g. Barat, Galliard, Grondahl, Guilmant)
​2) Major scales and arpeggios (as presented in the Baker Tenor Trombone Method, Chapter XI, Exercise 2a)
3) Sight-reading

1) Two contrasting works: one technical, one lyrical
These may be:
    a) Movement/sections from a concerto
    b) Solo works from an approved state band association list with a difficulty of Level IV or above
    c) Etudes from the Arban Complete Method, Bordogni Etudes, Bousquet Etudes, V. Brandt Etudes, Charlier Etudes, Concone Lyrical Studies, J.L. Small Etudes, Walter M. Smith Top Tones, or Snedecor Etudes.
2) All major scales
3) Sight-reading

1) All major scales (two octaves)
2) Sight-reading
3) Two contrasting etudes: one lyrical, one technical (e.g. Studies for Tuba, Grigoriev; 43 Bel Canto Studies, Bordogni; 70 Studies for Tuba, Blazhevich; 60 Selected Studies, Kopprasch; Advanced Studies for Tuba, Tyrell)
4) One solo from the standard repertoire for tuba (e.g. Suite for Tuba, Haddad; Sonata for Tuba, Hindemith; Concerto in One Movement, Lebedev; Concerto for Bass Tuba, Vaughan Williams; Serenade #12, Persichetti; Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba, Hartley).

1) Prepare two contrasting works:
    a) One movement of solo Bach (cello suites or violin sonatas and partitas), Telemann (Fantasias), or Reger (Suites); AND
    b) One movement of a concerto or sonata from the standard repertoire
2) Sight-reading

1) Prepare two contrasting works:
    a) One movement from the Six Sonatas and Partitas by J.S. Bach; AND
    b) One movement of a violin concerto from the standard repertoire or other large-scale work
2) Sight-reading

1) Perform from memory a minimum of two contrasting works from the standard repertory that represent varying historical style periods. One selection in English and one in another language is preferred. A pianist is provided for your audition.
2) Basic musicianship evaluation