Music Department

String Audition Requirements

Violin

• One major and one melodic minor three-octave scale (your choice of keys)
• One etude or caprice (e.g. Dancla, Mazas, Paganini, Sitt, Wohlfahrt, etc.)
• One movement of a Bach Sonata or Partita
• A first or third movement from a major concerto
• An alternative styles work (if you’re interested in studying this genre)

Viola

• One major and one melodic minor three-octave scale (your choice of keys)
• One etude (e.g. Dont, Fuchs, Hoffmeister, Sitt, etc.)
• One movement of a Bach Solo Suite
• A first or third movement from a major concerto
• An alternative styles work (if you’re interested in studying this genre)

Cello

• One major and one melodic minor three-octave scale (your choice of keys)
• One etude (e.g. Duport, Grutzmacher, Piatti, Popper, etc.)
• One movement from a Bach Cello Suite
• A first or third movement from a major concerto
• An alternative styles work (if you’re interested in studying this genre)

Double Bass

• One major and one melodic minor two-octave scale (your choice of keys)
• One etude or exercise from a standard method book or etude book
• Two solo compositions for bass in contrasting styles
• An alternative styles work (if you’re interested in studying this genre)

Harp

• One etude that demonstrates technical fundamentals on harp
• One solo composition in a style contrasting the above etude
• An orchestral excerpt or a solo cadenza
• An alternative styles work (if you’re interested in studying this genre)