Flute Auditions
We reserve the right to hear portions of this list in order to allow the audition committee to hear as much of the reprtoire within the allotted time permitted for the audition. Undergraduate and Graduate auditionees are not required to perform on piccolo but we encourage you to do so. An accompanist will not be supplied by the school. You may although, bring your own accompanist, please inform the audition office.
Undergraduate
Reichert, Seven Daily Exercises, Op. 5 No. 1
Choose one movement from the Bach Sonata in E Major
Choose one solo from the Solo Repertoire listed below:
- Chaminade, Concertino
- Robert Dick, LOOKOUT
- Dutilleux, Sonatine
- Godard, Allegretto
- Griffes, Poem
- Hindemith, Sonata, Movements I/III
- Muczynski, Sonata, Movements II/IV
- Poulenc, Sonata, Movements I/II
- Taffanel, Andente Pastoral and/or Scherzettino
Choose one solo of your choice (this can be a concerto)
(Piccolo, optional)
All undergraduates will be required to take a short (15-20 minutes) theory placement exam following their audition.
Graduate
CONCERTO: your choice (if Mozart, no cadenza needed)
BACH: Sonata E Major, movements I&II OR Sonata e Minor, movements I&II
SOLO REPERTOIRE: your choice, contrasting styles
ORCHESTRAL EXCEPTS:
FLUTE
- Beethoven, Leonore #3, Allegro bars 328-360
- Debussy, Afternoon of a Faun, first 4 bars and rehearsal numbers 2-3
- Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis, Andantino movement III
- Mendelsshon, A Midsummer night's Dream, Scherzo
- Ravel, Bolero
- Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919), Variation only
PICCOLO
- M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, Caucasian Sketches
- Ravel, Piano concerto in G major, opening solo to rehearsal number 1
- Rossini, Overture to "Semiramide," G-H and T-U
