Violin Auditions

Undergraduate and Graduate violin applicants are asked to prepare the following:

- Two contrasting movements of unaccompanied Bach Sonatas and Partitas;               
- First Movement (with Cadenza when applicable) or Second and Third Movements (if applicable) of a concerto  By one of the following: Beethoven, Barber, Bartok, Brahms, Bruch, Conus, Dvorak, Elgar, Ernst, Glazunov, Goldmark, Haydn,   Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, Korngold, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Paganini, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Spohr, Stravinsky, Szymanowski, Vieuxtemps, Viotti, or Wieniawski

- One three or four octave scale with arpeggios and double-stops
- One etude or caprice by Rode, Dont, Ernst, Fiorillo, Kreutzer, Paganini or Wieniawski (Preferably by memory).

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