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Auditions: Graduate/Certificate - Clarinet

​​​​​​​​​Pre​​​screen Repertoire - due by December 1. 

  • Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622, movement I Exposition
  • Stravinsky 3 Pieces, 2nd piece only
  • Excerpts from:
    • ​Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, third movement only
    • Mendelssohn: Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream), beginning to bar 48

​Audition Requirements

​​We encourage all applicants, if at all possible, to audition in-person.  

  • Live audition dates are scheduled during the weekends in February. Review list of audition dates by instrument here.
  • ​Recorded video auditions are available by request and must be submitted by February 1 to your Blue Demon Domain (for undergraduates) or your application portal (for graduates/post-masters), in the “edit portfolio" section. To enable the recorded audition submission, contact musicadmissions@depaul.edu. 

Audition Repertoire

  • ​​Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K 622, movement I Exposition​
  • Stravinsky 3 Pieces, 2nd piece only
  • Excerpts from:
    • ​Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, third movement only
    • Mendelssohn: Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night's Dream", beginning to bar 48
    • Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, beginning (rehearsal #155) to bar 17 (one measure after rehearsal #157) AND Rehearsal #212 to the end of the piece​

Recorded Interview Questions (only applicable to those who select a recorded submission to audition)

​Please upload a video that is no longer than 2-3 minutes and responds to the below questions:

  • ​What is your musical background?
  • Why are you applying to DePaul?​​​ ​​