We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible.
- Register for a live audition by January 15.
- Recorded audition information.
Audition Repertoire
- A work written by an underrepresented or otherwise unjustifiably forgotten or marginalized composer of the candidate's choice. This work may have been written by a female, afro-descendant, LGBT+, latinx, First Nation or aboriginal, or disabled composer, or anyone whom the candidate considers a person deserving of equal treatment.
- Two contrasting etudes showing the applicant's level of technical and musical ability (i.e. Barret, Ferling, etc.).
- A complete work of considerable artistic and technical challenge from the standard tonal solo repertoire (Strauss, Mozart Concertos, etc.)
- At least six standard orchestral excerpts (Brahms Violin Concerto II. mvt.; Rossini La Scala di Seta Overture; Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin; Rimsky-Korsakoff, Scheherazade, II mvt.; Debussy, La Mer II mvt.; Shostakovich Symphony No. 7, II mvt.; etc.)