Music Department

Audition Requirements for:

B.M. in Classical Performance
B.M. in Music Education Emphasis, Classical Performance Track
B.M. in Music Management, Classical Performance Track
B.M. in Sound Engineering Arts, Classical Performance Track

MM Music Education
MM Music Management*

*Applicants for the MM Music Management program are required to complete an audition only if they have not received an undergraduate degree in music.

Applicants to the Jazz programs should see the Jazz Audition Requirements page.

Voice
The audition program for should be performed by memory with piano accompaniment, which we will provide if you do not choose to bring your own accompanist. Music Education, Music Management and SEA majors are required to sing two art songs and/or arias, with at least of the selections in English. Classical performance majors are required to perform three pieces following the guidelines above. Suggestions for appropriate repertoire include English art songs by composers such as Barber, Britten, Copland, Quilter, European art songs by composers such as Schubert, Schumann, Faure, Debussy, and arias by composers such as Handel or Mozart. Choral excerpts and music theater pieces are not acceptable for this audition.

Flute
Two contrasting movements from sonatas by J. S. Bach, Poulenc, Hindemith, Prokofiev, or the Mozart concertos, or comparable repertoire; orchestral excerpts.

Oboe
Concertos by Cimarosa, Marcello, Handel, Mozart; sonatas by Telemann, Handel, Hindemith; orchestral excerpts.

Clarinet
Concertos by K. Stamitz, Mozart, Weber; sonatas by Brahms, Hindemith, Martinu, Poulenc; orchestral excerpts.

Saxophone
Sonatas by Creston, Heiden; concerto by Galzunov; concertino by Ibert or comparable repertoire.

Bassoon
Sonatas by Telemann, Etler, Hindemith; concertos by Vivaldi, Mozart, Weber; orchestral excerpts.

Trumpet
Concertos by Haydn, Hummel, Arutunian; sonatas by Hindemith, Kennan, Stevens; etudes by Arban, Brandt, Charlier, etc.; orchestral excerpts.

Horn
One or two movements from a Mozart concerto; concertos by Richard Strauss or Franz Strauss; sonatas by Beethoven; one etude each from Kopprasch and Maxime-Alphonse, book three; orchestral excerpts.

Euphonium
Fantasia by Gordon Jacob, Introduction and Dance by Barat; choice of numbers 1 through 14 of the Characteristic Etudes in the Arban Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet or Trombone.

Trombone
Sonatas by Marcello, Hindemith; Morceau Symphonique by Guilmant, Andante et Allegro by Barat; etudes by Kopprasch, Rochut; orchestral excerpts.

Tuba
Solo literature and etudes demonstrating tone, intonation, range, technical ability; concerto by Vaughan Williams, sonatas by Marcello, Hindemith; orchestral excerpts.

Percussion
See the list of requirements on the WPUNJ Percussion Studio pages.

Piano

Classical Performance:

1. A Three-Part Invention, a Prelude and Fugue or equivalent by J. S. Bach;
2. a complete sonata or set of variations by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven;
3. a work by a Romantic or Contemporary composer.

All pieces must be memorized. Major and minor scales and arpeggios and sight-reading will be tested.

Music Education, Music Management and Sound Engineering Arts:

1. A Two-Part Invention by J. S. Bach or equivalent;
2. a first movement of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven (except Op. 27, No. 2 in C# minor)
3. a work by a Romantic or Contemporary composer.

At least one selection must be played from memory. Major and minor scales and arpeggios and sight-reading will be tested.

Guitar

Segovia scales, major and minor; one etude by either Sor (Segovia edition), Carcassi or Aguado. Two concert pieces of the student's own choosing from either preBaroque (DeVisee, Sanz, Milan, etc.), Baroque (Bach, Weiss, etc.) or Romantic Spanish (Tarrega, Llobet).

Strings
A sonata or concerto of moderate difficulty; scales and arpeggios; orchestral excerpts.