Welcome, collaborative piano students! 

Below are the audition requirements for the Collaborative Piano area. For complete application and audition details - including audition dates - please visit our Application & Auditions page.

Please note that audition requirements are updated each September for the upcoming application cycle.

All live auditions will take place on campus in San Francisco.

Requirements

There is no prescreening requirement for collaborative piano applicants. Please note, for the final audition, applicants will be required to perform with the vocalist and violinist provided by SFCM.

Please prepare the following:

• Two complete major solo works. One must be composed by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group.
• One complete instrumental sonata chosen from the following:
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major
  • Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major
• Four vocal pieces chosen from the following:
  • Strauss: Allerseelen
  • Barber: The Monk and His Cat
  • Brahms: Meine Liebe ist Grün
  • Schubert: Ganymed
  • Debussy: C’est l’extase
  • Puccini: Mi chiamano Mimi