Repertoire must be performed from memory.

Prescreening - All Programs

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach partita or sonata

Repertoire does not need to be memorized.

Prescreening - All Programs

• One movement of a standard viola concerto
• Two contrasting movements of either a Bach suite for solo cello or a Bach sonata or partita for solo violin 

Repertoire does not need to be memorized.

Prescreening - All Programs

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach suite

Repertoire must be performed from memory.

Undergraduate

• Two movements of a Bach solo violin partita or sonata (one slow movement and one fast)
• Two études, one must be a Paganini Caprice or similar work
• One movement of a standard concerto
• One composition of the applicant’s choice (Mozart preferred if the standard concerto previously listed is not a Mozart concerto)

Graduate and Postgraduate

• Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo sonata or partita
• One Paganini Caprice
• One complete Romantic or contemporary concerto
• One movement of a Mozart concerto

 PSC Concertmaster Track Only

• Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo sonata or partita
• One Paganini Caprice
• One complete Romantic or contemporary concerto
• One movement of a Mozart concerto
• Orchestral excerpts:
  • R. Strauss, Don Juan (page 1)
  • Mozart Symphony No. 39, Finale (4th mvt) through bar #78

Repertoire does not need to be memorized.

Final Audition - Undergraduate

• Two contrasting movements of either a Bach suite for solo cello or a Bach sonata or partita for solo violin
• One movement of a standard concerto (with cadenza)
• One contrasting work
   

Final Audition - Graduate and Postgraduate

• Two contrasting movements of either a Bach suite for solo cello or a Bach sonata or partita for solo violin,
• One movement of a standard concerto (with cadenza)
• Two contrasting movements from a sonata for viola and piano
• One work composed by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group

Repertoire does not need to be memorized.
 

Final Audition - Undergraduate

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach suite
• One étude

Final Audition - Graduate and Postgraduate

Either the concerto or the sonata listed below should be from the 20th or 21st century.

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach suite
• One movement of a sonata OR a solo contemporary piece written after 1950.

Repertoire does not need to be memorized.

Undergraduate

We encourage applicants to select at least one work by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group to fulfill at least one of the requirements below.

• Two major and two minor scales in two octaves, or an étude of your choice
• One movement of a baroque or classical sonata, concerto, or one-movement piece
• One movement or a one-movement piece from the Romantic or Contemporary repertoire.

Graduate and Postgraduate

We encourage applicants to select at least one work by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group to fulfill at least one of the requirements listed below.

• One concerto or virtuoso piece
• Two contrasting movements from either a sonata or multi-movement work from the romantic or contemporary repertoire, or two contrasting movements of a Bach cello suite.

Repertoire does not need to be memorized.

Undergraduate

• ​One étude for harp of intermediate difficulty (Bach/Grandjany, N.C. Bochsa, Dizzi, Godefroid, Posse, Salzedo, Schmidt)
• ​Two contrasting compositions of intermediate difficulty from different periods, including one work composed by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group.

Graduate and Postgraduate

• Ravel's Introduction et Allegro, Handel's Concerto in B-flat (entire work), ​or one fast movement of a major harp concerto
• ​Two contrasting compositions of advanced difficulty from different periods, including one work composed after 1950, and one work by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group.
• Two contrasting orchestral excerpts