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Woodwinds
| Brass | Strings | Keyboard
| Percussion | Classical
Guitar | Voice | Composition/Theory
OFF CAMPUS AUDITIONS
Download the Blair Music Profile and Audition Form (pdf format). Please complete the form and mail it to the address on the form.
Auditions Dates 2007-08
Early Decision:
December 1, 2007
Regular Decision:
January 25-26, 2008
February 8-9, 2008
February 22-23, 2008
Contact the Blair Admissions office at 615-322-6181 or email Dr. Dwayne P. Sagen (dwayne.p.sagen@vanderbilt.edu) with any further questions about auditions.
Recommended Audition Repertoire
Please note: The following repertoire is recommended,
not required — but substitutions must be approved in advance. All
scales must be memorized.
A personal audition is always preferred, but in exceptional
circumstances, a videotaped audition may be possible. Only videotapes
will be accepted in lieu of a live audition.
Videotape Audition Information and Requirements:
- Three performances from the selected repertoire list
- Scales
- A proctored Pitch Matching session.
PROCEDURE: A proctor plays a note on the piano and the applicant sings
the pitch back.
FOR INFORMATION: Please call the Blair Admissions Office (615 322-6181)
to receive a Pitch Matching Quiz.
Woodwinds
| Flute (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Three solo pieces, standard sonata or concerto
movements of contrasting styles/periods demonstrating technical
proficiency and musical maturity
Flute (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Solo by Bach, Caplet, Handel, Pergolesi, Mozart,
or similar work
- Etude by Andersen, Berbiguier, etc. (or a second
solo)
Oboe (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting movements of a Baroque sonata or
two movements of the Mozart Concerto
- One of the Barret Sixteen Grand Studies
Oboe (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude by Barret or Ferling
- Sonata by Handel or Telemann
Clarinet (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Mozart Concerto, Weber Concerto No. 2, or similar
solo
- Two contrasting Rose etudes or two contrasting
orchestral excerpts (one slow, one fast)
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Clarinet (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude by Lazarus or Rose
- Solo by Mozart, Stamitz, or Weber
Saxophone (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting etudes from Ferling's 48 Famous
Studies or similar work
- Glazounov Concerto; Maurice Tableaux de Provence,
first and fourth movements; or similar work
Saxophone (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude by Ferling or Voxman
- Solo by Bozza, Fauré, Handel, Platti, or
Ward
Bassoon (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude from Weissenborn Studies, Op. 8, or from
Milde Concert Studies, Book I
- Two contrasting movements chosen from a Baroque
sonata, any Vivaldi concerto, or the Mozart Concerto
Bassoon (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude by Weissenborn
- Solo by Galliard, Telemann, or Vivaldi
Multiple Woodwinds (Performance)
- Audition on two instruments using repertoire above.
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Note: There is no musical arts major in multiple woodwinds
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brass
| Horn (Performance)
- Major and minor scales, two octaves
- Etude from Maxime-Alphonse, Gallay, or Kling
- Mozart concerto or Strauss Concerto No. 1
- Orchestral excerpts
Horn (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude of choice
- Movement from a Mozart concerto
Trumpet (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting etudes, such as Charlier or Bousquet
- Movement of the Haydn Concerto, Hummel Concerto, Hindemith Sonata,
or similar work
- Orchestral excerpts
Trumpet (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude by Arban, Bousquet, Concone, Pottag, or Vonnetelbosch
- Solo by Corelli, Fizgerald, Goeyens, or Handel
Trombone (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting etudes, such as Bordogni-Rochut or Kopprasch
- Major contemporary work (such as Hindemith Sonata or Gordon
Jacob Concerto) demonstrating technical proficiency and musical
maturity
- Orchestral excerpts
Trombone (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- An etude by Kopprasch, Rochut, or Tyrell
- A solo by Galliard, Guilmant, Rimsky-Korsakov, Serly, Serocki,
or similar work
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Bass Trombone (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting etudes using the thumb valve(s)
- Solo work demonstrating technical proficiency and
musical maturity
- Orchestral excerpts
Bass Trombone (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude by Arban, Kopprasch, Rochut, or Tyrell
- Solo by Galliard, Guilmant, Rimsky-Korsakov, Serly,
Serocki, or similar work
Euphonium (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting etudes technical and lyrical
- Solo by Barat, Capuzzi, Sparke, Ellerby or similar
work
- Orchestral or band excerpts (optional)
Euphonium (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting etudes, technical and lyrical
- Solo by Barat, Capuzzi, or similar work
Tuba (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting etudes
- First movement of the Vaughan Williams or Gregson
Concerto, Hindemith Sonata, or similar work
- Orchestral excerpts
Tuba (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Etude by Blazhevich, Bordogni, or Kopprasch
- Solo by Marcello, Haddad, Hartley, or similar work
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strings
| Violin (Performance)
- First or third movement of a standard concerto, memorized
- Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo sonata or partita, memorized
Violin (Musical Arts)
- Solo piece or movement of a concerto demonstrating technical
proficiency and musical maturity
- Movement of a Bach solo sonata or partita
Viola (Performance)
- Etude demonstrating technical proficiency
- Two contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied cello suite,
memorized
- First or third movement of a standard viola concerto including but not limited to Hoffmeister, Stamitz, Bartok, Walton. (Note: if preparing the Telemann Concerto in G, a slow-fast pair of movements is required). Memorized.
Viola (Musical Arts)
- Etude demonstrating technical proficiency
- One movement of a Bach unaccompanied cello suite
- One movement of a concerto
Cello (Performance)
- Etude demonstrating technical proficiency
- Two contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied suite
- Movement of a standard concerto, memorized
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Cello (Musical Arts)
- Two contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied
suite
- Movement of a standard concerto
Double Bass (Performance)
- First or third movement of a concerto or sonata from classical or romantic period, memorized
- A movement or piece from the Baroque period
- Two orchestral excerpts
Double Bass (Musical Arts)
- A movement or piece from the Baroque period
- A contrasting movement from any other period
- Etude or orchestral excerpts
Harp (Performance)
- Major and minor scales
- One movement of a concerto by Handel, Mozart, Dittersdorf,
or similar work
- Two contrasting solo pieces from different periods
Harp (Musical Arts)
- Major and minor scales
- Two contrasting solos from different periods
- Etude by Bochsa, Pozzoli, Salzedo, or Bach-Grandjany
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keyboard
| Piano (Performance)
Memorization Required
- Major and minor scales, four octaves
- Prelude and fugue from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier or similar
contrapuntal Baroque work
- Complete sonata by Haydn, Mozart (excluding K.545), or Beethoven
(excluding Op. 49) or similar work from the Classical period
- A work from the Romantic or Impressionistic period
- A work in a contemporary idiom by a major 20th-century composer
- Sight reading
Piano (Musical Arts)
Memorization Required
- Major and minor scales, four octaves
- Sonata (one or more movements) by Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven
- Contrasting work from the Romantic, Impressionistic, or Twentieth-Century period
- Sight Reading
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Organ (Performance)
Applicants with no previous experience may audition on piano,
using requirements listed for piano
- Praeludium by Buxtehude, Bruhns, Lubeck, etc.,
or a chorale prelude or work such as Prelude and Fugue in E Minor,
BWV 533 by Bach
- Mendelssohn sonata movement, Brahms chorale prelude,
one of Vierne's 24 Pieces en style libre, or similar Romantic
work
- Sight reading, such as hymn or anthem accompaniment
Organ (Musical Arts)
Applicants with no previous experience may audition on piano, using
requirements listed for piano
- Major and minor scales
- Short composition from an organ method by Gleason,
Peeters, Andrews, Ritchie/Stouffer, Ragatz, Soderlund, etc.
- Manual or manual and pedal
work from 80 Chorale Preludes by German Masters of the 17th and
18th centuries or similar work
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percussion
| Percussion (Performance)
Selections from all three areas:
Snare Drum
- Demonstrated proficiency of basic techniques including open
and closed rolls, flams, paradiddles, ruff, and drags
- Solo in rudimental or concert style
Keyboard Percussion (marimba, xylophone, vibraphone)
- Major and minor scales, two octaves
- Major and minor arpeggios, two octaves
- Solo using two to four mallets
Timpani
- Demonstrated proficiency of basic strokes and rolls using contrasting
dynamics
- Interval recognition
- Solo using two to four drums
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Percussion (Musical
Arts)
Selections from at least two areas:
Snare Drum
- Etude by Cirone, Feldstein, Firth, Goldenberg,
Wilcoxen, Handel, McMillan, or Whaley
Keyboard Percussion (marimba, xylophone, vibraphone)
- Major and minor scales, two octaves
- Solo by Bach, Cirone, Goldenberg, Handel, McMillan,
Peters, or Whaley
Timpani
- Etude by Cirone, Firth, Goodman, Hinger, McMillan,
Peters, or Whaley
Drum Set
- Etude by Appice, Cappazolli, Chopin, Fink, Kettle,
Reed, or Rogers. Demonstration of selected styles (i.e. Rock,
Swing, Latin, etc.)
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classical guitar
| Classical Guitar
(Performance)
Memorization Required
- Major and minor scales
- Proficient basic technique, including proper use of rest-stroke
and free-stroke
- Solo representing each period: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical,
and Romantic
- Fifth solo of applicant's choice
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Classical Guitar
(Musical Arts)
Memorization Required
- Major and minor scales
- Etude by Aguado, Carcassi, Carulli, Giulani, or
Sor
- Selection from Solo Guitar Playing, Vol. I by Noad
or Classic Guitar Technique by Shearer
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voice
| Voice (Performance)
Memorization Required
- 17th-, 18th-, or 19th-Century Italian, French, or German Art
Song
- 20th-Century American or British Art Song
- Art song or operatic aria
- Sight reading
Note: Pop, rock, jazz, country, Broadway, or gospel music is not
appropriate
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Voice (Musical
Arts)
Memorization Required
- 17th-, 18th-, or 19th-Century Italian, French,
or German Art Song
- 20th-Century American or British Art Song
- Sight reading
Note: Pop, rock, jazz, country, Broadway, or gospel music is not
appropriate
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composition/theory
| Composition/Theory
- Portfolio of scores and/or tapes of original compositions
- Personal interview, including aural skills exam
Both are required for admission to the concentration in composition
within the Musical Arts degree as well as for the B.Mus. degree
in Composition/Theory
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off campus auditions 2008
Jan 7, 2008
Portland, OR (for Seattle and Portland areas)
Downtown Hilton Hotel, in Portland, OR, 4-6 PM
Jan 8, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, CA 4-6 PM
Jan 10, 2008
San Diego, CA
Mount Carmel High School in San Diego, CA, 4-6 PM
Jan 16, 2008
Houston, TX
Houston School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), 4-6 PM
Jan 17, 2008
Dallas, TX
Allen High School in Allen, TX, 4-6 PM
Jan 30, 2008
Washington, D.C.
George Marshall High School in Falls Church, VA, 4-6 PM
Feb 1, 2008
New York City, NY
Riverside Church on Riverside Drive (Upper West Side), 4-6 PM
Feb 14, 2008
Boston, MA
Weston High School in Weston, MA, 4-6 PM
Mar 3, 2008
Cleveland, OH
Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, OH, 4-6 PM
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