Flute (Performance)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Three solo pieces, standard sonata or concerto movements of contrasting styles/periods demonstrating technical proficiency and musical maturity

Flute (Musical Arts)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Solo by Bach, Caplet, Handel, Pergolesi, Mozart, or similar work
3. Etude by Andersen, Berbiguier, etc. (or a second solo)

Oboe (Performance)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Two contrasting movements of a Baroque sonata or two movements of the Mozart Concerto
3. One of the Barret Sixteen Grand Studies

Oboe (Musical Arts)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Etude by Barret or Ferling
3. Sonata by Handel or Telemann

Clarinet (Performance)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Mozart Concerto, Weber Concerto No. 2, or similar solo
3. Two contrasting Rose etudes or two contrasting orchestral excerpts (one slow, one fast)
   

Horn (Performance)

1. Major and minor scales, two octaves
2. Etude from Maxime-Alphonse, Gallay, or Kling
3. Mozart concerto or Strauss Concerto No. 1
4. Orchestral excerpts

Horn (Musical Arts)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Etude of choice
3. Movement from a Mozart concerto

Trumpet (Performance)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Two contrasting etudes, such as Charlier or Bousquet
3. Movement of the Haydn Concerto, Hummel Concerto, Hindemith Sonata, or similar work
4. Orchestral excerpts

Trumpet (Musical Arts)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Etude by Arban, Bousquet, Concone, Pottag, or Vonnetelbosch
3. Solo by Corelli, Fizgerald, Goeyens, or Handel

Trombone (Performance)

1. Major and minor scales
2. Two contrasting etudes, such as Bordogni-Rochut or Kopprasch
3. Major contemporary work (such as Hindemith Sonata or Gordon Jacob Concerto) demonstrating technical proficiency and musical maturity
4. Orchestral excerpts

Trombone (Musical Arts)

1. Major and minor scales
2. An etude by Kopprasch, Rochut, or Tyrell
3. A solo by Galliard, Guilmant, Rimsky-Korsakov, Serly, Serocki, or similar work

Violin (Performance)

1. First or third movement of a standard concerto, memorized
2. Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo sonata or partita, memorized

Violin (Musical Arts)

1. Solo piece or movement of a concerto demonstrating technical proficiency and musical maturity
2. Movement of a Bach solo sonata or partita

Viola (Performance)

1. Etude demonstrating technical proficiency
2. Two contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied cello suite, memorized
3. 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)

1. Etude demonstrating technical proficiency
2. One movement of a Bach unaccompanied cello suite
3. One movement of a concerto

Cello (Performance)

1. Etude demonstrating technical proficiency
2. Two contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied suite
3. Movement of a standard concerto, memorized

Piano (Performance)
Memorization Required

1. Major and harmonic minor scales, four octaves
2. Prelude and fugue from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier or similar contrapuntal Baroque work
3. Complete sonata by Haydn, Mozart (excluding K.545), or Beethoven (excluding Op. 49) or similar work from the Classical period
4. A work from the Romantic or Impressionistic period
5. A work in a contemporary idiom by a major 20th- or 21st-century composer
6. Sight reading

Piano (Musical Arts)
Memorization Required

1. Major and harmonic minor scales, four octaves
2. One or more movements from a major sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven
3. At least two contrasting works from the Baroque, Romantic, Impressionistic, or Twentieth/Twenty-first century period
4. Sight Reading

Percussion (Performance)
Selections from all three areas:

Snare Drum

1. Demonstrated proficiency of basic techniques including open and closed rolls, flams, paradiddles, ruff, and drags
2. Solo in rudimental or concert style

Keyboard Percussion (marimba, xylophone, vibraphone)

1. Major and minor scales, two octaves
2. Major and minor arpeggios, two octaves
3. Solo using two to four mallets

Timpani

1. Demonstrated proficiency of basic strokes and rolls using contrasting dynamics
2. Interval recognition
3. Solo using two to four drums

Classical Guitar (Performance)
Memorization Required

1. Major and minor scales
2. Proficient basic technique, including proper use of rest-stroke and free-stroke
3. Solo representing each period: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic
4. Fifth solo of applicant's choice

Voice (Performance)
Memorization Required

1. 17th-, 18th-, or 19th-Century Italian, French, or German Art Song
2. 20th-Century American or British Art Song
3. Art song or operatic aria
4. Sight reading
   Note: Pop, rock, jazz, country, Broadway, or gospel music is not appropriate

Composition/Theory

1. Portfolio of scores and/or tapes of original compositions
2. 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