Audition Information

Go to the School of Music request info and select your date for your audition, or call the music office at 330.972.7590 to set up your audition date.(Graduate students contact your instructor directly)

A written theory placement test, a Piano Proficiency, and an audition on your selected instrument(s).

• Piano Proficiency

• Written Test

• Performance Audition

Applicants should contact the Professor directly to determine what repertoire will be played in the audition. We prefer solo/concerto material that is under current preparation for lessons or performances. Below is a representative list that will help in the selection process. Scales and/etude or other example of technical work.

2 Movements of a Baroque Sonata, or 1 movement of a standard bass concerto - Dragonetti, Dittersdorf, or Koussevitsky.

For Jazz students, technique should be the same as above. Also include two jazz standards: play the melody, improvise a bass line using the chord changes.

Two pieces (two solos or one solo and one etude) of contrasting style, Major scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats, Chromatic scale, Sightreading

Two contrasting works from the standard bassoon repertoire and 3-4 orchestral excerpts

Applicants should contact the Professor directly to determine what repertoire will be played in the audition. We prefer solo/concerto material that is under current preparation for lessons or performances. Below is a representative list that will help in the selection process.

• Saint-Saëns
• Haydn
• Lalo
• Dvorák
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach suite

• Popper
• Duport
• Schroeder

Class A solo or comparable repertoire Contrasting Etude, preferably from Carl Rose's 32 Etudes Major scales Chromatic Scale up to high G

3 Contrasting Works from Standard Repertoire exhibiting a variety of styles. 5 Orchestral Excerpts

Prospective students need to prepare two contrasting pieces from the classical repertoire. These may include selections from the Renaissance lute repertoire or movements of Bach suites, to concert works or etudes by Giuliani or Sor, to Spanish or South American works and contemporary pieces. Students are encouraged to write directly with questions if they unsure about their repertoire. Applicants will be asked to sight-read and to demonstrate some technical activities such as scales, arpeggio patterns and so on.

Prospective students should prepare three contrasting works from the repertoire. They should include a Bach work, a contemporary work and something lyrical in nature or a 19th c. composition. Students will be asked to sight-read and to demonstrate a variety of technical activities, such as arpeggio patterns, scales and tremolo. These guidelines are not absolutely rigid, and students are encouraged to contact Mr. Aron directly with questions or concerns.

1. Ohio Class A Solo: for example, Mozart Concerto, Bach Sonata, French Conservatory Piece, Hindemith Sonata, Poulenc Sonata, etc.
2. A work that contrasts your first choice: an etude, another movement of first choice, another solo work
3. All major scales required; minor scales encouraged but not required
4. Sight Reading
5. A simple sight-singing exercise

Prepare a 30 minutes program that includes at least 3 different styles of solo repertoire and 4-5 orchestral excerpts.

Two pieces (solos or etudes) of contrasting style. One should be lyrical and one should be more technical. Major scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats.

Two contrasting major solo works and also and etude demonstrating technique. Have prepared a group of 4-5 contrasting orchestral excerpts.

Two selections from The Real Book Volume I or from any Jazz Standard Fake Book. One piece as a chord melody solo if possible and the other play the melody in actual pitch (8va from written lead sheet)and the accompaniment in the appropriate style of the song. Major and minor scales in two octaves. Be prepared to demonstrate your sight reading ability.

Two selections from The Real Book Volume I or from any Jazz Standard Fake Book. One piece as a chord melody solo if possible and the other play the melody in actual pitch (8va from written lead sheet)and the accompaniment in the appropriate style of the song. Major and minor scales in two octaves. Be prepared to demonstrate your sight reading ability.

Two contrasting movements of a concerto or sonata of your choice

Two contrasting works for oboe and three orchestral excerpts.

Select 2 -3 contrasting pieces from below:

• maller works by J.S. Bach such as 8 Little Preludes/Fugues, chorale preludes from the Little Organ Book
• Pieces for manuals by baroque English composers such as Arne, Purcell, Croft, Wesley
• Simple pieces by early French composers such as D\'Aquin, Dandrieu, or Couperin
• Shorter works by 20th-century French/Belgian composers such as Franck, Peeters, Vierne, Dupre, Boellmann
• Shorter works by 20th-century composers such as Callahan, Dale Wood, Paul Manz, Wilbur Held
• All students accepted to study organ should have enough piano background to play a piece with simple two-part counterpoint.

Select 3 pieces in contrasting styles from below:

Major mature work by J.S. Bach, Bruhns, Bohm, or Buxtehude Major work or movement from a major work by Mendelssohn Movement from a major work by 20th-century French or Belgian composer such as Franck, Vierne, Widor, Dupre, Messiaen Movement from a major work or single work by 20th-or 21st-century German, Belgian, English or American composer such as Schroeder, Peeters, Hindemith, Howells, or Callahan

• 2 or 4 mallet marimba solo
• snare drum solo
• all major scales two octaves at quarter=90 in 16th notes
• sight read snare drum
• sight read marimba
• vocal match pitch
• optional: drum set, steel pan, hand drums, timpani

Please note: All jazz percussion majors will be expected to complete the 321 level( junior) of classical percussion before graduation.

• Delecluse #1 Etude
• 4 mallet marimba solo
• sight read 2 mallets
• sight read snare drum
• timpani etude or solo
• three orchestral excerpts of your choice
• optional: hand drums, steel pan, drum set, Djembe

Major and minor scales, a Bach two-part invention or two movements from a suite or equivalent, a movement from a Classical sonatina or sonata and/or Romantic or Impressionistic solo and sight reading and accompanying.

Undergraduate and Graduate: Contrasting movements from major saxophone repertoire ICreston, Maurice, Bozza, Ibert, Dubois, Jacobi, Heiden, etc.) Additionally, major scales performed from memory for the full length of the horn. Also, the auditioning student will be given music to sight read.

Undergraduate and Graduate: Contrasting movements from major saxophone repertoire ICreston, Maurice, Bozza, Ibert, Dubois, Jacobi, Heiden, etc.) Additionally, major scales performed from memory for the full length of the horn. Also, the auditionee will be given music to sight read.

Undergraduaute-- Any solo from the Ohio Class "A" Solo and Ensemble list (or comparable) solo. An etude of your choice. Major scales (one octave) up to four sharps or four flats.

The audition will take place in a private lesson format. Have at least one solo and one etude prepared that demonstrate your present ability. prepare at least four representative, orchestral excerpts. For electronic (cassette, CD) auditions: Include at least two solos that representative of your performing level. Orchestral Excerpts Tenor Trombone: Ravel - Bolero; Mozart - Requiem (Tuba Mirum) (2nd Trombone solo); Wagener- The Ride of the Walkyries (minor); Rossini - Overture to William Tell. Orchestral Excerpts Bass Trombone: Handel - The Creation; Wagner - The Ride of the Walkyries (major); Brahms - Symphony I

Class A Solo - Examples: Hummel, Trumpet Concerto; Kennan, Sonata; Haydn, Trumpet Concerto; Goedicke, Concert Etude. Contrasting Etude - Examples chosen from: Sachse, 100 Studies; Charlier, 36 Transcendental Etudes; Brandt, Orchestral Etudes. Major Scales - up to four sharps and four flats..

Two Major Solos from the Standard Literature - Examples: Stevens, Sonata; Tartini, Concerto; Tomasi, Concerto. Standard Orchestral Excerpts - Examples: Stravinsky, Pertroushka; Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition; Respighi, Pines of Rome.

Class A OMEA solo or equivalent, an etude and major scales from 4 b's through 4 #''s.

A major sonata or concerto written for the instrument, a baroque or classical transcription, and some orchestral excerpts

Applicants should contact the Professor directly to determine what repertoire will be played in the audition. We prefer solo/concerto material that is under current preparation for lessons or performances. Below is a representative list that will help in the selection process. Concertos of: Telemann Handel J.C. Bach Bach solo Cello Suites (one or more movements)

Applicants should contact the Professor directly to determine what repertoire will be played in the audition. We prefer solo/concerto material that is under current preparation for lessons or performances. Below is a representative list that will help in the selection process. Mozart Concerto 3, 4 or 5 (one movement)

Concertos of:

• Bruch
• Lalo
• Saint-Saens
• Kabalvesky
• Solo Bach (any work for Violin)

Two contrasting selections must be performed. These selections should be chosen from the Ohio Music Education Association Adjudicative Events list or the music should be of comparable quality. All repertoire must be memorized. All potential voice students (Music Education majors, Performance majors, Bachelor of Arts majors and minors) must audition for entrance into the School of Music. The student must be able to read music well enough to play a vocal melody of a given song on the piano with pitch and rhythmic accuracy. The student will be tested on sight singing and rhythm during the voice audition. Each student will sing a melody at sight and clap/tap 8 measures of rhythm.

Applicants should be prepared to sing in Italian, German, French and English. Appropriate repertoire for the applicant’s voice category should be selected. The audition will include arias and art song. At the time of application, graduate students must demonstrate that they have completed the equivalent of French I-II, German I-II, and Italian I-II. All of these courses are available for remedial study at the University of Akron. Students may complete these requirements by taking an examination for reading knowledge in each of the languages or by taking the courses. Languages courses do not count towards a graduate degree in music.