VIOLIN
- Two movements from the Bach Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas (a B minor movement and its double together count as one movement)
- A movement from a standard concerto
- A contemporary work
- An additional work, such as a showpiece, Paganini caprice, movement of a sonata, or other selection of your choice
VIOLA
- All major and minor scales and arpeggios
- An Etude from Kreutzer, Campagnoli, Rode or equivalent
- Two contrasting movements from a Bach Suite for unaccompanied cello
- One movement of a sonata from the romantic or contemporary literature
- One movement of a concerto by Bartok, Hindemith, or Walton
'CELLO
- All major and minor scales and arpeggios in 4 octaves; scales in broken 3rds, 6ths and octaves
- Three of the following (two works must be prepared in their entirety):
- An 18th –century sonata (Italian, French, German)
- A solo suite of Bach, Reger or Hindemith
- Beethoven: Sonata III, IV or V or Brahms: Sonata in F Major; Sonata in G Major, or a sonata by Shostakovitch, Kabalevsky or Martinu
- A concerto of Lalo, Haydn, Dvorak, Elgar, Hindemith, Boccherini, Saint-Saens or Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
- Sight-reading
DOUBLE BASS
- Two or three octave scales in all keys with corresponding tonic arpeggios (major and minor)
- An Etude from Storch-Hrabe Etudes Book 1
- Two movements from Bach Suite No. 1 for Violoncello (transcribed by S. Sterling); two movements from Capuzzi Concerto or similar work
- Sight-reading
VOICE
Applicants for the MM in Voice should present a program of at least 15 minutes of music spanning the major periods of solo literature from baroque to Contemporary, including at least one Romantic lied and one operatice aria. At least two foreign languages must be represented.
FLUTE
- Major, all minor, whole-tone, chromatic scales + arpeggios (2-3 octaves, be prepared for varying articulations)
- J S Bach: Partia in a minor OR Sonata in e minor OR Sonata in b minor
- Mozart: First movement of EITHER the Concerto in G Major OR the Concerto in D Major
- 5-7 minute work for composed for flute along (your choice) OR a virtuoso etude or study
- Standard Orchestral Excerpts from:
- “Afternoon of a Faun” by Claude Debussy
- “Daphnis and Chloe” by Maurice Ravel
- “Scherzo” from ‘A Midsummernight’s Dream’, by Mendelssohn
- “Petrouchka” by Stravinsky
- Sight-reading
OBOE
- A complete baroque sonata or concerto
- A work of the classical or romantic period, such as: Haydn Oboe Concerto; Mozart Oboe Concerto in C
- Mozart Quartet in F; Schumann Three Romances
- A modern work or an avant-garde work which demonstrates contemporary techniques such as: Strauss Oboe Concerto; Schuller Sonata; Vaughan Williams Concerto; Hindemith Sonata for Oboe (English horn); works or Singer; Hollinger, Takahashi.
CLARINET
Play one complete composition from each of the categories listed below:
- Viennese Classical and Early Romantic
- Mozart Concerto for Clarinet in A Major, K. 622
- von Weber Concertino, Op. 26
- von Weber Concertino No. 1 in F minor, op. 73
- von Weber Concertino No. 2 in Eb Major, op. 74
- Spohr Concerto No. 1 in C minor
- Spohr Concerto No. 2 in Eb Major
- Spohr Concerto No. 3 in F minor
- Late Romantic and Twentieth Century
- Debussy Premiere rapsodie
- Saint-Saens Sonata, op. 167
- Brahms Sonata No. 1 in F minor, op. 120
- Brahms Sonata No. 2 in Eb Major, op. 120
- Milhaud Sonatine
- Poulenc Sonata
- Stravinsky Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo
- Nielsen Concerto
SAXOPHONE
- A baroque or classical composition as transcribed by Rasher or Mule
- A 20th-Century composition for saxophone such as : Bonneau Concerto, Caprice en Forme de Valse; Bozza Aria, Concertino, Improvisation et Caprice, Introduction et Danse; Creston Concerto, Sonata, Suite; Glazounov Concerto; Heiden Sonata; Hindemith Sonata; Ibert Aria, Concertino da Camera, Histories; Tsherepnine Sonatine sportive; Tomasi Ballade, Concerto
BASSOON
- A complete baroque concerto or sonata
- A work from the classic or romantic period such as: Mozart bassoon Concerto; Weber Bassoon Concerto; Saint-Saens Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
- A modern, contemporary, or avant-garde work
FRENCH HORN
- All major and minor scales in two octaves
- Three etudes, one of which is staccato, one legato, and one slow, from Sixty Etudes
- Two movements from one of the following: Mozart Concerto for Horn; R. Strauss
- Concerto for Horn; Beethoven Sonata for Horn and Piano; Hindemith Sonata for Horn and Piano
- One of the following: P. Dukas Villanelle; Saint-Saens Morceau de Concert
TRUMPET
- Baroque: One complete work from composer such as: Purcell, Telemann, Molter, Gabrieli, Torelli, Handel
- Classical: One complete work from those listed below: Haydn Concerto in Eb; Hummel Concerto in Eb; Neruda Concerto
- Twentieth Century: One complete work from these: Arutunian Concerto; Pakmutova Concerto; Playel Concerto; Francaix Sonatine; Antheil Sonatine; Della Joio Sonata; Hubeau Sonata; Kennan Sonata.
TROMBONE
Play one complete composition from each of the categories listed below:
- David Concertino, op. 4; Rousseau Piece Concertante; Stojowski Fantasy; Salzedo Piece Concertante; Blazhevich Concerto No. 5, Concerto No. 10; Pryor Blue Bells of Scotland
- Block Symphony; Boutry Capriccio; Bozza Ballade; Creston Fantasy; Hartley Sonata Concertante; Hindemith Sonata; Larsson Concertino; Milhaud Concertino d'hiver; Serocki Sonatino; Serocki Concerto
TUBA
- All major and minor scales in two octaves
- One etude from each of the following: Blazenvitch Seventy Studies, Book 2; Bordogni 43 Bel Canto Studies; Kopprasch 60 Selected Studies
- Be prepared to play the following: Hindemith Tuba Sonata; Vaughn Williams Tuba Concerto; Spillman Tuba Concerto
PERCUSSION
Prepare one solo work from each of the following categories:
- Multiple percussion
- Keyboard percussion
- Timpani
The works chosen should demonstrate ones present level of technical and musical advancement and must be legitimate recital pieces, not etudes or studies which are obviously not mean for public performance.
PIANO - SOLO PERFORMANCE
The candidate should normally prepare three works that demonstrate musical and technical ability and a grasp of styles from eighteenth through twentieth centuries. At least two of these works shall be performed by memory. Sight-reading will be included.
PIANO - CHAMBER MUSIC AND ACCOMPANIMENT
- Prepare three works which fulfill the requirements as outlined in the admission requirements for Piano: Solo Performance, with the exception that only one work need be my memory
- Sightread one or more accompaniments
- Transpose a simple lied or other art song into keys up to a minor third above or below (not necessary) for audition
- The candidate will be given, two hours before they are to be heard, two works as described below; the candidate shall prepare them and then be permitted a brief consultation with a vocalist or instrumentalist before he performs them for the examining faculty
- a nineteenth century lied or comparable work, or an instrumental solo piece
- a nineteenth century aria, or instrumental concerto, or comparable work
ORGAN
- A prelude and fugue by Bach
- An ornamented chorale prelude by Bach
- A Mendelssohn sonata; a piece by Cesar Franck, or one or moremovements of a symphony by Widor or Vierne or other appropriate literature
- A contemporary piece, such as a Hindemith sonata; a work of Langlais, Durufle, Dupre or Alain
- Sight-reading
HARPSICHORD
- A sonata by D. Scarlatti
- Four movements from a Couperin suite
- A prelude and fugue from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier
- Sight-reading
GUITAR (Acoustic, Classical or Electric Guitars)
- Three to four contrasting works
- Knowledge of all major and minor scales and arpeggios is recommended
- For more details, contact UB guitar faculty Dr. Shin <sungmins@buffalo.edu>