Repertoire List
•Prepare repertoire on your principal instrument; specific requirements vary by performance area (strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard, organ, guitar, harp)
•Strings (violin, viola, cello, double bass): at least two contrasting pieces that differ in tempo and historical period, demonstrating your present skill level
•Woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone): two contrasting selections, or one selection paired with an etude, showing lyrical and technical playing
•Brass (trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba): repertoire totaling 5 to 7 minutes that demonstrates lyrical, technical, and expressive playing
•Percussion: at least one piece or etude on each of snare drum, mallet keyboard, and timpani
•Piano: three contrasting pieces from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th/21st-century periods, all performed from memory
•Organ: a J.S. Bach (or Buxtehude/Bohm/de Grigny/F. Couperin) work, two contrasting-period pieces, and one hymn tune
•Guitar: two contrasting-period pieces from the standard classical guitar repertoire
•Harp: two contrasting pieces from different historical periods, plus an orchestral excerpt for Performance applicants
•Repertoire by under-represented composers is encouraged across all areas
Scales & Technique
•Prepare scales and arpeggios appropriate to your instrument; Music Performance applicants typically prepare all major scales plus a chromatic scale
•Strings: a two- or three-octave scale (violin/viola/cello three-octave; bass two-octave) with the tonic arpeggio, memorized where noted
•Brass: major scales up to four sharps/four flats plus a two-octave chromatic scale, selected at random by the panel
•Piano: two scales of your choice, four octaves, hands together, ascending and descending
•Harp: a two-handed three-octave scale and a five-octave arpeggio
