Repertoire List
•Bullet: Brass: Prepare 45 minutes using the MM brass requirements - 2-3 solos or etudes in varied styles, including a standard concerto or major work, plus 3-4 contrasting standard orchestral excerpts.
•Bullet: Classical guitar: Prepare approximately 45 minutes, including solo pieces and one memorized movement from a major concerto; select music that demonstrates both musical and technical ability.
•Bullet: Jazz: Prepare a 30-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute graduate-committee interview. Be ready to perform a ballad, medium-tempo standard, up-tempo standard, bebop selection, modern selection, and one original prepared arrangement; a rhythm section is provided.
•Bullet: Percussion: Prepare the MM marimba, Bach, timpani, snare-drum, and orchestral-excerpt literature, plus a solo work for multiple percussion.
•Bullet: Violin: Prepare the MM violin program plus two contrasting movements, including one movement of a post-1800 sonata.
•Bullet: Viola: Prepare the MM viola program plus two additional contrasting movements.
•Bullet: Cello: Prepare the MM cello program plus two contrasting movements: a solo sonata from the last 50 years and a movement of a Romantic sonata.
•Bullet: Double bass: Prepare the MM double-bass program plus a virtuosic etude.
•Bullet: Harp repertoire list: Prepare the MM harp program plus one movement of a concerto of comparable difficulty, preferably from memory.
•Bullet: Woodwinds: Prepare at least 45 minutes, including three complete works from contrasting periods; one must come from the standard concerto repertoire. Also prepare five contrasting orchestral excerpts; saxophone applicants are exempt from the excerpt requirement, and an accompanist is required.
