Cello Audition Repertoire

Bachelor of Music in Applied Cello (Performance)  

• Scales in 3 octaves, major and melodic minor, and the 3-octave arpeggio system for these keys, found in the Galamian/Jensen Scale Studies book (from memory)

• Etudes - one from the following, its equivalent or more advanced:

• Duport - Etudes (any one)

• Popper, High school of Cello Playing (any one)

• Solos

• First movement of a major Classical, Romantic or 20th-Century concerto (from memory)

• Bach, J.S., any of the Unaccompanied Suites (2 contrasting movements, from memory) 

Bachelor of Music in Music Education, Composition, Theory, and History and Literature; Bachelor of Arts, Minors; Merit and Honors Private Study

• Scales in 3 octaves, major and melodic minor, and 3-octave arpeggios for these keys (from memory)
• Etudes - one from the following, its equivalent or more advanced:
• Schroeder, Foundation Studies, Bk. 2 (any one)
• Solos - one from the following, its equivalent or more advanced:
• J. S. Bach, any of the Unaccompanied Suites (2 contrasting movements)
• Saint-Saens, Allegro Appassionato
• Bruch, Kol Nidre
• Faure, Elegie 

Applied Music (Performance)

• ​Two contrasting movements from the Suites of J.S. Bach
• One movement of a major concerto
• One work of the applicant's choice​