Audition Requirements
Etudes and Solos must be taken from the list below or be the equivalent in difficulty to those listed below. Please contact Professor Gythfeldt to get approval to play any audition repertoire that is not listed here.
- ETUDES - Chose one etude from the following list (or an etude of comparable level)
- Cavallini 30 Caprices
- Jettel Progressive and Melodic Studies, Book I, Book II
- Klose/Drucker 20 Characteristic Studies
- Hite Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book II
- Polatschek Advanced Studies for Clarinet
- Rose Etudes
- SOLOS - chose two contrasting pieces
- Saint-Saens Sonata, mvts I, II, III
- Andre Messager Solo de Concours
- Weber Concertino
- Weber Concerto No. 1, mvt. I
- Stamitz Concerto No 3 in Bb
- Henri Rabaud contest Piece (Solo de Concours)
- Willson Osborne Rhapsody
- Bernstein Sonata
- Vaughan-Williams Six Studies in English Folksong
- Cavallini Andante and Tarantella
- SCALES
- All clarinetists will be expected to play all majors scales ? two octaves and three octaves (where possible) eighth notes with the quarter note equal to 120 beats\minute. Also a three-octave chromatic scale. All scales slurred or tongued.
- All Applied Music Majors will be expected to play all majors and minor scales ? two octaves (where possible) ? eighth notes with the quarter note equal to 120 beats/minute. Also a three octave chromatic scale, E to E. All scales slurred or tongued.
