Piano Audition Repertoire

At least one week prior to the audition, pianists should submit a list of repertoire performed and studied in the last three years to Professor Delbeau

Bachelor of Music in Applied Piano (Performance)

• ​J. S. Bach: A prelude and fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier​​, or four movements from a suite
• A fast movement from a sonata by Beethoven, excluding Opus 49, or a fast movement from a sonata by Mozart, excluding K. 545.
• One large-scale work or a group of shorter pieces from the 19th or 20th century demonstrating lyrical and virtuoso styles (9-11 minutes in length)
• All music is to be played from memory
• Major and minor scales and arpeggios—hands together, four octaves, memorized fingerings
• Sight-reading

Bachelor of Music in Music Education with Piano Concentration; Bachelor of Music in Composition, Theory, and History and Literature

• An original work of J. S. Bach
• A movement from a sonata by Mozart (excluding K. 545) or Beethoven (excluding Opus 49)
• A third work from the Romantic, Impressionistic or Contemporary period. This piece must reflect the pianist's highest level of musical and technical accomplishment. Jazz, pop, or self-composed pieces are not acceptable.
• All music is to be played from memory
• Major and minor scales and arpeggios—hands together, four octaves, memorized fingerings
• Sight-reading  

Bachelor of Arts; Minors; Merit and Honors Private Study 

• Two pieces in contrasting styles (no jazz, pop or self-composed pieces)
• At least one piece is to be played from memory
  

Applied Music (Performance)

• J. S. Bach—a suite or Prelude and Fugue from the WTC
• An entire sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven
• A large-scale major Romantic work
• An Impressionistic or Contemporary work
  
• All music is to be played from memory