Strings
Musical examples listed in parentheses are recommended but may be substituted by works of comparable length and technical difficulty. Please note that all sonatas and concertos should be prepared with piano accompaniment and that an accompanist will be provided for the audition. Non-standard repertoire should, therefore, be communicated in advance of the audition.
Cello
- Scales, all keys: major, minor, chromatic through three octaves
- A technical study from the High School of Cello Playing by D. Popper
- Two contrasting movements from the standard concerto repertory (Saint-Saëns, Haydn C Major, Boccherini B flat)
- Two contrasting movements from a solo suite by J.S. Bach
- One work from the 20th century (a movement from the Barber Sonata, Shostakovich Sonata)
- Sight reading
Double Bass
- Scales, all keys: major, minor, chromatic, through three octaves
- A technical study (Thirty Etudes by Simandl)
- One work from the standard repertory (two contrasting movements from a concerto or sonata by Vivaldi)
- An orchestral excerpt from a 20th-century work (Prokofiev, Stravinsky)
- Sight reading
Viola
- Scales, all keys: major, minor, chromatic, through three octaves
- A technical study by Kreutzer
- One work from the standard repertory (two contrasting movements from a concerto or sonata by J.S. Bach, Handel, Telemann, Schubert)
- One movement from a cello suite by J.S. Bach
- One work from the 20th century (Hindemith sonatas)
- Sight reading
Violin
- Scales, all keys: major, minor, chromatic, through three octaves
- Two technical studies:
- one from the Forty-two Etudes by Kreutzer
- one from the Etudes by Rode or Dont, Opus 37
- Two movements from an unaccompanied sonata or partita by J.S. Bach
- Two contrasting movements from a standard concerto (Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Tchaikovsky)
- One work from the 20th century (Bartók Rumanian Dances)
- Sight reading
