Graduate Admissions & Support

• 3-4 contrasting works from different eras
• 3 orchestral excerpts may be substituted for one work

Please contact Dr. Lisa Bost-Sandberg with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• Two contrasting movements of a major concerto or sonata
• A movement or solo piece from a contrasting era

Please contact Dr. Scott Sandberg with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• Two contrasting movements of a major concerto or sonata
• A movement or solo piece of a contrasting style

Please contact Dr. Scott Sandberg with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• Two contrasting movements of a standard concerto or sonata
• Contrasting orchestral excerpts or an etude

Please contact Dr. Cory Driscoll with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• Two contrasting movements of a standard concerto or sonata
• Contrasting orchestral excerpts or an etude 

• Two movements from different major works in the trombone concerto/sonata repertoire
• Three major orchestral excerpts
• Major and minor scales

Please contact Dr. Joel Pugh with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• Two movements from different major works in the euphonium concerto/sonata repertoire
• Three major wind band excerpts
• Major and minor scales

Please contact Dr. Joel Pugh with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• Two movements from different major works in the tuba concerto/sonata repertoire
• Three major orchestral excerpts
• Major and minor scales

Please contact Dr. Joel Pugh with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• One four-mallet marimba solo
• One orchestral snare etude
• One rudimental snare etude
• One timpani etude

Please contact Dr. Brian Pfeifer with questions regarding audition requirements. 

Piano Performance Specialization

• One movement of a major classical sonata
• One movement of major piece from Romantic period such as sonata, OR
• A major character piece not shorter than 5 minutes, OR
• One etude by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Debussy or Prokofiev

Collaborative Piano Specialization

• The first movement of a sonata for strings by a major composer
• Two classical songs in contrasting styles

Please contact Dr. Nariaki Sugiura with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• One movement of a major concerto
• Two contrasting movements of sonata or partita by J. S. Bach

Please contact Dr. Alejandro Drago with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• One movement of a major concerto 
• Two contrasting movements of a violin sonata, partita OR cello suite by J. S. Bach

Please contact Dr. Alejandro Drago with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• One movement of a major concerto
• One movement from a cello suite by J. S. Bach
• The first movement of a major sonata OR a show piece OR an etude

Please contact Dr. Simona Barbu with questions regarding audition requirements. 

• Two contrasting movement of a major concerto or sonata
• One movement of a work from a contrasting style period OR an etude

Please contact Dr. Simona Barbu with questions regarding audition requirements. 

Vocal Performance Specialization

• A minimum of 12 minutes of repertoire sung in English, French, German, and Italian

Vocal Pedagogy Specialization

• A minimum of 12 minutes of repertoire sung in English, French, German, and Italian

Please contact Dr. Anne Christopherson and/or Dr. Justin Montigne with questions regarding audition requirements.