Auditions

Required:

• 2 songs in contrasting style with piano accompaniment performed from memory.

Preferred:

• One (1) art song (or aria) in a foreign language – with piano accompaniment performed from memory.
• One (1) art song in English OR one (1) musical theatre selection – with piano accompaniment performed from memory.

• 2 pieces from memory: one (1) piece from the Baroque or Classical period, AND one (1) piece from the Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary period. One of these pieces must be in a fast tempo. - performed from memory
• Major/minor scales & arpeggios.
• The audition will also include sight-reading exercises.

• Class 1 or Class 2 Solo from the Texas UIL Prescribed Music List (if the work has multiple movements, perform two movements that are contrasting in style), OR
• Play two Region Etudes of contrasting styles.
• From memory: perform major scales (through the first four flats and sharps) as many octaves as is comfortable to the player.
• From memory: perform a chromatic scale the full range of the instrument as is comfortable to the player.
• The audition will also include sight-reading exercises.

• Two contrasting pieces from the classical repertoire (on a nylon string guitar, no plectrum, with proper classical technique) The Studies of Sor, Carcassi, Brouwer are permitted
• One movement of a Cello or Lute Suite by JS Bach
• 2 “Segovia Scales” of the player’s choice
• A short sight-reading excerpt

• One two-mallet solo/etude (optional)
• One four-mallet keyboard solo/etude
• One concert snare drum solo/etude
• One timpani solo/etude (preferably on 4 timpani)
• Possible sight-reading on keyboard, snare, and timpani

Note: It is highly suggested that all solos come from the Texas PML (Class 1 or 2)