Winds (Undergraduate)

Bassoon

Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:

1. Two or more contrasting movements from the standard solo repertoire (an etude is acceptable for one of these) that demonstrate lyrical phrasing and technical proficiency.
2. All major scales and chromatic scale (at least two octaves, preferably full range).
3. Sight reading.

Clarinet

Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:

1. Two or more contrasting movements from solo repertoire, sonata or concerto, or etudes, demonstrating lyrical phrasing and technical proficiency.
2. Major scales through three sharps and three flats; chromatic scale (at least two octaves, preferably full range).
3. Sight reading.

Flute

Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:

1. Perform two or more contrasting movements from solo repertoire, sonata or concerto, or etudes, demonstrating lyrical phrasing and technical proficiency.
2. All major scales (two octaves); an example of harmonic and melodic minor scales (two octaves), and chromatic scale (at least two octaves, preferably full range).
3. Sight reading.

Oboe

Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:

1. A Barret Grand Study or Ferling Etude; two contrasting movements of a baroque sonata or concerto; one movement or selection from the standard oboe literature not from the baroque period.
2. Major scales through three sharps and three flats; chromatic scale (at least two octaves, preferably full range).
3. Sight reading.

Saxophone

Prospective students will be evaluated on their skills of tone production, intonation, musicality, lyrical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, technical proficiency, sight reading, and overall musical experience. The student will be asked to perform:

1. Two or more contrasting movements from solo repertoire, sonata or concerto, or etudes, demonstrating lyrical phrasing and technical proficiency.
2. Major scales through three sharps and three flats; chromatic scale (at least two octaves, preferably full range).
3. Sight reading.