High School Pre-screen Requirements and Live Audition Requirements

A note from Professor McGee:

Students enter the American Roots Music Institute in the UNCSA High School have one of five instruments as their primary instruments:

• Banjo (clawhammer, three-finger or both)
• Fiddle
• Mandolin
• Roots Guitar
• Roots Double Bass

The audition requirements vary from instrument to instrument. Pick your primary instrument path below.

Contact Professor McGee with questions at mcgeer@uncsa.edu.

A note from Dr. Patterson:

The strongest auditions demonstrate not only technical proficiency, but also imagination, stylistic awareness, expressive communication, and artistic maturity. Applicants are encouraged to select repertoire that best showcases their musical strengths while demonstrating a variety of styles, periods, and technical demands.

The suggested repertoire lists (below) are representative rather than exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome.

Please contact Dr. Patterson with questions at pattersons@uncsa.edu.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• Approximately 5 minutes total video length.
• 2 or more samples from the high school audition requirements (see below). 
• 1 sample should be an etude.
• Other sample(s) may be from any of the categories, and it can be a whole movement or parts/sections of a movement. Selected pre-screen pieces should highlight playing in both technical and lyrical styles.

High School Live Audition Requirements
(15-minute audition, 15-minute interview)

• 2 contrasting movements from concertos, sonatas or solo works for bassoon, or etudes (may be from the same work or from different works).
• Be prepared to play all major scales
• Be prepared to sight-read a portion of a piece or an étude 

Piano accompaniment is not required.

High School Suggested Audition Repertoire

Etudes
Weissenborn 50 Advanced Studies
All-State etudes
Milde Scale and Arpeggio and/or Concert Studies
Other etude books for bassoon

Baroque Works
Vivaldi - Concerti for bassoon and orchestra
Telemann - Sonatas for bassoon or arranged for bassoon
S. Bach - arrangements of cello suites or sonatas
Fasch - Sonata
Galliard - Sonatas
Boismortier - Sonatas

Classical/Romantic/20th Century Concertos
Mozart – Concerto in Bb Major, K. 191
Weber - Concerto or Andante and Hungarian Rondo 

Bassoon and Piano
Hindemith – Sonata
Bourdeau – Premier Solo
Bozza – Recit, Sicilienne et Rondo
Schreck – Sonata
Devienne - Sonata
José Siqueira - Three Etudes for bassoon and piano
William Grant Still - Three songs

Solo Bassoon
Brandon – Colored Stones
Hailstork - Bassoon Set
Bland - For Bassoon
Gyring - Arabesque

Please contact bassoon professor Stephanie Patterson at pattersons@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

The Cello Program in the UNCSA High School enrolls students in Grades 9 through 12. Below are the Audition and Pre-screen Video requirements for each grade level of entry.

The suggested repertoire list below is representative rather than exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome with previous approval by Dr. Espina Ruiz. Be sure to present contrasting styles that best feature your strengths. Demonstrating a strong foundation is key: a consistent tone quality across all registers, smooth legato technique, clear tonguing across registers; can perform in tune; can perform some major and minor scales legato, stepwise, as well as arpeggios and the chromatic scale; and can sightread.

Please contact Dr. Espina Ruiz with questions at espina-ruizo@uncsa.edu.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• Approx. 3-4 minutes in length.
• 1 étude from Frederick Thurston’s Passage Studies (Book I), or 1 étude from Cyrille Rose 40 Etudes or 32 Etudes.
• 1 contrasting selection from a work in the High School Repertoire List (see below). Selections may be a whole movement or a significant section of a movement. Comparable substitutions are welcome, with prior approval.

High School Live Audition and Repertoire 
(10-minute audition, 5-minute interview)

• 1 étude from Frederick Thurston’s Passage Studies (Book I), or 1 étude from Cyrille Rose 40 Etudes or 32 Etudes.
• 1 selection from each of two contrasting works from the High School Repertoire List (see below). Selections may be a whole movement or a significant section of a movement. Comparable substitutions are welcome, with prior approval.
• Sight reading.

High School Suggested Repertoire

Malcolm Arnold Sonatina 
Ernesto Cavallini Adagio e Tarantella
Gerald Finzi Five Bagatelles
Xavier Lefèvre Sonatas 
Wilson Osborne Rhapsody
Gioachino Rossini Introduction, Theme and Variations
Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata, mvt. I
Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 for Clarinet in A (I or II; may be played on clarinet in B-flat)
Carl Stamitz Concerto No. 3 in B-flat Major
Carl Maria von Weber Concertino

Please contact clarinet professor Oskar Espina-Ruiz at espina-ruizo@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

High School Pre-screen Requirements

• Pre-screen Video recordings are not required for Composition applicants.
• Upload 2 original compositions to a submitted application.
• At least 2 compositions should feature fully notated scores.
• If available, upload recordings of the submitted compositions. Recordings may be of live musicians or using MIDI.

Candidates selected to advance based on the submitted prescreen materials are invited by faculty to schedule a live interview on the UNCSA campus. Interview dates can be found on the School of Music Admissions page.

High School Live Audition Requirements
(15-minute interview)

• Applicants should be prepared to speak about their musical background plus compositional interests and influences.
• The interview is also an appropriate time for applicants to ask questions about the Composition program.
• Composition applicants are not required to audition on an instrument.

Please contact composition professors Jared Miller at millerja@uncsa.edu or Lawrence Dillon at  dillonl@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements,

A note from Professor Sharpe:

The strongest auditions demonstrate not only technical proficiency, but also imagination, stylistic awareness, expressive communication and artistic maturity. Applicant is encouraged to select repertoire that best showcases musical strengths while demonstrating a variety of styles, periods, and technical demands.

The suggested repertoire lists below are representative rather than exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome.

Contact Professor Sharpe with questions: sharpep@uncsa.edu

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

Choose 1 from the following options:

• Option 1: One movement of a standard double bass concerto from the High School Repertoire List below, or
• Option 2: One étude from any of the étude books in the High School Repertoire List.

High School Live Audition Requirements
(15-minute audition, 5-minute interview)

• 1 étude from any of the étude books from the High School Suggested Audition Repertoire (below).
• Choose 1 from these 3 options:
  • Option 1: One movement from a standard double bass concerto from the High School Suggested Repertoire List below, or
  • Option 2: Two pieces from George Vance, Progressive Repertoire, Vol. 2 or 3 (Carl Fischer), or
  • Option 3: One movement from a Baroque sonata from the High School Suggested Repertoire (below).

High School Suggested Audition Repertoire

Standard Double Bass Concertos
Capuzzi
Cimador
Pichl
Dragonetti
Dittersdorf
Koussevitzsky

Baroque Sonatas
Vivaldi (International)
Marcello (International)
Scarlatti (Peters Edition)

Etude Books
Storch-Hrabe, 57 Studies, Bk. 1 or Bk. 2 (International)
Simandl, 30 Etudes (International)
Simandl, New Method, Vols. 1 or 2 (Carl Fischer or International)

Progressive Repertoire Books
George Vance 2 and 3 (Carl Fischer)

Please contact double bass professor Paul Sharpe at sharpep@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

A note from Dr. Harvey:

The suggested repertoire lists below are representative rather than exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome. Also, I would love to talk to you about what you are working on! Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Contact Brent Harvey with questions: harveyb@uncsa.edu.

High School Pre-Screen Video Requirements
(refer to the Suggested High School Repertoire List below)

A single, uninterrupted pre-screen video that includes:

• 1 Scale (Major or Minor)
• 1 Standard Etude
• 1 Standard Solo, or single movement from multi-movement solo work

High School Live Audition Requirements
(refer to the Suggested High School Repertoire List below)

• 1 Scale (Major or Minor)
• 1 Standard Etude
• 1  Standard Solo (or single movement from multi-movement solo work)

Suggested High School Repertoire
The suggested repertoire lists below are representative, not exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome.

Euphonium Etudes
Jean-Baptiste Arban, Complete Method for Trombone and Baritone
Gerald Bordner, Practical Studies for Trombone and Baritone (First or Second Book)
Marco Bordogni/Joannes Rochut, Melodious Etudes

Euphonium Solos
Philip Sparke, Super Solos
Heime Voxman, Rubank Concert and Contest Collection
Donald Haddad, Suite for Baritone

Please contact tuba/euphonium professor Brent Harvey at harveyb@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

A note from Dr. Coelho:

The strongest auditions demonstrate not only technical proficiency, but also imagination, stylistic awareness, expressive communication and artistic maturity. Applicant is encouraged to select repertoire that best showcases musical strengths while demonstrating a variety of styles, periods, and technical demands.

The suggested repertoire lists below are representative rather than exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome.

Contact Dr. Coelho with questions at coelhot@uncsa.edu.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• 5-8 minutes total video length.
• 2 or more selections from the High School Suggested Repertoire Lists (see below).
• 1 selection must be from the Orchestral Excerpts list. Comparable substitutions are welcome with prior approval.
• Other selection(s) may be from any of the other repertoire lists (Sonata, Concerto,Solo, BIPOC, or Excerpts). Selection(s) may be a whole movement or parts/sections of a movement.

High School Live Audition and Repertoire
(10-minute audition, 20-minute interview)

• Exposition of the first movement of a Mozart Concerto in G Major (K. 313) or D Major (K. 314), or another concerto selected from the High School Repertoire List.
• 1 work from the High School Suggested Repertoire Lists that is representative of applicant's musical and technical abilities. Works by BIPOC composers encouraged.
• 2 contrasting standard orchestral excerpts selected from the High School Repertoire List.

Applicant may substitute material to better demonstrate musical and technical strengths. Contact Dr. Coelho for with questions.

High School Suggested Audition Repertoire

Baroque Sonatas
Vivaldi - Sonata in A minor
J.S. Bach – Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035
Handel – Sonata in A minor
Handel – Sonata in G Major

Classical/Romantic/20th Century Concertos
Mozart – Concerto in G Major (Exposition or complete first movement)
Mozart – Concerto in D Major (Exposition or complete first movement)
Quantz - Concerto in G Major
Stamitz - Concerto in G Major

Flute and Piano
Poulenc - Sonata
Fauré – Fantaisie
Gaubert – Madrigal
Enesco – Cantabile et Presto
Chaminade – Concertino
Burton – Sonatina
Sancan – Sonatine

Solo Flute
Debussy – Syrinx
Ian Clarke – The Great Train Race
Telemann – Fantasias
Bozza – Image

Suggested BIPOC Composers
Valerie Coleman: Danza de la Mariposa
Osvaldo Lacerda: Poemeto
Tania León: Alma
Camargo Guarnieri: Sonatina
Florence Price: Adoration
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Lament (arr. For fl and pno.)
José Siqueira: Three Etudes for flute and piano
William Grant Still: Summerland
Adolphus Hailstork: Yuhwa; Flute Set
Carlos Simon: Move It
Jeffrey Mumford: an evolving romance (flute & piano)
Allison Loggins-Hull: Homeland

Orchestral Excerpts
Applicant encouraged to prepare three or more standard orchestral excerpts. Suggested excerpts include:
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3
Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)
Sain-Saens - Carnival of the Animals
Brahms – Symphony No. 4
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8
Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé
Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Substitutions to the listed repertoire are allowed.

Please contact flute professor Dr. Tadeu Coelho at coelhot@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

Admission into the High School Guitar Studio is competitive and based on the strength of the applicant pool and the number of spaces available each year.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

The purpose of the Pre-screen Video is to provide a representative sample and demonstration of the breadth of an applicant’s current playing and is required to include:

• A single Pre-screen Video file of approximately 3–5 minutes in length. Applicants are not to upload multiple files.
• A single-take recording of the entire submission is not expected. A Pre-screen Video compiled from excerpts from live performances or an applicant's informal run-through is acceptable.
• Required to include the player’s full guitar and hands.
• Include at least 2 excerpts from works written for solo guitar, performed using right-hand fingerstyle technique.
• Have reasonably clear sound quality, but professional production quality is not expected.
• Include 3–5 contrasting musical excerpts, 30 seconds to 1 minute long highlighting as much variety as possible.
• Applicants are advised to include strong musical contrast in their Pre-screen Video, such as:
  • Fast and slow tempos
  • Melodic and textural playing
  • Single-line and polyphonic (multi-voice) music
  • Different musical styles, techniques, and expressive approaches
• Optional: Excerpts from works intended for ensemble performance are welcome, including performances with accompaniment or a backing track.
• Optional: If singing while playing guitar is a strength, applicants are welcome to include a brief example. However, this should represent a small portion of the Pre-screen Video, as the conservatory guitar program primarily evaluates instrumental performance rather than songwriting or vocal ability.

High School Live Audition Requirements

There are no fixed minimum expectations for any individual component of the audition. Rather, applicants are evaluated holistically, with consideration given to their overall musical potential, current level of achievement, and capacity for future growth.

• Live auditions are a recital-style performance
• Prepare 3 contrasting selections
• At least 2 selections must be works for solo guitar
• Sight reading standard notation
• Chordal accompaniment from lead sheets
• Scales in first (open) position and movable positions
• Current understanding of fundamental musical concepts including keys, chords, scales, intervals, and musical structure
• Applicants are also welcome to include:
  
  • A contrasting solo guitar work
  • An original composition
  • An improvisation
  • A selection demonstrating artistic interests and musical strengths

Guidance for Selecting High School Repertoire

Please contact guitar professor Joseph Pecoraro at pecorj@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• Submit a Pre-screen Video of at least 2 contrasting compositions, no more than 10 minutes in length, performed from memory.
• Choose at least 1 selection from the grade appropriate repertoire list below.
• The High School Suggested Repertoire lists serve as a guide for an applicant's general level of accomplishment.

High School Live Audition Requirements

• Be prepared to perform a minimum of 2 contrasting solos from memory, not to exceed 20 minutes in length.
• Choose at least 1 solo from the grade appropriate repertoire list below.
• The High School Suggested Repertoire lists serves as a guide for an applicant's general level of accomplishment.
• The performance will be followed by an interview.

High School Pre-screen and Live Audition Repertoire

Please contact harp professor Jacquelyn Bartlett at bartlettj@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

• 3 minutes of a solo, or a single movement from a concerto or an étude.
• 3 minutes of a second solo, movement, or etude that is a contrasting style from the first selection.

• 2 contrasting solos, movements of a concerto, sonata, or etudes.
• All major scales.
• Sight reading.

A note from Dr. Messing:

The strongest auditions demonstrate not only technical proficiency, but also imagination, stylistic awareness, expressive communication and artistic maturity. Applicant is encouraged to select repertoire that best showcases musical strengths while demonstrating a variety of styles, periods, and technical demands.

The suggested repertoire lists below are representative rather than exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome.

Contact Dr. Messing with questions at messingr@uncsa.edu.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• 5-8 minutes in length.
• 3 Major scales, 2 of which must be two-octave.
• 1 étude of your choice. Options include Barret, Ferling, Sellner, Rubank, Brod, etc.

High School Live Audition Requirements
(10-minute audition, 20-minute interview)

• 2 selections in contrasting styles, chosen to best demonstrate the ability of the student. These selections should be from different pieces, one demonstrating lyricism, and the other demonstrating technical skills.
• 1 selection may be from a standard etude book or method, such as Barret, Ferling, Sellner, Rubank, Brod, etc.
• Major scales
• Sight reading

Applicant may substitute material to better demonstrate musical and technical strengths. Contact Dr. Messing with questions.

High School Suggested Audition Repertoire

Albinoni Concerto in “d” Minor
Bellini Concerto
Britten Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (movements 1 and 2)
Cimarosa/Benjamin concerto
Contemporary French Recital Pieces
Cowell Three Ostinati with Chorales
Dunhill, Friendship’s Garland, A Suite of 5 Miniatures
Fiocco Arioso
Handel Concerto in B-flat Major
Handel Concerto in G Minor
Handel Sonata in C Minor
Haydn Concerto
Hindemith Sonata
Jacob Seven Bagatelles
Marcello Concerto in D or C Minor
Nielsen Fantasy Pieces
Poulenc Sonata (movement I)
Reizenstein Sonatina
Reizenstein Three Concert Pieces
Sammartini Sonata in G Minor
Schumann Three Romances
Telemann Sonata in A Minor
Telemann Concerto in F Minor
Paladilhe Solo de Concours
Tustin (ed.) Solos for the Oboe Player

Please contact oboe professor Dr. Rachel Messing at messingr@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• 3-6 minutes in length.
• Include excerpts from 2 different styles of pieces (e.g., 1 Baroque prelude or fugue and a Romantic lyrical movement or, a lyrical baroque chorale prelude and a virtuosic Romantic movement) and 1 stanza of a hymn played with no elaborations.
• Pre-screen video must show complete body (head to feet).
• Pre-screen video may be recorded with a phone in portrait mode.

High School Live Audition Requirements

• 2 contrasting works or movements from different stylistic periods.
• A hymn as if leading a congregation and should include the introduction and one stanza.
• Sight reading.
• Scales: all major scales (two octaves in 1/16 notes with quarter = 60); minor scales (one octave both hands, all three forms - no tempo requirement other than maintain a steady beat).

High School Suggested Audition Repertoire

Bach Free Works 
8 Little Preludes and Fugues (especially C Major, F Major, G Minor)
BWV 533, 549

Bach Trio Sonata I - Adagio

Bach Chorale Preludes 
Any from Orgelbüchlein (suggested: BWV 599, 619, 625, 631, 633, 639)
Neumeister Chorales (BWV 1090-1120)

North German Chorale Preludes
(e.g., Buxtehude, BuxWV 208)

French Baroque 
Couperin, Movements from Mass for the Convents

English Baroque
Voluntaries by John Stanley

Mendelssohn Sonatas 
Sonata VI (Andante)
Prelude in G Major

Brahms 
Chorale Preludes: Es ist ein Ros

Liszt 
Adagio in D-flat Major (adapted for organ)

Franck 
Prelude and Fugue from Prelude, Fugue and Variation
Movements from L’Organiste

Vierne 
Berceuse or Préambule (24 Pièces en style libre)

20th or 21st century
Florence Price, Adoration
Florence Price, Retrospection
Ned Rorem, The Quaker Reader (There Is a Spirit that Delights to Do No Evil)
William Grant Still, Elegy
Paul Manz, Various chorale preludes (e.g., God of Grace, God of Glory)
Howells Rhapsody Psalm Preludes, Set I, No. 1
William Mathias, Processional
Duruflé, Méditation
Langlais, Pasticcio (from Organ Book)
Langlais, Chant de Pais
Messiaen, Le Banquet Céleste
Dupré, 79 Chorales

Please contact organ professor Timothy Olsen at olsent@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

Applicants are required to upload a Pre-screen Video demonstrating playing abilities. Requirements for the Pre-screen Video include:

• 3-5 minutes in length.
• All Pre-screen Videos should be recent (within the past year).
• Thoughtfully recorded smartphone videos and professionally produced recordings are both acceptable.
• Consist of 30-60 second excerpts highlighting the applicant's strongest playing.
• Include only solo repertoire and concerto performances (when applicable).
• Include short performances demonstrating skills playing:
  • Concert snare drum and/or rudimental snare drum 
  • Timpani
  • A keyboard percussion instrument (2- or 4-mallet)
• Optional (not required to be included in a Pre-screen Video):
  • Applicants who wish to demonstrate multi-percussion, theatrical percussion, works with electronics, or orchestral excerpts are strongly encouraged to include this in the Pre-screen Video as time limitations may prevent these performances during the live audition.

High School Live Audition Requirements

IMPORTANT: Applicants are required to contact percussion professor Dr. Ksenija Komljenovićt to confirm instrument needs no later than two weeks prior to their scheduled audition.

Live auditions last approximately 20 minutes and include:

• 5 minutes: Instrument/Room Setup
• 10-15 minutes: Audition performance
• 5 minutes: Interview

High School Live Audition Required Repertoire

Applicants should prepare 10-15 minutes of material, showcasing their skills on the following instruments:

• Concert and rudimental snare drum
• Timpani (2, 3, or 4 drums)
• Keyboard percussion: one 2- or 4-mallet solo on marimba, vibraphone, or xylophone

Live auditions are sometimes video recorded and, in the interest of time, may need to be interrupted.

High School Live Audition Musicianship Assessment

Live auditions also include an assessment of an applicant's musicianship. This includes:

• Sight reading on snare drum and mallet instruments
• Timpani tuning
• Scales
• Rudiments
• A brief interview

High School Suggested Audition Materials and Suggested Repertoire

The following works represent an appropriate level of difficulty for a successful High School percussion audition. This list is intended as a guide, and comparable repertoire of similar musical and technical demands is also welcome. Applicants are encouraged to select repertoire that best showcases their musicality, technical ability, and artistic expression.

Snare Drum

Concert

• Anthony J. Cirone, Portraits in Rhythm
  Mitchell Peters, Intermediate Snare Drum Studies
• Jacques Delécluse, Douze Études pour Caisse-Claire (12 Etudes for Snare Drum)
• Current Region and District Audition Music or the equivalent All-State audition repertoire from the applicant's home state

Rudimental

• John S. Pratt, 14 Modern Contest Solos
• Charley Wilcoxon, The All-American Drummer
• Current Region and District Audition Music (or the equivalent All-State audition repertoire from the applicant's home state),

Timpani

• Richard Hochrainer, Etüden für Timpani (Etudes for Timpani)
• Saul Goodman, Modern Method for Timpani
• Current Region and District Audition Music or the equivalent All-State audition repertoire from the applicant's home state

Keyboard Percussion

Two-Mallet Literature

• George Hamilton Green, Xylophone Rags
• J.S. Bach, a movement from a Cello Suite, Lute Suite, Violin Partita, or Violin Sonata
• Current Region and District Audition Music or the equivalent All-State audition repertoire from the applicant's home state

Four-Mallet Marimba Literature

• Keiko Abe’s Frogs
• Gordon Stout, Astral Dance or Mexican Dance
• Alice Gomez, Rain Dance
• Emmanuel Séjourné, Prelude No. 1
• Eric Sammut, Four Rotations
• Evelyn Glennie, A Little Prayer
• Current Region and District Audition Music (or the equivalent All-State audition repertoire from the applicant's home state),
  
  Four-Mallet Vibraphone Literature
  
  
• Mark Glentworth, Blues for Gilbert
• Eckhard Kopetzki, Three Songs for Vibraphone 

Please contact percussion professor Dr. Ksenija Komljenović if there are questions about the audition process or requirements. 

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• 2 Pre-screen Videos of contrasting repertoire which best showcases the applicant's playing. Examples include: A Prelude & Fugue by J. S. Bach and a movement of Classical sonata; or, a movement of a Classical sonata or a work by Chopin.
• Pre-screen Videos should be unedited, of complete works only, and show the face and hands of the applicant clearly. 
• Pre-screen Videos can be of any length as long as they best showcase the performer's musicality and technique. 
• Selections included in the Pre-screen Video should be performed from memory.

High School Live Audition Requirements

A recital performance consisting of:

• A work by J. S. Bach
• A movement of a classical sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, or Schubert
• A major romantic work
• Selections are to be performed from memory

Please contact piano professor Dmitri Vorobiev at vorobievd@uncsa.edu or piano professor Dmitri Shteinberg at shteinbergd@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

A note from Professor Ilika:

The strongest auditions demonstrate not only technical proficiency, but also imagination, stylistic awareness, expressive communication and artistic maturity. Applicant is encouraged to select repertoire that best showcases musical strengths while demonstrating a variety of styles, periods, and technical demands.

The suggested repertoire lists below are representative rather than exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome.

Contact Professor Ilika with questions at ilikaj@uncsa.edu.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• Single video, all one take.
• Two octave F, G scales and arpeggios tongued
• Rochut/Bordognni, Melodius Etudes #3

High School Live Audition Requirements
(Audition includes an interview)

• One major, one minor scale
• Rochut/Bordogni #3
• Kopprasch #5
• Sight reading (duets with instructor)

Applicant may substitute material to better demonstrate musical and technical strengths. Contact Professor Ilika with questions.

High School Suggested Audition Repertoire Lists

Orchestral Excerpts
A. Mozart, Requiem, Tuba Mirum (2nd trombone), measures 1-18

Solo Repertoire
Johannes Rochut, Melodius Etudes for Trombone (Bordogni), No. 3

Scales and Arpeggios
All major scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps, with F, G, Ab and A in two octaves, with arpeggios
Both tongued and slurred

Etudes
Kopprasch, 66 Studies for Trombone, #5 (without repeats) 

Please contact trombone professor John Ilika at ilikaj@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

A note from Professor David Dash:

I encourage you to select repertoire that best showcases your current abilities. The repertoire lists below are just examples, not the only options. Feel free to pick something similar instead, and I'm glad to talk through your choices with you.

Associate Professor of Trumpet, UNCSA

Contact professor Dash with questions at dashd@uncsa.edu,

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• 1-5 minutes total length.
• 1 selection from the Suggested Repertoire Solo and Etude List (see below).

High School Live Audition Requirements:
(10-minute audition, 5-minute interview)

• 1 selection from the Solo list below
• 1 selection from the Etude list below
• All major and minor scales and arpeggios

Applicant may substitute material to better demonstrate musical and technical strengths. Contact Dave Dash at dashd@uncsa.edu with questions.

High School Suggested Audition Repertoire
Comparable substitutions are welcome.

Solos
All-district/all state solo
Alexander Arutunian - Concerto
Oskar Boehme - Concerto
Franz Joseph Haydn - Concerto
Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Concerto
Paul Hindemith - Sonate

Etudes
Vassily Brandt - 34 Studies
E. F. Goldman - Practical Studies for Trumpet
J. B. Arban - Characteristic Etudes

Please contact trumpet professor David Dash at dashd@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

A note from Dr. Harvey:

I look forward to hearing your performance and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I would love to talk to you about what you are working on!

Contact professor Brent Harvey with questions at harveyb@uncsa.edu.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements (refer to the Suggested Repertoire List, below)

A single, uninterrupted pre-screen video that includes:

• 1 Scale (Major or Minor)
• 1 Standard Etude
• 1 Standard Solo, or single movement from multi-movement solo work

High School Live Audition Requirements
(refer to the Suggested Repertoire List, below)

• 1 Scales (major or minor)
• 1 Standard Etude
• 1 Standard Solo or a single movement from multi-movement solo work

High School Suggested Repertoire List

The suggested repertoire lists below are representative rather than exhaustive. Comparable substitutions are welcome.

Etudes
Marco Bordogni – Melodious Etudes
Jean-Baptiste Arban – Complete Method for Tuba
Getchell & Hovey – Practical Studies for Tuba (First or Second Book)

Solos
Donald Haddad – Suite for Tuba
Herbert Wekselblatt – Solos for the Tuba Player
Heime Voxman – Rubank Concert and Contest Collection

Please contact tuba/euphonium professor Brent Harvey at harveyb@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

A note from Professor Deubner:

The audition process is designed to show all aspects of musicianship such as technical command of the viola, as well as an understanding of the various music styles through nuance, colors, phrasing and overall artistic communication. Applicants should choose repertoire that reveals the player's strengths in addition to demonstrating the highest level of ability.

Contact Professor Deubner with questions at deubnerb@uncsa.edu.

The Violin Program in the UNCSA High School enrolls students in grades 9 through 12. Below are the Audition and Pre-screen Video requirements for each grade level of entry.

High School Pre-screen Video Requirements

• Pre-screen Videos are to be recordings of “live” singing with accompaniment.  
• Choose a minimum of 2 contrasting selections from the categories specified in the required High School Audition Repertoire (below), with at least 1 piece in a language other than English.
• Live piano accompaniment is preferred but prerecorded accompaniment is acceptable.
• Guitar accompaniment is acceptable when using published guitar arrangements of acceptable pieces.
• Pre-screen Videos should be unedited, without use of a separate microphone, reverb, or other audio enhancements. Faculty is assessing where the applicant currently is in their development and not relative to a version of engineered perfection.
• Pre-screen Videos should be recent and not recorded more than one year ago.
• Separate Pre-screen Videos may be submitted for each selection, but the total combined time should not exceed 7 minutes.
• All uploaded Pre-Screen Videos must include the applicant’s name in the file name.

Unacceptable Repertoire for a Pre-screen Video Recording or Live Audition

• Pop, R&B, Rock, Contemporary Gospel, or other style normally sung with amplification are not acceptable.
• A cappella pieces
  • Exception: a published unaccompanied piece such as “The Singer” by Michael Head)
• A voice part from a multi-part choral arrangement
  • Exception: an aria or solo song from a larger choral work such as "Pie Jusu" from Fauré's Requiem

High School Live Audition Requirements

• If a live virtual audition is scheduled, pre-recorded accompaniment is acceptable.
• If live on-campus audition is scheduled, a pianist will be provided.
• Audition selections: If an applicant wishes to change the audition selections from what was originally included in their application, changes must meet the audition requirements and be submitted to faculty no less than one week prior to the live audition.
• Provide a list of audition pieces.
• Sheet music:
• Applicants are required to bring sheet music for each audition selection.
• Sheet music must be in a binder for the pianist.
• Applicants will be notified if their assigned pianist requires PDFs.
• Originals or copies of selections are acceptable.

• Applicants choose which piece to performed first. Faculty choose the second piece.
• A short poem will be provided in advance. Poem is to be read at the audition and is not required to be memorized.
• Auditions include a demonstration of sight-singing ability.
• Applicants participate in a short interview.

High School Live Audition Repertoire Requirements

• Applicant must provide a list of the audition selections.
• Must be published (available for purchase as a hard copy or PDF).
• Must be memorized.
• Prepare 3 selections of contrasting style, language, and tempo.
  • It is not necessary to have an example from each category in the Live Audition Repertoire list (below). 
  • At least 1 selection must be in English.
  • At least 1 classical selection must be in a foreign language.
• 3 classical selections, or
• 2 classical selections and a non-belt musical theatre selection

High School Required Audition Repertoire 

Classical Art Song from Baroque, Classical, Romantic or Contemporary period in any language.

• Source examples: 26 Italian Songs and Arias, The First Book of Soprano Solos(Joan Frey Boytim), The Art Song Anthology(Hal Leonard).
• "Classical" does not refer to classic rock, classic musical theatre, classic folk or pop. Songs that meet the definition were either written or arranged by a classical composer. (e.g., "Caro mio ben") 

Folksong or Spiritual for Solo Voice
(required to have been published)

• Required to have been arranged by a classical composer such as John Jacob Niles, Kenneth Frazelle, Aaron Copland, Florence Price, Ben Moore, Harry T. Burleigh, etc.
• Source examples: 44 Songs and Spirituals (Florence Price), Folk Song Arrangements: British Isles (Benjamin Britten).

Lyric, Non-belt Musical Theatre

• Suggested composers include Jason Robert Brown, George Gershwin, Andrew Lippa, Adam Guettel, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jeanine Tesori.

Aria from an Opera, Oratorio or Cantata
(Only on the advice of a voice professional and must be developmentally appropriate.)

• Bach, Handel, Rossini, and Mozart provide a few suitable options for young singers.

Please contact voice professor Phyllis Pancella at pancellap@uncsa.edu with questions about the audition process or requirements.