Undergraduate Pre-screen Requirements and Live Audition Requirements

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.

Contact Dr. Patterson with questions. pattersons@uncsa.edu

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

• Approximately 5-8 minutes total video length
• Two or more samples from the undergraduate audition requirements (see below). 
• One sample should be an etude. Other sample(s) can be from any of the categories, and it can be a whole movement or parts/sections of a movement. Your choices should highlight your playing in both technical and lyrical styles.

Undergraduate Live Audition Repertoire
(15-minute audition + 15-minute interview)

• Two (2) contrasting movements from concertos, sonatas or solo works for bassoon (may be from the same work or from different works)
• It is strongly recommended that at least one (1) movement be from a piece written since 1950, from a composer who is traditionally underrepresented in the field, either because of gender, identity, race, or ethnicity, or who was for other reasons previously excluded from the traditional canon. There are numerous resources with examples of these works, but for suggestions of pieces at different difficulty levels, please contact Dr. Patterson.
• One (1) étude that showcases the technical and lyrical ability (from Weissenborn 50 Advanced Studies, Milde Op. 26 or similar book)
• Be prepared to play all major & minor scales
• Be prepared to sight-read a portion of a piece or an étude 

Piano accompaniment is not required.

Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire List

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
Tower - Red Maple
Zwilich - Concerto

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.

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

Please contact cello professor Brooks Whitehouse at whitehouseb@uncsa.edu with questions about the audition process or requirements.

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

Please contact composition professor Jared Miller at millerja@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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Choose one of the following options:

• Option 1: One movement of a standard double bass concerto from the Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire List below, or
• Option 2: One etude from any of the etude books in the Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire List

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

• One movement of a standard double bass concerto from the Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire list below
• Two standard double bass excerpts from the Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire list
• Choose one of the following:
• One or two movements from a Baroque sonata by Vivaldi, Marcello, Scarlatti, or Handel, or
• One movement from a Bach Cello Suite, or
• One etude from the Etude Books in the Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire list

Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire Lists

Standard Double Bass Concertos
Capuzzi
Dragonetti
Dittersdorf
Koussevitzsky
Vanhal
Bottesini
Martín

Baroque Sonatas
Vivaldi
Marcello
Scarlatti
Handel

Bach Cello Suites

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)

Orchestral Excerpts
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, III. Scherzo and Trio, m. 1-100; m. 140-183
Wagner, Meistersinger Overture, m. 158-222
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, IV. Recitative, m. 8-90
Mahler, Symphony No. 1, III. Feierlich und gemessen, m. 1-10

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

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: coelhot@uncsa.edu.

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

• 5-8 minutes total video length.
• Two or more selections from the Undergraduate Repertoire List (see below).
• One selection must be from the Orchestral Excerpt 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 Excerpt). Selection(s) may be a whole movement or parts/sections of a movement.

Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Repertoire List.
• One work from the Undergraduate Repertoire List that is representative of applicant's musical and technical abilities. Works by BIPOC composers encouraged.
• Two contrasting standard orchestral excerpts selected from the Undergraduate Repertoire List.

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

Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire Lists
Substitutions to the listed repertoire are allowed.

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 (fl. & pno.)
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

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

Please contact horn professor Dr. Maria Serkin at serkinm@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

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: messingr@uncsa.edu.

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

• 8-10 minutes total video length.
• One Major and one minor two-octave scales, in eighth notes at quarter = 60.
• Two contrasting etudes (one demonstrating lyricism and one technical skill) from Barret Oboe Method, 40 Progressive Melodies.

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

• Either a Ferling étude or one of the Barret 16 Grand Studies
• Two (2) contrasting movements from a concerto, sonata, or solo work for oboe (not necessarily from the same work). No piano accompaniment is required.
• Major and minor scales
•  Sight reading

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

Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire Lists

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

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

Please contact Percussion Studio Director Dr. Ksenija Komljenovic at komljenovick@uncsa.edu if there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

Please contact saxophone professor Steven Banks at bankss@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: ilikaj@uncsa.edu.

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

• Single video, all one take.
• Two octave Bb and F scales and arpeggios, tongued
• Rochut/Bordogni, Melodius Etudes #5
• Marcello, Sonata in F. Major 1^st movement (without repeats)

Undergraduate Live Audition Requirements
(Will include both performance and interview)

• Two major scales, one minor scale
• Solo of choice (see suggested repertoire list, below).
• One orchestral excerpts (see repertoire list)
• Rochut/Bordogni Melodic Etude
• Kopprasch Study.
• Sight reading (duets with instructor)

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

Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire Lists

Orchestral Excerpts:

Tenor Trombone
A. Mozart, Requiem, Tuba Mirum (2nd trombone)
Hector Berlioz, Hungarian March (2nd trombone) 6 measure before rehearsal #4 to 2 measures after rehearsal #5
Richard Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries, (2nd trombone) pickup to rehearsal #6 to 3^rd measure after rehearsal #7

Solo Repertoire

Tenor Trombone
Ed. Barat, Andante et Allegro (1st half).
Benedetto Marcello, Sonata in F major, 1^stmovement
C. Saint Saens, Cavatine, rehearsal #1 to rehearsal #2.

Scales and arpeggios
All major scales up to 4 flats and 4 sharps, with Bb, C, F and G in two octaves
Minor scales: C, F (natural, harmonic, melodic)
Tongued AND slurred

Etudes
Rochut/Bordogni, Melodius Etudes for Trombone, #5
Kopprasch, 66 Studies for Trombone, #5 and #7 (without repeats) 

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

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

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

Pease 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: deubnerb@uncsa.edu

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

• Submit a video that contains one of the following:
• One major movement of a 18th, 19th or 20th century concerto from the Undergraduate Repertoire List (see below); or
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach Cello Suite (does not need to be from same Suite).

Undergraduate Live Audition Requirements
(10-minute audition, 5-minute interview)

• One major movement of a 18th, 19th or 20th century concerto from the Undergraduate Repertoire List (see below).
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach Cello Suite (does not need to be from same Suite).
• First movement from a sonata for viola and piano from Romantic or 20th century, or a Concert piece from the Undergraduate Repertoire List.

Undergraduate Suggested Audition Repertoire Lists

18th and 19th Century Concertos
Telemann G Major
Rossetti G Major
Karl Zelter E flat
Stamitz D Major
Hoffmeister D Major
Vanhal C major
Henri Casadesus Concerti, in style of CP Bach in C minor
Henri Casadesus Concerti, in style of Handel in B minor

20^th Century Concertos
Bartok
Hindemith
der Schwanendreher
Walton

Suites
Bach Cello Suites

Romantic and 20th Century Sonatas
Johannes Brahms op 120 nos. 1 and 2
Franz Schubert Arpeggione
Hindemith 3 sonatas for viola and piano
Rebecca Clarke
Ernest Bloch Suite
York Bowen

Concert Pieces
Bruch Romance
Hans Sitt Albumblatter
Clarke Morpheus

Please contact viola professor Brett Deubner at deubnerb@uncsa.eduif there are questions about the audition process or requirements.

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

Please contact a violin faculty member if there are questions about the audition process or requirements:

• Kevin Lawrence (lawrencek@uncsa.edu)
• Ida Bieler (bieleri@uncsa.edu)
• Janet Orenstein (orensteinj@uncsa.edu)

Undergraduate Pre-screen Video Requirements

Pre-screen requirements for this studio will be posted here by September 15, 2027.

Please contact a voice faculty member if there are questions about the audition process or requirements:

• Dr. Marilyn Taylor (Department Chair) at taylorm@uncsa.edu
• Glenn Siebert at siebertg@uncsa.edu
• Phyllis Pancella at pancellap@uncsa.edu