PIANO
MM Audition Requirements
PBC Audition Requirements
Choose three from the following
(memorization required):
 J.S. Bach - any Prelude and Fugue from
The Well-Tempered Clavier, or other
major work
 Classical - any sonata by Beethoven,
Haydn, Mozart or Schubert
 Romantic - any substantial work by
Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Schumann or
Mendelssohn
 20th/21st Century - any major work by
Bartók, Ginastera, Schönberg,
Libermann, Prokofiev, etc.
One virtuosic étude by Chopin, Liszt,
Moscheles, Bartók, Debussy, Prokofiev,
Rachmaninoff, Scriabin or Stravinsky
Present an example from each of the following
(memorization required):
[same list]
One virtuosic étude by Chopin, Liszt,
Moscheles, Bartók, Debussy, Prokofiev,
Rachmaninoff, Scriabin or Stravinsky
VOICE
Master of Music
 5-6 pieces 1 each in French, German, Italian, English and should include, but not more than one
oratorio and/or operatic aria
 Students should submit programs for all undergraduate performance recitals.
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
 40-50 minutes of memorized music that represents Italian song, German Lied, French melodie,
and 20-21st century song in English.
 One operatic and one oratorio aria (not more than one each) is required.
 Should an applicant wish to include performances to show proficiency in other languages, i.e.,
Spanish, Russian, Czech, etc., they may do so, but may not do so as a substitution of French,
German, Italian, or English.
STRINGS
VIOLIN
Master of Music
 Applicants should prepare two solo works. One of them should be slow, with
sustained, melodic lines, and the other should be fast and technically
challenging. Choose from:
o A movement at the level of difficulty of concerti by composers such as
Mozart, Viotti, Bruch, Mendelssohn and Saint-Saëns No. 3
o A movement from an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita
o A movement from Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern sonatas
 Sight-reading.
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
 Choose three from the following:
o J.S. Bach - any movement from the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin
o Classical - Beethoven concerto or any Mozart concerto
o Romantic - any substantial work by Brahms, Paganini, Wieniawski,
Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens etc.
o 20th/21st Century - any major work by Bartók, Prokofiev, Khachaturian,
Shostakovich etc.
o One caprice by Wieniawski or Paganini
 Sight-reading
 Minimum time requirement of 30 minutes
 Performance standard demonstrating success above the Master’s level, with
potential for success at the DMA level.
VIOLA
Master of Music
1. Prelude from any Bach solo suites
2. One of the following complete sonatas: Brahms Op. 120 No. 1 and No.2
Schubert- Arpeggione, Schumann- Märchenbilder, Rebecca Clarke, or a
sonata of similar difficulty.
3. The first movement of the following concertos: David, Bartok, Walton,
Forsyth, or a concerto movement similar in difficulty.
4. A virtuosic piece of the applicant’s choice.
5. Sight-reading
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
1. A complete solo Bach suite (1007-1012), or one of the Suites for Solo Viola,
Op.131 by Max Reger.
2. A complete sonata by Schubert, Brahms, or Hindemith, or an equivalent work
such as Schumann or Maerchenbilder.
3. A complete concerto such as: Stamitz, Bartok, Hindemith (Der
Schwanendreher), Walton, etc.
CELLO
Master of Music
1. A Sonata for Cello and Piano by one of the following composers: Beethoven,
Brahms, Franck, Debussy or comparable work.
2. One of the following complete concertos: Dvorak, Schumann, Haydn D major, or
comparable work.
3. Sight-reading
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
1. A Sonata for Cello and Piano Beethoven, Brahms, Franck, Debussy or a
similar work:
2. One of the following concertos or a comparable work:
 Dvorak
 Schumann
 Haydn D major
3. Three contrasting movements of a suite by J. S. Bach
DOUBLE BASS
Master of Music
 Classical
1. First movement including concerto from a standard concerto (Bottesini,
Koussevitzky, or Vanhal)
2. All three octave major and minor scales
3. Sight-reading
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Jazz
1. Two memorized standards – be prepared to play the melody, a 2-beat
bass line, a walking bass line, and improvised solo (All the Things You Are, Body
and Soul, Confirmation, or Stella by Starlight) accompaniment will be provided.
2. All three octave major and minor scales
3. Sight reading provided at audition – ensemble part reading and lead sheet
interpretation
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
 Classical
1. Three octave major scales
2. A memorized movement of a major concerto by Bottesini, Koussevitzky,
Dittersdorf, or Vanhal.
3. A memorized movement from a baroque sonata or Bach cello suite,
memorized.
4. Modern work post 1950, (optional)

Jazz
http://www.wiu.edu/cofac/jazz/JazzStudAudPostBac.php
GUITAR
Classical
MM Audition Requirements
PBC Audition Requirements
Choose 2 from the following:
 Movement from a Lute Suite, Cello Suite,
or Violin Sonata or Partita by Bach
 Work by Guiliani, Carulli, Carcassi, Sor, or
comparable Classical composer
 Work by Tarrega, Villa-Lobos, or
comparable late 19th-early 20th century
composer
 Work by Brouwer or comparable 20th-21st
century composer
Sight reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential for
success at the Master’s level
Choose at least 3 from the following:
(Same list)
Sight reading
20 min. minimum time requirement
Performance standard demonstrating success
above the Master’s level, with potential for
success at the DMA level
Jazz
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
http://www.wiu.edu/cofac/jazz/JazzStudAudPostBac.php
WOODWINDS
FLUTE
MM Audition Requirements
PBC Audition Requirements
1. Mozart: Concerto in G or D,
movements I and II
2. A 19th- or 20th-century French work,
from Flute Music by French
Composers or equivalent
3. An unaccompanied 20th- or 21stcentury work
4. Five orchestral excerpts
(Baxtresser: Orchestral Excerpts
for Flute or equivalent)
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential
for success at the Master’s level
1. J.S. Bach: Two contrasting movements
from any sonata or Partita in A Minor, BWV
1013.
2. Mozart: First two movements
from either the Concerto in G Major, K.
313; OR Concerto in D
Major, K.
314.
3. Two contrasting movements
from a twentieth- or twenty-first-century
concerto, eg. Ibert, Nielsen, Rouse, etc.
4. Three orchestral excerpts from
the standard repertoire (see: Orchestral
Excerpts for Flute by Jeanne Baxtresser).
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard demonstrating
success above the Master’s level, with
potential for success at the DMA level
OBOE
MM Audition Requirements
Choose two from the following:
 St. Saens or Poulenc Sonata (1st
mvt.)
 Mozart or Haydn Concerto (3rd
mvt.)
 Any Telemann or Vivaldi Concerto
or Sonata (mvts. 1 and 2)
 Britten Six Metamorphoses (any
three mvts.)
Orchestral Excerpts; Choose two from the
following:
 Brahms Violin Concerto
(slow mvt. excerpt)
 Rossini La Scala di Seta
(slow and fast excerpts)
 Beethoven Symphony #3
(3rd and 4th mvt. excerpts)
 Prokofiev Symphony #1
(3rd and 4th mvt. excerpts)
PBC Audition Requirements
Choose three from the following:
[same list]
Orchestral Excerpts; Choose three from
the following:
[same list]
***All excerpts may be found in the
Rothwell books, Difficult Passages…
published by Boosey and Hawkes
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential
for success at the Master’s level
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard demonstrating
success above the Master’s level, with
potential for success at the DMA level
CLARINET
MM Audition Requirements
Choose two movements from any of the
following concertos:
 Mozart Concerto
 Weber Concerto I or II
And either
 Copland Concerto
 Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie
Orchestral Excerpts; Choose two from the
following:
 Beethoven Symphony No.
6, MVT. I and II
 Brahms Symphony No. 3,
MVT. I and II
 Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio
Espagnol, MVT. I and III
 Prokofiev Peter and the
Wolf
 Mendelssohn, Scherzo to A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
PBC Audition Requirements
Same, with the addition of the complete
Mozart concerto
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential
for success at the Master’s level
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard demonstrating
success above the Master’s level, with
potential for success at the DMA level
Choose four excerpts
SAXOPHONE
MM Audition Requirements - Saxophone
Two pieces (one accompanied and one
unaccompanied) from the following:
PBC Audition Requirements - Saxophone
In addition to MM requirements, two pieces
from the following:
 Albright – Sonata
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Denisov – Sonata For Alto
Saxophone
Desenclos – Prélude, Cadence et
Finale
Lennon – Distances Within Me
Berio – Sequenza IXb
Robert – Cadenza
Tower - Wings
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential
for success at the Master’s level
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Bolcom – Lilith
Dahl - Concerto
Husa - Concerto
Sight-reading
Minimum time requirement of 45 minutes
Performance standard demonstrating
success above the Master’s level, with
potential for success at the DMA level
BASSOON
MM Audition Requirements
One piece from each of the four eras
below:
• Baroque - Any Sonata/Concerto by
Vivaldi or a pre-approved alternative piece
• Classical - Mozart Bassoon Concerto,
Hummel Bassoon Concerto or a preapproved alternative piece
• Romantic - Weber Bassoon Concerto
,
Rossini Bassoon Concerto or a preapproved alternative piece
• 20th/21st Century - Bozza Fantasy,
Steinmetz Sonata, Saint-Saens Sonata or
a pre-approved alternative piece PBC Audition Requirements
Same requirements a higher level of
performance is expected at the audition.
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential
for success at the Master’s level
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard demonstrating
success above the Master’s level, with
potential for success at the DMA level
BRASS
TRUMPET
MM Audition Requirements TRUMPET
PBC Audition Requirements TRUMPET
Baroque concerto on piccolo
A movement of a Baroque concerto
trumpet:
performed on the piccolo trumpet:
Telemann, Torelli, L. Mozart or
Telemann, Torelli, Handel or
Tartini
equivalent
or equivalent
A movement of a standard classical
Classical concerto:
concerto:
Haydn and Hummel Concerti in E
Hadyn, Hummel, Neruda
flat or E
A solo piece or movement of a
A 19th or 20th century concerto or
sonata or concerto:
sonata:
Hindemith, Kennan, Boehme,
Boehme, Hindemith, Stevens,
Arutunian, Bozza or equivalent
Kennan, Arutunian
or equivalent.
Graduate assistantship includes
reading with the faculty brass
quintet
Representative orchestra excerpts:
Three standard orchestral excerpts:
Respighi Pines of Rome offstage, Mahler
Respighi Pines of Rome offstage,
Symphony 5 opening
Beethoven Leonore Overture #3,
Ravel Piano Concerto, Stravinsky
Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Petrouchka Ballerina’s Dance and Waltz
Promenade, Mahler Symphony 5
or equivalent
Opening or equivalent
Sight-reading
Performance standard showing potential for
success at the Master’s level
Sight-reading
Minimum of 30 minutes
Performance standard demonstrating success
above the Master’s level, with potential for
success at the DMA level
HORN
MM Audition Requirements HORN
PBC Audition Requirements HORN
Choose three from the following
 Three standard orchestral excerpts
such as those found in The Horn
Player’s Audition Handbook by LaBar
 Classical – A concerto by Mozart or
Haydn
Present an example from each of the following
 Five standard orchestral excerpts such
as those found in The Horn Player’s
Audition Handbook by LaBar
 18th Century A concerto by Mozart
Haydn, Telemann or Rosetti
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Romantic – a Concerto by Richard
Strauss or Reinhold Gliere
20th/21st Century – A Sonata by
Hindemith or Equivalent
One major étude by Gallay
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential for
success at the Master’s level
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19th/20th – a Concerto by Richard
Strauss , Reinhold Gliere, Gordon
Jacob or Hindemith
20th/21st Century –An unaccompanied work
for Solo Horn such as those by Douglas Hill,
Vitaly Buyanovsky, or Randall Faust
One virtuosic étude by Gallay, Reynolds, or
Schuller
Sight-reading
No time but ALL CATEGORIES are required.
Performance standard demonstrating success
above the Master’s level, with potential for
success at the DMA level
TENOR TROMBONE
MM Audition Requirements TENOR
TROMBONE
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One major Concerto chosen from
among following: L. Grondahl:
Concerto ; F. David:
Concertino; H. Tomasi: Concerto
One Sonata chosen from the
following:
E. Ewazen: Sonata; J. Casterede:
Sonatine; P. Hindemith: Sonate
One lyrical Etude from:
Bordogni/Rochut: Melodious Etudes
for Trombone
One technical Etude chosen from one
of the following:
Tyrell: 40 Progressive Etudes;
Blazhevich: Sequences; Arban:
Characteristic Studies
Orchestral excerpts from the standard
repertoire
PBC Audition Requirements TENOR
TROMBONE
Candidate must be prepared to play some
or all of the following:
One major Concerto chosen from among
the following:
L. Grondahl: Concerto
F. David: Concertino
H. Tomasi: Concerto
One Sonata chosen from the following:
E. Ewazen: Sonata
J. Casterede: Sonatine
P. Hindemith: Sonate
One lyrical Etude from:
Bordogni/Rochut: Melodious Etudes for
Trombone
One technical Etude chosen from the
following:
Tyrell: 40 Progressive Etudes
Blazhevich: Sequences
Arban: Characteristic Studies
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Sight-reading
No time but ALL CATEGORIES are required.
Performance standard showing potential for
success at the Master’s level
Performance standard demonstrating success
above the Master’s level, with potential for
success at the DMA level
BASS TROMBONE
MM Audition Requirements BASS
TROMBONE
One major Concerto chosen from the
following:
Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement; E.
Ewazen: Concerto;
Thom Ritter George: Concerto
One Sonata chosen from the following:
A. Wilder: Sonata; Halsey Stevens:
Sonatina; P. McCarty: Sonata
One lyrical Etude from
Bordogni: Vocalises (any edition)
One technical Etude chosen from one of
the following:
T. Pederson: Advanced Etudes for Bass
Trombone; K. Kahila: Semester of Studies
for Bass Trombone; Gillis: 70 Studies
Orchestral excerpts from the standard
repertoire
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential for
success at the Master’s level
PBC Audition Requirements BASS
TROMBONE
Candidate must be prepared to play some
or all of the following:
One major Concerto chosen from the
following:
Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement
E. Ewazen: Concerto
Thom Ritter George: Concerto
One Sonata chosen from the following:
A. Wilder: Sonata
Halsey Stevens: Sonatina
P. McCarty: Sonata
One lyrical Etude from
Bordogni: Vocalises (any edition)
One technical Etude chosen from the
following:
T. Pederson: Advanced Etudes for Bass
Trombone
K. Kahila: Semester of Studies for Bass
Trombone
Gillis: 70 Studies
Sight-reading
No time but ALL CATEGORIES are required.
Performance standard demonstrating success
above the Master’s level, with potential for
success at the DMA level
TUBA
MM Audition Requirements TUBA
All graduate applicants should be able to
demonstrate either the CC or BB-flat tuba,
and be capable of playing at least one
PBC Audition Requirements TUBA
All applicants should be able to
demonstrate both the CC and F tubas
at the advanced level. BBflat tuba
work of reduced significance with either the may be used in place of the CC.
F or E-flat tuba (more significant work
would be preferred.)
Prepare: Two contrasting solos and
Prepare at least two contrasting
solos. The list below contains suggestions
and are characteristic of the necessary
level of significance:
several of the major orchestral
excerpts;
Recommended Solo List:
Sonata (Concerto) by Bruce Broughton
(Masters Music Publications)
Sonatine by Jacques Casterede (Alphonse
Leduc)
Sonate fur Tuba & Klavier by Zoltan
Bozza: Concertino (Alphonse Leduc)
Gardonyi (Edition Walahll)
Broughton: Sonata (Concerto) (Masters
Sonata by Paul Hindemith (European
Music Publications)
American-Schott)
Ewazen: Concerto for Tuba (Bass
Sonata for (F) Tuba and Piano, Op. 34 by
Trombone) (Southern Music Company)
Trygve Madsen (Musikk-Huset A/S)
Hindemith: Sonate (European AmericanSonata for Tuba and Piano by Alec Wilder
Schott)
(Mentor Music)
Kraft: Encounters II (MCA Music/Editions
Concertino by Eugene Bozza (Alphonse
BIM)
Leduc)
Madsen: Sonata for (F) Tuba and Piano,
Three Miniatures by Anthony Plog
Op. 34 (Musikk-Huset A/S)
(Editions BIM)
Plog: Three Miniatures (Editions BIM)
Tuba Concerto by Martin Ellerby
Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto in f
(Maecenas Music, Ltd.)
(Oxford)
Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone by
Wilder: Sonata for Tuba and Piano
Eric Ewazen (Southern Music Company)
(Mentor Music)
Concerto for Tuba and Strings by Arild Plau
Williams (John) Concerto for Tuba and
(Ovation)
Orchestra (Hal Leonard Corporation)
Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra by John
Select two orchestral excerpts from the list Williams (Hal Leonard Corporation)
Three Furies by James Grant (Grantwood
below:
Music Press)
Alarum by Edward Gregson (Intrada Music
Wagner:
Publishing)
Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Encounters II by William Kraft (MCA
The Ride of the Valkyries
Music/Editions BIM)
Berlioz:
Salve Venere, Salve Marte by John Stevens
Overture to “Benvenuto Cellini “
(Editions BIM)
Rehearsal #15 through the third measure
of rehearsal #17
Recommended Orchestral Excerpt List:
Prepare at least two contrasting solos. The
list below contains suggestions and are
characteristic of the necessary level of
significance:
Rehearsal #18 through the fifth measure of
rehearsal #19
The Damnation of Faust
Symphonie Fantastique
Brahms:
Symphony No. 2 movement IV
Bruckner:
Symphony No.4, Mvt. IV
Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphoses, Mvt II;
scherzo
Mahler:
Symphony No.1, Mvt. III: complete
Symphony No. 2, Mvt. V: Chorale
Symphony No. 5, Finale
Prokofiev:
Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I
Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 , Mvt. 5
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
by Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard
Wagner
Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz
• Rehearsal #15 through the third
measure of rehearsal #17
• Rehearsal #18 through the fifth
measure of rehearsal #19
The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz
Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms
• Mvt. IV: Rehearsal "O" to the end
Symphony No. 7 by Anton Bruckner
• Mvt. IV: Rehearsal "P" to rehearsal
"S"
Symphonic Metamorphoses by Paul
Hindemith
• Mvt. II: Turandot, Scherzo:
complete
Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler
• Mvt. III: complete
Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler
• Mvt. V: Chorale, From 2nd measure
of rehearsal #10 through rehearsal
#11
Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler
• Part II. Mvt. 3: Scherzo, from 16th
measure of rehearsal #15 through
#17
Symphony No. 5 by Serge Prokofiev
• Mvt. I: complete
Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 by Serge
Prokofiev
• Mvt. V: From the fourth measure of
rehearsal #49 through rehearsal
#51
Fountains of Rome by O. Respighi
Sensamaya by Silvestre Revueltas
• Rehearsal #2 to rehearsal #11
• Rehearsal #33 to rehearsal #41
Symphony No. 8 by Dimitri Shostakovich
• Scherzo
Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel by Richard Strauss
• From rehearsal #13 to two
measures before rehearsal #14
• From rehearsal #25 to seven
measures before rehearsal #26
• From three measures before
rehearsal #37 to four measures
before
Petrouchka by Igor Stravinsky
“Peasant with Bear”: From #189 through
#191
“Masqueraders”: From #240 through three
measure before rehearsal #242
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard showing potential
for success at the Master’s level
Sight-reading
No minimum time requirement
Performance standard demonstrating
success above the Master’s level, with
potential for success at the DMA level
PERCUSSION
Master of Music
Snare Drum
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One solo work of your choice that exhibits both concert and rudimental drumming
techniques.
Prim by Askell Masson
is a representative example of a piece that features both
styles.
Keyboard Percussion
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One four-mallet marimba solo. Possible works include Land-Muramatsu, Virginia
Tate-Smadbeck, Variations on a Japanese Children’s Song-Abe
Other works of equal difficulty will be accepted.
Timpani
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One solo work.
2 of the following three movements (March, Canaries, and Perpeto Moto) from
Carter’s Eight Pieces or one piece of similar difficulty.
Drumset and Hand Drums are optional, but strongly encouraged.
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
Snare Drum
 One Delécluse Etude from Douze Études
 One solo work of your choice
 Two standard orchestral snare drum excerpts
Keyboard Percussion
 One four-mallet marimba solo
 One four-mallet vibraphone solo
 Two standard orchestral xylophone or glockenspiel excerpts
Timpani
 One timpani solo
 Three standard orchestral timpani excerpts
Multiple Percussion
 One multiple percussion solo
Accessory Percussion
 One standard orchestral excerpt on tambourine, triangle, and crash cymbals
 Drumset and Hand Drums are optional, but strongly encouraged.