Faculty
Marianne Gedigian
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Professor of Flute
Audition Requirements
Graduate Prescreening Submission due December 1, 2023 by 11:59 PM (EST)
Multiple uploaded files of your prescreening requirements are acceptable. If you have not heard from us by January 4, 2024, please email us.
Required graduate prescreening repertoire is by video submission:
- Two complete contrasting movements from a Mozart concerto. Cadenzas are not necessary but may be played if desired.
- A work for solo flute to be chosen from the following:
- Bostonian Scenes, 1. Promenade Along with Charles River, Valerie Coleman
- Zinfandel (flute version), Reena Esmail
- Chant for solo flute, Timothy Hagen
- Yuhwa (The Goddess of the Willow Trees) for solo flute, Adolphus Hailstork
- Homeland (Flute Alone) by Allison Loggins-Hull
- One contrasting work or movement of your choice*
- Excerpt from Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2 measures before P to the end
- Four additional orchestral excerpts to be chosen from Brahms: Symphony No. 4 last movement, mm. 93 - 105; Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, mm. 1 - 4 and mm. 21- 30; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, solo from movement III; St. Saëns: Volière from Carnival of the Animals; Stravinsky: Variation from The Firebird
A pianist is not required for the prescreening submission.
Required graduate live audition repertoire:
- Two contrasting movements from either the Bach Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 or one of the following Bach sonatas: B Minor, A Major, E Minor or E Major
- First and second movement expositions from the Mozart Concerto in G Major, KV 313 with cadenzas
- Two other works or movements representing two different styles and periods
- Orchestral Excerpts: Brahms: Symphony No. 4 last movement, mm. 93 - 105; Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, mm. 1- 4 and mm. 21-30; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, solo from mvt. III; Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, solo, St. Saëns: Volière from Carnival of the Animals; Stravinsky: Variation from The Firebird
A pianist is not required for the audition.
Auditions will be held on January 23, February 2 or 3, 2024.