Faculty
Marianne Gedigian , Professor of Flute
Audition Requirements
AD Prescreening Submission due December 1, 2024 by 11:59 PM (EST)
Multiple uploaded files of your prescreening requirements are acceptable.
Required AD prescreening repertoire is by video submission:
- Two movements from the Bach Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013
- Two movements from a Mozart concerto (accompanied)
- First movement of either the Ibert concerto or the Nielsen concerto (accompanied)
- Six flute excerpts and three piccolo excerpts, all chosen from the live audition list
Required AD live audition repertoire:
- J. S. Bach Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (complete)
- Mozart Concerto in G Major, KV 313 (complete) OR Concerto in D Major, KV 314 (complete with cadenzas)
- Ibert Concerto (I and II only)
- Nielsen Concerto (complete)
- Orchestral Excerpts: Flute (major solos in the listed orchestral repertoire)
- Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
- Brahms Symphony No. 4 (IV)
- Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
- Dvorak Symphony No. 8 (IV)
- Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
- Prokofiev Classical Symphony
- Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
- Rossini Overture to William Tell
- St. Saëns Volière from Carnival of the Animals
- Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
- Stravinsky Variation from The Firebird
- Orchestral Excerpts: Piccolo (major solos in the listed orchestral repertoire)
- Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (IV)
- Ravel Mother Goose Suite (III-Laideronnette)
- Rossini Overture to Semiramide
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 (I)
The complete program must be performed with piano, with the exception of the unaccompanied works. The Shepherd School will provide a pianist and one hour of rehearsal time. Additional rehearsal time must be arranged and paid for by the applicant. All piano parts must be made available to the Shepherd School pianist three weeks before the scheduled audition date. The applicant must be prepared to perform all chosen works in their entirety. However, the audition committee may decide to hear only certain portions.
Auditions will be held on January 28, 2025.