Faculty
Richie Hawley , Professor of Clarinet, Chair of Woodwinds
Audition Requirements
Graduate Prescreening Submission due December 1, 2026 by 11:59 PM (EST)
The submission is by video and must be played in a continuous unedited segment; any indication that there has been editing or that recording equipment was paused/stopped between selections will result in the disqualification of the application. All pieces should be played unaccompanied.
Required graduate prescreening repertoire:
Solo Repertoire
Mozart Clarinet Concerto, First movement, Exposition only (beginning of solo until bar 133) (with piano accompaniment)
Etudes
Choose one of the following caprices:
• 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, or 17
from Paganini, Dix-Sept Caprices adapted for the clarinet and published by Éditions Musicales Alphonse Leduc.
Orchestral Excerpts
Pick 2 from composers from the list below :
Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream, measures 1 - 48
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, First movement (measures 474-492) and Second movement (measures 68-78)
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, Movement 1 (letter A - B, letter C for 21 bars)
Brahms Symphony No. 3, First movement (bars 23-47), Second movement (beginning for 22 bars)
Required graduate live audition repertoire:
Solo Repertoire
The entire Mozart Clarinet Concerto, K. 622
Kovács, Béla
Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach. Edition Darok. EDL 2103
PLUS
Choose and prepare one of the following:
Joan Tower Wings
Nielsen Clarinet Concerto (Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen edition
Weber, Concerto #1 in F minor or #2 in E-flat
Copland, Concerto (entire work)
Orchestral Excerpts
Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (measures 1-48);
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, 1st movement (measures 474-492) & 2nd movement (measures 68-78)
Scales
All major and minor scales, both slurred and articulated, in three octaves. (Scales in C#, D, and Eb should be prepared in two octaves.)
Applicants will also be expected to demonstrate sight-reading ability with material chosen by the instructor.
No accompanist is needed or desired for the audition.
Auditions will be held on January 15 or 17, 2027.