Faculty
Richie Hawley
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Professor of Clarinet and Chair of Woodwinds
Audition Requirements
Graduate Prescreening Submission due December 1, 2023 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. If you have not heard from us by January 4, 2024, please email us.
Required graduate prescreening repertoire:
- Mozart Clarinet Concerto, First movement, Exposition only (beginning of Solo until bar 133)
- Copland Concerto, from the beginning to end of the cadenza
- 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)
- Brahms Symphony No. 3, First Movement (bars 23-47), Second movement (beginning for 22 bars)
Required graduate live audition repertoire:
- The entire Mozart Clarinet Concerto, K. 622
- Choose and prepare one of the following: Joan Tower Wings, Debussy, Premiere Rhapsodie, OR Nielsen Clarinet Concerto (Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen edition only: Opening of the concerto to bar 143 & bars 520 - 533)
- 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)
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 19 or 21, 2024.