Faculty
Marianne Gedigian , Professor of Flute
Audition Requirements
Graduate Prescreening Submission due December 1, 2024 by 11:59 PM (EST)
Multiple uploaded files of your prescreening requirements are acceptable.
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 28, 31, or February 1, 2025.