Online Preliminary Submission due December 1, 2024 by 11:59 PM (EST)
Please use the link at the bottom of this page to upload your prescreening materials in multiple files. There is a $10 fee to use this service. The prescreening repertoire is by video submission and should be recorded with your full body and instrument in the frame.
Double bass applicants are also reminded to be aware of the high school requirements for admission to Rice University.
Required repertoire for the preliminary submission and live audition
- Two contrasting movements of a standard double bass concerto or comparable works from the standard double bass solo repertoire
- Three orchestral excerpts from the standard orchestral repertoire*
- Two movements of a solo Suite by Bach in any key**
*In the case of the Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (3rd movement - Scherzo and Trio) would count as one excerpt.
**Bach movements labeled as Minuet I and II or Bourree I and II should be prepared as one movement.
No accompanist is needed or desired for the audition.
Live auditions will be held on February 7 or 10, 2025.
If you are under the age of 18 at the time of your audition, we will need this form filled out.
