Faculty
Richie Hawley , Professor of Clarinet, Chair of Woodwinds
Audition Requirements
Graduate Prescreening Submission due December 1, 2024 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:
- 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 24 or 26, 2025.