Welcome, collaborative piano students! 

Below are the audition requirements for the Collaborative Piano area. For full details—including application requirements and audition dates—please visit our Application & Auditions page.

Audition requirements are updated each September for the upcoming application cycle.

Live auditions will be held on campus in San Francisco. If you’re unable to attend in person, virtual auditions via video recording are available upon request once the audition scheduling module opens. Additional details can be found on the Application & Auditions page.

Audition Requirements

There is no prescreening requirement for collaborative piano applicants. Please note, for the final audition, applicants will be required to perform with the vocalist and violinist provided by SFCM.

Please prepare the following:

• Two complete major solo works. One must be composed by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group.
• One complete instrumental sonata chosen from the following:
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major
  • Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major
• Four vocal pieces chosen from the following:
  • Strauss: Allerseelen
  • Barber: The Monk and His Cat
  • Brahms: Meine Liebe ist Grün
  • Schubert: Ganymed
  • Debussy: C’est l’extase
  • Puccini: Mi chiamano Mimi