Requirements

Review the requirements for your area of study below.

Note that for all Woodwind applicants:

• There is no prescreening requirement.
• Works with piano are not required to be performed with a pianist or piano recording. 
• Repertoire does not need to be memorized.

FLUTE

There are two audition format options. Applicants may select to audition live at SFCM (COVID-19 vaccination required) or submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual audition to perform a few selections from the repertoire.

 

Undergraduate

• Two contrasting movements of a concerto by Mozart (G or D) or two contrasting movements of a sonata by J.S. Bach
• Two contrasting movements of a sonata: Hindemith, Piston, Martinu, Poulenc, or a sonata of equivalent difficulty
• One additional piece: Chaminade Concertino, Fauré Fantasie, Enesco Cantabile and Presto, or a piece of equivalent difficulty

 

Graduate and Postgraduate

• Two contrasting movements of a concerto: Mozart D Major with cadenzas, Ibert, Nielsen, or a concerto of equivalent difficulty
• Two contrasting movements of a sonata: Martinu, Reynolds, Prokofiev, Gaubert, or a sonata of equivalent difficulty
• Orchestral excerpts

PICCOLO

There are two audition format options. Applicants may select to audition live at SFCM (COVID-19 vaccination required) or submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual audition to perform a few selections from the repertoire.

 

Postgraduate - Auxiliary Winds PSC Only

• Vivaldi Concerto in C Major, RV 443, Mvmts I and II
• Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Mvmt III
• Beethoven Symphony No. 9
• Berlioz Damnation of Faust, Menuet des Follets
• Mahler Symphony No. 2, Mvmt IV Reh 4 and Mvmt V Reh 30-31
• Rossini Semiramide Overture
• Shostakovich Symphony No. 6, Mvmt I Reh 8-10 and Mvmt II Reh 72-74
• On Flute: Expositions from Mvmts I and II of a Mozart Flute Concerto (G or D)

OBOE

There are two audition format options. Applicants may select to audition live at SFCM (COVID-19 vaccination required) or submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format.

 

Undergraduate

• One selection from Barret's 40 Progressive Melodies
• One étude from Barret's 15 Grand Studies or Ferling Etudes
• Marina Dranishnikova's A Poeme for Oboe and Piano
• One movement from a standard baroque or classical concert piece
• One movement from a standard romantic or modern concert piece
• Three standard orchestral excerpts

 

Graduate and Postgraduate

• One selection from Barret's 40 Progressive Melodies
• One étude from Barret's 15 Grand Studies or Ferling Etudes
• Marina Dranishnikova's A Poeme for Oboe and Piano
• One movement from a standard baroque or classical concert piece
• One movement from a standard romantic or modern concert piece
• Six standard orchestral excerpts

ENGLISH HORN

There are two audition format options. Applicants may select to audition live at SFCM (COVID-19 vaccination required) or submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format.

 

Postgraduate - Auxiliary Winds PSC Only

• Hindemith English Horn Sonata
• Bach Cantata No. 1 "Erfüllet, ihr himmlischen göttlichen Flammen", 1-34
• Berlioz Rob Roy Overture, two measures before Reh 7 to five measures before Reh 9
• Berlioz Rob Roy Overture, both Largetto Espressivo solos
• Dvorak New World Symphony
• Debussy Nocturnes, Fetes
• Ravel Piano Concerto in G
• On Oboe: One movement of a standard concert piece, any era

CLARINET

There are two audition format options. Applicants may select to audition live at SFCM (COVID-19 vaccination required) or submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual interview with members of the admission committee. There will be no performance in the virtual interview.

 

Undergraduate

• One étude from either Rose 32 or Rose 40 Études for Clarinet
• Two contrasting movements from a concerto by Mozart, Stamitz, or Weber, or a piece of equivalent difficulty. We encourage you to perform a work by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group.

 

Graduate and Postgraduate

• One étude from Uhl, Jeanjean, or a Kovach Hommage
• Two of the following works:
  • Copland's Concerto (opening through end of cadenza)
  • Debussy's Premiere Rhapsody
  • D'Rivera's "Lecuonerias" from Cape Cod Files
  • Nielsen's Concerto Op. 57 (opening through end of cadenza)
  • Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
  • Tower's Wings
• Three orchestral excerpts

BASS CLARINET

There are two audition format options. Applicants may select to audition live at SFCM (COVID-19 vaccination required) or submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual interview with members of the admission committee. There will be no performance in the virtual interview.

 

Postgraduate - Auxiliary Winds PSC Only

• Two movements of a Bach cello suite (transposed or concert pitch)
• One solo piece written after 1980
• Four bass clarinet orchestral excerpts of the applicant's choice
• On Clarinet: One piece from the Graduate clarinet audition repertoire list

BASSOON

There are two audition format options. Applicants may select to audition live at SFCM (COVID-19 vaccination required) or submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual audition to perform a few selections from the repertoire.

 

Undergraduate

• Major, minor, and chromatic scales
• Telemann Sonata in F minor, movements I and II
• One selection from Milde Scale Studies or Weissenborn Advanced Studies, or other works of equivalent difficulty
• One solo work of your choice that demonstrates your current level of advancement musically and technically. We encourage you to perform a work by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group.
• Transfer undergraduate applicants only: Three orchestral excerpts

 

Graduate and Postgraduate

• Three orchestral excerpts
• Two contrasting movements selected from the repertoire below:
  • Mozart Concerto, Vivaldi concerti
  • Weber Concerto
  • Hummel Concerto
  • Bach cello suites
  • Saint-Saëns Sonata, or other works of equivalent difficulty
• One solo work of your choice that demonstrates your current level of advancement musically and technically. We encourage you to perform a work by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group.

CONTRABASSOON

There are two audition format options. Applicants may select to audition live at SFCM (COVID-19 vaccination required) or submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual audition to perform a few selections from the repertoire.

 

Postgraduate - Auxiliary Winds PSC Only

• Bach Cello Suite  No. 1, Minuets 1 and 2
• Schulhoff Bass Nightingale, Meloncolia
• Orchestral Excerpts
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Mvmt. IV, Beginning to repeat
  • Shostakovish Symphony No. 5, Mvmt. II solos
  • Ravel Ma Mere L'Oye, Mvmt IV, Beauty and the Beast
  • Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand, opening solo
• On Bassoon: Expositions from Mvmts I and II of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto
• On Contra or Bassoon: One solo work of your choice that demonstrates your current level of advancement musically and technically. We encourage you to perform a work by a woman and/or person from a historically underrepresented racial/ethnic group.

For audition dates, please visit Auditions.