Requirements

After submitting the application, applicants for all Woodwinds programs will be required to select a virtual performance interview time and submit unedited audiovisual recordings fulfilling the repertoire listed below. Movements from mult-movement works may be in separate video files. The recordings will be due three weeks before the selected virtual performance interview time. There is no prescreening requirement for woodwind applicants.

Works with piano are not required to be performed with a pianist or piano recording.

Repertoire does not need to be memorized.

FLUTE

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

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

Undergraduate

• One selection from Barret's 40 Progressive Melodies
• One étude from Barret's 15 Grand Studies or Ferling Etudes
• 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
• 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

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

Undergraduate

• One étude from either Rose 32 Études for Clarinet or Baermann Method for Clarinet, Second Division
• Two contrasting movements from one of the following:
  • Mozart Concerto in A Major
  • Karl Stamitz Concerto in B-flat Major
  • Any concerto by Weber

 

Graduate and Postgraduate

• One étude from Uhl, Sigel, or Jeanjean
• Two of the following works:
  • Debussy Premiere Rhapsody
  • Stravinsky Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
  • Copland Concerto (opening through end of cadenza)
  • Nielsen Concerto Op. 57 (opening through end of cadenza)
• Orchestral excerpts

BASS CLARINET

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

Undergraduate

• Major, minor, and chromatic scales
• Telemann Sonata in F minor
• Milde Scale Studies or Weissenborn Advanced Studies, or other works of equivalent difficulty

Graduate and Postgraduate

• Orchestral excerpts
• Three pieces 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

CONTRABASSOON

Postgraduate - Auxiliary Winds PSC Only

• Bach Cello Suite  No. 1, Minuets 1 and 2
• Schulhoff Bass Nightingale, Meloncolia
• 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

Virtual Performance Interview Formats

All Woodwind applicants are required to attend a Virtual Performance Interview following the submission of their Final Audition Recording. The Final Audition Recording will serve as the primary audition, with the Virtual Performance Interview supplementing it for the admission committee. Some programs are requiring live performance through Zoom. Applicants in those areas with concerns regarding live performance due to technology or space challenges should email apply@sfcm.edu.

Flute, Piccolo

Performance of 1-2 selections from the Final Audition repertoire live using Zoom followed by a short interview with the faculty panel.

Oboe, English Horn

Individual interview with Office of Admission staff.

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet

Individual interview with the faculty panel.

Bassoon, Contrabassoon

Performance of 1-2 selections from the Final Audition repertoire live using Zoom followed by a short interview with the faculty panel.

Virtual Performance Interview Dates

Flute, Piccolo

January 25
February 8
February 22
March 1

Oboe, English Horn

January 18
January 25
February 22

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet

January 25
February 8

Bassoon, Contrabassoon

February 8