Woodwinds Audition Requirements
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Woodwinds audition requirements vary by instrument. Carefully review all undergraduate and graduate audition requirements for your selected instrument(s).
Undergraduate woodwinds audition requirements
Applicants should play a major scale 2 or 3 octaves up and down and a chromatic scale, from Low B flat to the highest note the applicant is comfortable, and then back down. Applicants should also play two contrasting pieces (etudes or solos).
Francisco Joubert-Bernard: 502-852-5574, Email
Applicants should play three major scales of the applicant’s choice: two octaves each. Applicants should also play two contrasting pieces (entire works or movements of works).
Matthew Nelson: 502-852-0872, Email
Applicants should play three major scales of the applicant’s choice: two octaves each. Applicants should also play two contrasting pieces (etudes or solos).
Leanne Hampton: 502-852-0537, Email
Applicants should play three major scales of the applicant’s choice: two octaves each. Applicants should also play two contrasting pieces (entire works or movements of works).
Jennifer Potochnic: 502-852-5996, Email
Applicants should play 2-3 works, or movements of works, of contrasting styles. Examples of appropriate repertoire include but are not limited to Ibert Concertino da Camera, Glazunov Concerto, Creston Sonata, Heiden Sonata, Maurice Tableaux de Provence, and Ferling Etudes. Applicants should also prepare all full-range major scales as well as a full-range chromatic scale.
Adam McCord: 502-852-0538, Email
Graduate woodwinds audition requirements
Applicants should play 2 pieces of contrasting styles for the audition, for a total of 10 - 12 minutes of music, plus an etude or 2 orchestral excerpts.
Francisco Joubert-Bernard: 502-852-5574, Email
Please prepare the following:
- Exposition of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto
- 3 standard orchestral excerpts of your choice
- One unaccompanied 20th or 21st century piece
- One movement from a sonata or concerto of your choice
Matthew Nelson: 502-852-0872, Email
Applicants should play 2 pieces of contrasting styles for the audition, for a total of 10 - 12 minutes of music, plus an etude or 2 orchestral excerpts.
Leanne Hampton: 502-852-0537, Email
Applicants should play 2 pieces of contrasting styles for the audition, for a total of 10 - 12 minutes of music, plus an etude or 2 orchestral excerpts.
Jennifer Potochnic: 502-852-5996, Email
Prepare three movements of works that represent your lyrical and technical capabilities, with at least one work from the standard repertoire (e.g. Ibert Concertino da Camera, Tomasi Concerto or Ballade, Maurice Tableaux de Provence, Creston Sonata or Concerto, Denisov Sonata). Applicants should also prepare all full-range major and harmonic minor scales as well as a full-range chromatic scale.
Adam McCord: 502-852-0538, Email
How to register for an audition
To register for an audition, please email the School of Music Admissions office at gomusic@louisville.edu. Please include your name, degree program, instrument and preferred audition date.
In order to be considered for music scholarships and assistantships, performance/pedagogy applicants must complete the application by February 15. For Music Composition and Theory, the portfolio must be submitted by January 15. For Music History, the application and writing sample must also be submitted by January 15.