Program Requirements

Bachelor of Music: Cello

Prescreening required; must be video recording. Prescreening may or may not include accompaniment at the applicant's discretion. 

Audition unaccompanied.

Fall 2025 Audition Dates:

Early Decision:  TBD | Regular Decision: February 7-8 

    For Prescreening:

    • One étude by Popper or one caprice by Piatti
    • One movement from a Bach Suite
    • The exposition from a standard cello concerto

    For Final Audition:

    • One étude by Popper and one caprice by Piatti OR two by either composer
    • Two contrasting movements from a Bach Suite
    • One movement from a cello concerto such as Boccherini, Haydn, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, or Shostakovich. Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme is also acceptable.