Program Requirements

Bachelor of Music: Clarinet

Prescreening required; must be video recording.

Fall 2024 Audition Dates:

Early Decision: TBD ||| Regular Decision: TBD

Fall 2024 Audition Formats

FALL 2024 AUDITION FORMAT OPTIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE SUMMER OF 2023.

2023 AUDITION FORMAT INFORMATION:

Applicants will have the option to audition on campus or virtually. On-campus auditions are strongly encouraged. Those auditioning in person should prepare the repertoire found below.  
 
For those unable to audition on campus, a two-part virtual audition option is available (note: applicants must pass the prescreening round in order to move ahead with the virtual audition round): 

  1. Submit a recorded audition via the Portfolio section of your Bienen School Supplement. After submitting your Bienen School Supplement and Common/Coalition Application and receiving your prescreening results (if applicable), you will receive an email that includes a link to the specific recorded audition repertoire requirements and video duration specifications. The recorded audition deadline is November 15 for the Early Decision round and February 1 for Regular Decision. Repertoire requirements will be pulled from the audition requirements found on this page.
  2. Complete a 10-minute Zoom meeting with faculty. Information on the meeting format will be available via the aforementioned email. The meeting may include playing. Applicants will receive their Zoom link 3-5 days before the meeting.
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For Prescreening:

NOTE: The Debussy and Mozart requirements must be submitted with piano accompaniment. 

  • #23 from Rose 40 Studies for Clarinet
  • #11 from Rose 32 Études for Clarinet 
  • Mozart, Clarinet Concerto KV 622, first movement exposition: bars 57-154 (with piano accompaniment)
  • Debussy, Rhapsodie (with piano accompaniment) OR Stravinsky, Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
  • Required Orchestral Excerpts:
    • Mendelssohn, A Midsummer's Night Dream, scherzo: beginning to letter B, 7th bar of D until 2 bars before G 
    • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, first movement: 2 before K to bar 492
    • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, second movement: bars 68-77

For Final Audition:

  • #23 from Rose 40 Studies for Clarinet
  • #11 from Rose 32 Études for Clarinet 
  • Mozart, Clarinet Concerto KV 622, first movement exposition: bars 57-154 
  • Debussy, Rhapsodie OR Stravinsky, Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
  • Required Orchestral Excerpts:
    • Mendelssohn, A Midsummer's Night Dream, scherzo: beginning to letter B, 7th bar of D until 2 bars before G 
    • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, first movement: 2 before K to bar 492
    • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, second movement: bars 68-77
    • Brahms, Symphony No. 3, second movement: opening to one bar before letter B
    • Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol, first movement: letters A-B, C to 12 bars before the end of movement
    • Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol, third movement:  11th bar of K to end of movement

Other Degrees

Master of Music: Clarinet