Program Requirements

Master of Music: Horn

Prescreening required; must be video recording. All repertoire must be submitted in one video file. Please do not upload separate prescreening videos. 

Prescreening and audition unaccompanied.

Fall 2024 Audition Dates:

February 8-9, 16-17

Fall 2024 Audition Formats:

All applicants whose program requires an audition are asked to audition on campus. Virtual auditions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Applicants should wait to receive their prescreening results before contacting the Office of Music Admission about virtual audition options.

For Prescreening:

NOTE: Prescreening requirements must be recorded all in one video. Do not submit separate recordings. 

Solo Repertoire: 

  • One solo movement of a sonata demonstrating style, tone, range, rhythm, and technique
  • Exposition section from any Mozart concerto
  • Exposition section from any Strauss concerto

  • One étude from Maxime Alphonse Book No. 5

Required Orchestral Excerpts:

  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (fourth horn solo)

  • Brahms, Symphony No. 2 or Symphony No. 3

  • Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, opening call

For Final Audition:

  • Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op.70 (first page)
  • Strauss Concerto Nos. 1 OR 2 (exposition section of the applicant's choice)
  • First-movement exposition section from any Mozart concerto

Required Orchestral Excerpts:

  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (fourth horn solo)

  • Brahms, Symphony No. 2 or Symphony No. 3

  • Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, low tutti section, 1st movement

  • Wagner, Götterdämmerung, short call

  • Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, opening call

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Bachelor of Music: Horn