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College Auditions

Admission to the Brevard Music Center is determined by audition. Most students audition for Brevard by submitting a recording (composers submit a dossier of works). Brevard conducts limited live auditions for students applying to the Opera program.

Instrumentalists, except percussionists, may upload audio recordings or a video audition.
Guitarists and percussionists must upload a video audition to their application.
Composers must upload scores and recordings to their application.
Opera singers may audition live in select cities or upload a video audition to their application.

Audition Requirements

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Audition Requirements

Accompaniment is optional. Total audition length should not exceed 12 minutes.

Choose your instrument or program to view specific audition requirements.

Perform a solo and 3 standard orchestral excerpts of your choice.

Perform two contrasting solo works or movements from different style periods.

Submit a portfolio that includes at least 2 scores and recordings.

All files can be directly uploaded into your application.

Mozart Concerto in G or D — 1st movement exposition only (accompaniment is optional)
Solo of your choice (accompaniment is optional)
Choose 3 of the following excerpts:

Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 Solo only, measure 328 - 360
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor , Movement IV, measure 93 - 105
Mendelssohn Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, two measures before P to end
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe, 176 - two after 179

All excerpts can be found in Orchestral Excerpts for Flute by Jeanne Baxtresser, Theodore Presser Company.

Note: Percussion auditions may exceed the 12 minute time limit.

Percussionists must submit video recordings by uploading videos into their application.

Prepare a program that includes all of the following:

A rudimental snare solo/etude
A symphonic-style snare solo/etude
Two standard orchestral snare drum excerpts
A four-mallet keyboard solo
A two-mallet keyboard solo
One standard xylophone excerpt
One standard glockenspiel excerpt
Demonstrate loud and soft cymbal crashes
One standard orchestral cymbal excerpt
A standard orchestral tambourine excerpt
A standard orchestral triangle excerpt
A timpani solo
Two standard orchestral timpani excerpts
Optional demonstration of standard drum-set styles for possible performance opportunities with ensembles

Audition in person or upload a video audition into your application.

See audition details on the Opera page.

Submit two examples of collaborative material from the standard repertoire i.e., sonatas, trios, other chamber music. You may include art songs, as well.

Do not send concerto reductions. Video auditions are preferred and encouraged.

Solo:

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto - exposition only

Excerpts (choose at least 3 from the following 5):

Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream: opening through the trills
Beethoven: Symphony #8 - movement 3: trio with repeats
Brahms: Symphony #3 - movement 2: opening only through end of solo
Rimsky - Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol - movement 1: solos only
Sibelius: Symphony #1 - opening solo

Applicants must submit a video recording by uploading video(s) into their application.

Perform 3 works of contrasting styles, including one movement from a suite, sonata, or partita of Bach.

Perform a solo and 3 standard orchestral excerpts of your choice.

Concertmaster

If you wish to be considered for the Concertmaster studio, please also perform:

BRAHMS Symphony 1

Concertmaster solo from mvt 2 - Rehearsal Letter "E" until the end of the movement.

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

Concertmaster solos

mvt I - Recit.Lento (mm. 14-18)
mvt II - opening solo (mm. 1-5)
mvt IV - Recit.Lento (mm. 8-9)
mvt. IV - Recit.Adagio (mm. 29-30)

Preparing a Recording

Make sure that your audio or video file is high quality so that your performance can be evaluated successfully. Here are a few tips for your audition recording:

Aim for the highest-possible audio and video quality.
You can upload your audition as a single recording or as individual tracks (excerpts).
Do not electronically alter a recording, e.g., no editing to fix bad notes.
Do not send any audition recording via email.
Always keep an extra copy of your audition recordings in case there are problems along the way.

Submitting a Recording

Specific instructions for uploading your audition materials can be found in your application.

Audition recordings will not be evaluated until the application fee is paid.