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Auditions & Interviews

An audition for acceptance into a music degree includes a short interview and example of your musicality from this Repertoire Requirements. 
 
  • Schedule an Audition on the APSU Campus:
Click here to schedule your audition before the Music Department Scholarship/Audition Committee. You will be sent a confirmation email with your audition time and all instructions.
 
  • Apply for Music Department Named Scholarships:
Don't forget to apply for Music Department Named Scholarships! Click here for more information. (The deadline to apply for named scholarships is February 1st so apply early!)
Undergraduate Audition Interview Dates for Fall 2025 Admission 
  • Saturday, February 8, 2025 (scholarship priority)
  • Monday, February 17, 2025 (scholarship priority)
  • Saturday, March 22, 2025 (scholarship priority)
 
You will receive an email from the Music Department about your audition acceptance.
 
You will receive additional information about your scholarship from the University Financial Aid Office. You will be able to see music performance scholarships along with any other University, State, or Federal aid you may have been awarded.
 
It is strongly encouraged and in the student's best interest to audition interview on one of the audition dates set by the Department of Music. Students must audition interview for scholarships prior to enrolling as a full-time freshman or transfer student, generally before April 1 for the following Fall semester.

 

 

Repertoire Requirements by Area 

Flute

I. All major scales, two octaves
II.  Two contrasting etudes, pieces, or movements that demonstrate tone, technique and musicianship. Suggested repertoire (or comparable) includes:

  • Etudes: Melodious and Progressive Studies for Flute, Book 1, edited by Robert Cavally
  • Sonatas: Telemann, Handel, Bach, Poulenc, Hindemith
  • Concertos: Vivaldi, Stamitz, Quantz, Mozart
  • Works by: Godard, Doppler, Faure, Gaubert, Griffes

For more information, contact Dr. Timothy Hagen.

Oboe

I. All major scales (B-flat, C, D-flat, D should be two octaves)
II. Two contrasting etudes, pieces or movements. Suggested repertoire includes:

  • Etudes: Barret, Ferling
  • Sonatas: Handel, Telemann, Hindemith
  • Concertos: Marcello, Cimarosa, Haydn, Mozart
  • Pieces: Schumann Three Romances, Nielsen Fantasy Pieces

III.    Sightreading

For more information, contact Dr. Kristen Sienkiewicz.

Clarinet

I. All major scales, two octaves; chromatic scale II. Two contrasting etudes, pieces, or movements that demonstrate tone, technique and musicianship. Suggested repertoire (or comparable) includes:

* Etudes: Rose (32 or 40), Cavallini (30 Caprices), Uhl 48

* Sonatas: Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Bernstein

* Concertos: Weber (Concertino or Concerto 1), Stamitz (Concerto No. 3),

* Works: French Conservatory Piece (Marty, Gaubert, Rabaud), Finzi 5 Bagatelles, Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folk Song, Tartini Concertino (arr. Jacob), Osborne Rhapsody, Stravinsky 3 Pieces, Schumann Fantasy Pieces

For more information, contact Dr. Spencer Prewitt.

Saxophone

Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.

For more information, contact Dr. Lucas Hopkins.

Bassoon

I. All major scales, two octaves
II. Two contrasting etudes, pieces or movements. Suggested repertoire includes:

  • Etudes: Weissenborn, Milde, Gambaro
  • Sonatas: Galliard, Marcello, Hindemith
  • Concertos: Mozart, Weber, Vivaldi

III.    Sightreading

For more information, contact Diana Dunn.

Horn

Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.

For more information, contact Dr. Kristen Sienkiewicz.

Trumpet

I. Two contrasting pieces: one piece demonstrating technique (something fast) and one piece demonstrating musicality (something slow). Suggested repertoire includes:

  • The Arban's Conservatory Method
  • Solos from your private lessons or ensembles

II. Scales and/or lip slurs

For more information, contact Dr. Robert Waugh.

Trombone

Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.

For more information, contact Susan K. Smith.

Tuba and Euphonium

Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.

For more information, contact John Paul Powers.

  1. An etude or solo for concert snare drum.

    1. Possible etudes/solos include, but are not limited to, works by Aleo, Cirone, Delécluse, Dior, Kopetzki, Peters, Whaley, or others.

  2. A two- or four-mallet solo/etude for marimba. (Xylophone or vibraphone are acceptable if your program does not have a marimba.)

    1. Possible options include, but are not limited to, selections from Abe, Bach, Burritt, Davila, Goldenberg, Floyd, Ford, Glennie, Gottry, Islas, Moyer, Peters, Quartier, or others. 

  3. Sightreading — students will be asked to sightread one short excerpt each for snare drum and two-mallet keyboard.

  4. Optional: Students may perform a third selection on another instrument if desired. Optional etudes could be performed on timpani, drum set, or rudimental snare drum. 

If you have questions about your audition repertoire, would like help selecting repertoire, or would like clarification about the above expectations, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Andrew Richardson.

 

Two contrasting pieces from categories below representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level:

  1. Baroque period: a work from the Baroque period including anything by J. S. Bach including any short piano pieces from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena, the Well-Tempered Clavier, Inventions, Sinfonias, etc.; other composers from the Baroque period
  2. Classical period: a movement from a Classical sonata or sonatina; Fantasies, Rondos, Theme and Variations, etc. (Beethoven Mozart, Haydn, Clementi, etc.)
  3. Romantic period: a work from the Romantic period by composers such as Chopin (Préludes, Nocturnes, other short piano pieces), Schumann (Album for the Young, Scenes from Childhood, other short piano pieces), Brahms (Intermezzos, other short piano pieces), etc.
  4. Modern period: a work from the modern period by composers such as Debussy (Préludes, Children’s Corner, Arabesques, other short piano pieces), Bartók (Mikrokosmos, For Children, other short piano pieces),  Shostakovich (Three Fantastic Dances, Preludes, op. 34, other short piano pieces), Kabalevsky (Variations, Sonatinas, other short piano pieces), Copland (short piano pieces), etc.

For more information, contact Dr. Patricia Halbeck.

Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass

I. Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level. Suggested repertoire includes:

  • One movement from a standard concerto, showpiece, or solo work demonstrating technical proficiency and/or lyrical expression
  • One movement from an unaccompanied Suite, Sonata, or Partita by J. S. Bach or one standard etude (i.e. Wohlfahrt, Sitt, Mazas, Kreutzer, Dont, Paganini, Rode, Gavinies, Campagnoli, Dotzauer, Duport, Popper, Simandl, etc.); or a contrasting work to the first piece

II. Two- or three- octave scales 
*Students may be asked to demonstrate basic sight-reading skills.

For more information, contact Dr. Emily Hanna Crane (violin/viola) or Dr. Meghan Berindean (cello/bass).

 

Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.

For more information, contact the music office.

Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical playing level.

For more information, contact Dr. Stanley Yates.

 

Two contrasting pieces representative of the applicant's current technical and musical level. The pieces should be contrasting in either language or style. One piece in a foreign language is preferred, but not required. Most importantly, sing what you sing best.

At the audition, bring the sheet music from which you have practiced - in your most comfortable and preferred range.

For more information, contact Dr. Jeffrey Williams or Dr. Penelope Shumate.

Request an Audition Interview

After submitting your request, you will be notified by Razvan Berindean, Enrollment Coordinator of the date and time of your audition interview.

To be admitted as an undergraduate music major at APSU you must interview and audition for the Department of Music. This audition for admission can also serve as a scholarship audition.

Auditions consist of two prepared solos (with additional requirements for some instruments) and an interview with music faculty. For specific audition requirements, see the information above.

To request an audition interview, complete the form below.

Required if a minor. Enter "not a minor" if 18+.
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