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*Due to Covid-19 precautions, the School of Music is moving to an all-virtual audition and interview process for Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 admission. 

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Undergraduate Horn Auditions

Suggested Undergraduate Repertoire:

Candidates should prepare two contrasting selections from the standard repertoire. This may include solos, etudes and/or orchestral excerpts.  Examples of standard repertoire are listed below. Audition material should represent the candidate’s best playing. The audition may also include major scales and sight-reading.

Etudes: Kopprasch, Kling, Gallay, Maxime-Alphonse

Solo Repertoire:

    Mozart :Concertos No. 1-4

    Franz Strauss: Nocturno; Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss: Concerto No.1

    Saint-Saens: Morceau de Concert

    Gliere:  Intermezzo; Nocturne, Romance

    Glazunov: Reverie 

Optional: Orchestral Excerpts such as:

     Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Scherzo Trio (Horn 2)

     Brahms Symphony No. 3, mvt. 3 (Horn 1)

     Shostakovich Symphony 5, 1stmvt low tutti section (Horn 1)

     Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, mvt 2, Andante Cantabile  (Horn 1solo)

Please contact the Horn faculty with any repertoire questions

Ellen Dinwiddie Smith  and/or Caroline Lemen 

Graduate Horn Auditions

Suggested Graduate repertoire:

Required Solo Repertoire: (suggested 4 total)

      Any Mozart Horn Concerto (mvt 1 only). 

     Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 or 2 (mvt. 1 only). 

     Two additional solo pieces selected from contrasting eras. Examples include a single movement from a       

      concerto or sonata, Twentieth Century works and/or unaccompanied solo pieces. 

Orchestral Excerpts: (suggested 8 total)

     Standard orchestral excerpts from different eras demonstrating both high and low horn abilities. 

     A list of at least eight contrasting excerpts is required.

Please contact the Horn faculty with any repertoire questions

Ellen Dinwiddie Smith  and/or Caroline Lemen 

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