This year, all auditions will be by video submissions. To apply to UNLV, please visit the UNLV Admission Page
In addition to submitting a complete application for admission to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, each music major enrolling at UNLV for the first time must audition in the primary performance medium (principal instrument or voice classification). The audition serves as both an admission entrance audition to lower-division applied study and as an audition to determine scholarship support.
If you have a different repertoire and are not sure that it applies, please reach out to us.
Violin:
All majors scales (three octaves preferred)
1. One etude from the following: Kreutzer 42 Etudes, Dont 24 Etudes and Caprices, Op. 35, or Paganini 24 Caprices
2. One movement from J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin
3. One movement from a concerto of your choice
4. Be prepared to sight-read.
Viola:
All majors scales (three octaves preferred), detached and one octave per bow
1. One etude from the following: Kreutzer 42 Etudes, Dont 24 Etudes and Caprices, Op. 35, or Campagnoli 41 Caprices
2. One movement form J.S. Bach Gamba Sonata or cello suites
3. One movement from a concerto of your choice
4. Be prepared to sight-read.
Violoncello:
All majors scales (three octaves preferred), detached and one octave per bow
1. One standard etude (Schroeder, Duport, Popper, Piatti, Gruetzmacher, etc.)
2. One movement from any unaccompanied suite of J.S. Bach
3. One movement from a concerto of your choice
4. Be prepared to sight-read.
String Bass:
All major scales (three octaves preferred)
1. One movement from Bach Cello Suites (excluding preludes)
2. Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Movement 3, mm 141-218
3. Standard except from Mozart Symphony (1st or 4th movement)