Piano Audition Requirements

All repertoire to be performed from memory.

Freshman & Sophomore (BM)

• A work by J. S. Bach at least of the difficulty of a Three-Part Invention or a Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier
• The first movement of a sonata by Clementi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert
• A work by a Romantic or 20th Century Composer

Music Education (BM)

• A Two-Part Invention or another more difficult work by J.S. Bach
• A first or last (Allegro) movement of a Mozart, Haydn, or early Beethoven sonata (through Opus 28)
• A shorter piece by a composer of the Romantic or Impressionist school. In addition to the instrumental audition, piano applicants must present a short vocal audition for the Chair of the Music Education department.

Junior (BM)

• A work by J.S. Bach at least of the difficulty of a Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier
• A complete sonata by Clementi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert
• An Etude by Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Rachmaninov or Scriabin or a piece of a virtuosic nature
• A significant work by a Romantic or 20th Century Composer

Senior (BM) or Graduate (MM)

• A work by J. S. Bach at least of the difficulty of a Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier
• A complete sonata by Clementi, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven or Schubert
• A significant work by a Romantic composer
• A significant work by a 20th Century Composer

Performance Diploma

• A minimum of four complete major works representing four stylistic periods: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century.
• At least one of these must be a multi-movement work.