Undergraduate

CLARINET

2024 Rochester Audition Dates: Friday January 26, Fridays February 2,

16, 23

Pre-screening requirement: By December 1, all clarinet applicants

must upload a pre-screen video recording. Your video should include
the following:

One etude from Rose 32 Etudes

Mozart Concerto, K.622, First movement exposition (with or
without piano accompaniment)
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Second movement: from one bar

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 before D through two bars before E (mm. 68-77)
Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo): Beginning
to bar 48

Audition Repertoire Requirements

Selected applicants will be scheduled for a live audition either in

Rochester or via Zoom. The live audition will be a short lesson format
to include an interview and performance of the required repertoire.

Two Etudes from Rose 32 Etudes:

One slow etude from the following: 1, 11, 13, 19, 21, or 31
One fast etude from the following: 10, 16, 20, or 24
Mozart Concerto, K. 622: Movement 1 Exposition
Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces (complete)
Both of the following orchestral selections:
Beethoven Symphony No. 6
First movement: two bars before K to the end of the
solo (mm. 474 to 492)
Second movement: one bar before D through two bars
before E (mm. 68-77)
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)
Beginning to bar 48

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 Graduate
CLARINET

2024 Rochester Audition Dates: Friday

January 26, Fridays February 2, 16, 23

Pre-screening Requirement: By the

application deadline, all clarinet
applicants must upload a
prescreening video recording. Please
include all of the following on your
video, and upload your files in the order
listed.

Mozart Concerto, K.622, First

movement exposition (with or
without piano accompaniment)
Beethoven Symphony No. 6,
Second movement: from one bar
before D through two bars before E
(mm. 68-77)
Mendelssohn, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Scherzo):
Beginning to bar 48

Audition Repertoire Requirements

Selected applicants will be scheduled

for a live audition either on campus or

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 via Zoom in February. The live audition
will be in the format of a short lesson,
including an interview and performance
of the required repertoire.

Mozart Concerto, K. 622 (all

movements)
Copland Concerto (opening
through end of the cadenza)
All three of the following orchestral
selections:

Beethoven Symphony No. 6

First movement: two bars
before K to the end of
the solo (mm. 474 to 492)
Second movement: one
bar before D through two
bars before E (mm. 68-
77)
Brahms Symphony No. 3
First movement: mm. 23-
44
Second movement: mm.
1-22
Mendelssohn A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Scherzo)
Beginning to bar 48

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