Viola Studio Audition Repertoire

 

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Undergraduate (Major/Minor) Performance Major

• Two contrasting solo works
  • One can be a movement from a concerto or a work for viola/piano or viola/orchestra
  • One can be a movement from one of the Six Solo Cello Suites (arr. for viola), BWV 1007-1012, by J.S. Bach or another comparable baroque-era work for viola
  • Alternative and non-classical repertoire also will be accepted.

Undergraduate Music Education or Music Industry Major

• Two contrasting pieces of music or one piece with contrasting sections (style/tempo)
• Non-classical music is welcome.

Graduate

• Two contrasting movements from the Six Solo Cello Suites (arr. for viola), BWV 1007-1012, by J.S. Bach or from the Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (arr. for viola), BWV 1001-1006 by J.S. Bach
• The first movement of a standard viola concerto (including cadenza, if applicable) or a work for viola and orchestra
• A piece of your choice