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