Collaborative Piano

• The first or last movement of a major instrumental duo sonata (e.g., Mozart K. 301+, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Faure, etc.). 
  • It can be the same selection from the live audition requirements below.
• Two contrasting art songs/lieder/mélodie in different styles and languages. It can be the same selection from the live audition requirements below.
• A seven-to-ten-minute solo piano work of the applicant’s choice played from memory.

• Videos must include the instrumental/vocal partner visible on camera.
• Videos must be unedited, with a fixed camera, visible hands, and high-quality audio. 
• Recordings should be made within the past six months.

Applicants are encouraged to bring their own collaborative partners for the live audition. For those unable to do so, TCU can provide partners upon request. To ensure availability, applicants must indicate this request in their online application and submit it as early as possible in the audition season.

Choose one piece from each group:

• Group A:
  • Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in E-flat major, K. 380, 1st movement
  • Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, no. 2, 1st movement
  • Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, 1st movement
• Group B:
  • Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, 1st movement (beginning to downbeat of measure 96; no cuts)
  • Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, 1st movement (12 measures before cello’s first entrance to Rehearsal no. 9)
  • Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, 4th movement (Rehearsal 65 to end)
• Faculty will select one of the following songs at the audition (original keys required):
  • Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade
  • Barber: St. Ita’s Vision
  • Debussy: Green
• A seven-to-ten-minute solo piano piece of your choice, played from memory (may be the same as prescreening).
• Sight-reading