Woodwinds Audition Requirements for MM
Applicants will be notified if they advance to the audition round to perform on campus. Applicants invited to audition will be considered for scholarships and graduate assistantships.
Bassoon
- The exposition of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto.
- One solo from the French repertoire.
- One contrasting work could be unaccompanied, or two standard orchestral excerpts.
- The length of the live audition is 15 minutes.
For questions regarding specific audition repertoire, contact:
Clarinet
- Mozart Clarinet Concerto, movement I, exposition.
- One contrasting work.
- Orchestral excerpts
- Beethoven Symphony #6, mvt. 1 (2 before K to m. 492)
- Mendelssohn Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (beginning through B)
- Mozart Clarinet Concerto, movement I, exposition.
- One contrasting movement from standard clarinet repertoire.
- One contemporary work can be unaccompanied or with piano.
- Two standard orchestral excerpts.
- The length of the audition is 15 minutes.
For questions regarding specific audition repertoire, contact:
Flute
- Mozart Clarinet Concerto, movement I, exposition.
- One contrasting work.
- Orchestral excerpts
- Beethoven Symphony #6, mvt. 1 (2 before K to m. 492)
- Mendelssohn Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (beginning through B)
- Mozart Clarinet Concerto, movement I, exposition.
- One contrasting movement from standard clarinet repertoire.
- One contemporary work can be unaccompanied or with piano.
- Two standard orchestral excerpts.
- The length of the audition is 15 minutes.
For questions regarding specific audition repertoire, contact:
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shauna.thompson@tcu.edu
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Oboe
- The exposition of the Mozart Oboe Concerto.
- One solo from the French repertoire.
- One contrasting work can be unaccompanied, or two standard orchestral excerpts.
- The length of the audition is 15 minutes.
For questions regarding specific audition repertoire, contact:
Saxophone
- One solo from the French repertoire.
- One contrasting work can be unaccompanied.
- For jazz ensemble consideration, prepare two to three tunes to showcase jazz improvisation and style.
- The length of the audition is 15 minutes.
For questions regarding specific audition repertoire, contact:
Master of Music General Admission Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree: To be admitted to the MM/MME degree programs, students must possess a Bachelor of Music or its equivalent, with a major in the area of proposed graduate study, including sophomore-level credit in an approved foreign language in the case of prospective majors in musicology, theory, composition, voice, or voice pedagogy.
Academic Standards: For admission, the student must have satisfactory undergraduate preparation for the particular degree sought which includes at least a “B” average (comparable to at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale) in all undergraduate work and satisfactory scores on the appropriate tests required by the school/college.
International Student Requirements: A minimum score of 80 on the iBT, TOEFL, 6.5 on the IELTS or 105 on the Duolingo English test is required for admission. The TOEFL may be waived for students who hold undergraduate degrees from a university with English as the language of instruction.Test scores must be sent to TCU from the testing agency to school code: 6820. Official scores must be sent to TCU from testing agency by application deadline for application to be considered “complete”. Applicants will not be invited to audition without official scores that meet the standard for admission.
Exemption: Exemptions to this requirement are given if the student has completed (or will before matriculation to TCU) an undergraduate degree from a US institution or from a university where English is the language of instruction. To request consideration for this exemption, submit official final or most current official in-progress transcript using the directions below and indicate exemption request on Accept’d music application when prompted. Translations must be provided for all international transcripts.
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