Undergraduate Audition Requirements - Strings
Violin
Professor Elizabeth Chang, echang@music.umass.edu, (413) 545-0023
Link to Violin Studio webpage
- Repertoire
- A movement from a concerto or a short piece demonstrating the level of technical proficiency in both hands
- A contrasting work in another style
- An etude from Kreutzer, Dont, Fiorillo, Rode, Mazas or comparable study
- Technique
- A three-octave scale in any key
Viola
Professor Kathryn Lockwood, klockwood@music.umass.edu,
Viola Studio website
Repertoire:
Two (2) contrasting selections that best represent your level of performance. One selection to demonstrate tone quality and control, and the other to demonstrate left hand technical facility.
Technique:
Major and melodic minor scales in three (3) octaves (choose one)
Cello
Professor Edward Arron, earron@umass.edu,
Repertoire:
Two (2) contrasting selections that best represent your level of performance. One selection should demonstrate tone quality and control; the other should feature left hand technical facility.
Technique:
Major scales in three (3) octaves
Double Bass
Professor Salvatore Macchia, smacchia@music.umass.edu
David Casali
If applying for the Jazz Bass program (Fumi Tomita, faculty), click here. Jazz Bass applicants are not required to perform a classical bass audition, but are required to study on upright bass for two years.
- Repertoire
- A sonata such as those by Marcello, Telemann, Eccles or the first movement of the Dragonetti Concerto
- An etude from Simandl 30 Etudes, Storch-Hrabe 57 Etudes, or another etude of comparable difficulty
- Technique
- Two- and three-octave major and minor scales
Violin | Viola | Cello | Double Bass
Violin
Professor Elizabeth Chang, echang@music.umass.edu, (413) 545-0023
Link to Violin Studio webpage
- Repertoire
- A movement from a concerto or a short piece demonstrating the level of technical proficiency in both hands
- A contrasting work in another style
- An etude from Kreutzer, Dont, Fiorillo, Rode, Mazas or comparable study
- Technique
- A three-octave scale in any key
Violin | Viola | Cello | Double Bass | All
Viola
Professor Kathryn Lockwood, klockwood@music.umass.edu,
Viola Studio website
Repertoire:
Two (2) contrasting selections that best represent your level of performance. One selection to demonstrate tone quality and control, and the other to demonstrate left hand technical facility.
Technique:
Major and melodic minor scales in three (3) octaves (choose one)
Violin | Viola | Cello | Double Bass | All
Cello
Professor Edward Arron, earron@umass.edu,
Repertoire:
Two (2) contrasting selections that best represent your level of performance. One selection should demonstrate tone quality and control; the other should feature left hand technical facility.
Technique:
Major scales in three (3) octaves
Violin | Viola | Cello | Double Bass | All
Double Bass
Professor Salvatore Macchia, smacchia@music.umass.edu
David Casali
If applying for the Jazz Bass program (Fumi Tomita, faculty), click here. Jazz Bass applicants are not required to perform a classical bass audition, but are required to study on upright bass for two years.
- Repertoire
- A sonata such as those by Marcello, Telemann, Eccles or the first movement of the Dragonetti Concerto
- An etude from Simandl 30 Etudes, Storch-Hrabe 57 Etudes, or another etude of comparable difficulty
- Technique
- Two- and three-octave major and minor scales
