The University of Miami Frost School of Music has an outstanding strings program and world-class faculty on every instrument. We look forward to meeting you at your audition.

All candidates:

Any major scale. Play 3 octaves: slowly for tone and intonation (3 to a bow); faster for technique and intonation (6 to 12 to a bow).

Two contrasting solos or slow and fast movements from a concerto or sonata.

Performance major:

Suggested repertoire (pieces of similar difficulty acceptable):

Any movement(s) from
    •  J.S. Bach,“Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas”
    •  Bruch, “Concerto”
    •  Mozart, “Concerti #3, #4, and #5”
    •  Mendelssohn, “Concerto in E minor”
    •  Lalo, “Symphonie Espagnole”

Suggested short pieces:
    •  Corelli, “La Folia”
    •  Kreisler, “Prelude and Allegro”
    •  Vitali, “Chaccone”

All other majors:

Suggested level of repertoire: any movement(s) from
    •  Vivaldi, “Concerto in A minor or G minor”
    •  Bach, “Concerto in A minor”
    •  Haydn, “Concerto in G Major or C Major”
    •  Nardini, “Concerto”
    •  Handel, “Sonatas,” any two movements.

All candidates:

Any 3-octave major or minor scale with arpeggio.

An etude from any one of the following: Kreutzer, Campagnoli, Rode.

Two contrasting movements from the Six Suites for Cello of J.S. Bach, Transcribed for Viola.  One movement should be a Prelude. Performance majors should play from memory.

A movement from one of the following:

Performance major:

Suggested level of repertoire:
    •  Bach, “Six Suites for ‘Cello,” transcribed for viola
    •  Bloch, “Suite Hebraique”
    •  Brahms, “Sonata in F minor” or “Eb Major”
    •  Stamitz, “Concerto in D”
    •  Hoffmeister, “Concerto in D”
    •  Schubert, “Apreggione” Sonata
    •  Walton, “Concerto”
    •  Bruch, “Romanze”

All other majors:

Suggested level of repertoire:
    •  Bach, “Six Suites for Cello” transcribed for viola
    •  Telemann, “Concerto in G Major”
    •  Stamitz, “Concerto in D”
    •  Bruch, “Romanze”

All candidates:

One etude of applicant’s choice.

Any scale and arpeggio, three or four octaves.

Performance major:

First movement of a cello concerto from the standard repertoire such as: Elgar 1st and 2nd movements (both) or the last movement, Dvorak, Haydn D, Schumann, Shostakovich.

Any two movements of a Bach Suite.

All other majors:

One solo piece or movement from a Bach Suite.

Movement from a Concerto.

•  One required scale: Any 2 octave major or minor scale with arpeggio.

•  One required solo (choose from the following): 1st Mvt. of a concerto, sonata, etc. on the level of:
Capuzzi, “Concerto in F Major Mvt. 1”
Dragonetti, “Concerto Mvt. 1”
Marcello, “Sonata No. 2 in E minor”
Bach, Sterling ed. Bourees I and II from Suite No. 3

•  Two required Orchestra excerpts:
Beethoven, “Symphony No. 5 Scherzo and Trio”

Choose 1 (one) of the following excerpts:
    a.  Wagner, “Prelude to Die Meistersingers”
    b.  Mozart, “Symphony No 40 Mvt 1: twenty measures before letter C to five measures after letter C (Zimmerman ed.)
    c.  Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 Mvt. IV: Recitative followed by 16 of the Ode to Joy (the second “Allegro assai”)

Optional: Any etude on the level of: Sturm Book 1, or Simandl 30 etudes.

All applicants will be judged on their individual style, musicianship, and technique. No preference will be given to proponents of any school of technique.

The following repertoire is recommended but works of similar difficulty may be substituted.

Etude - one etude from the following choices:
Any of the 40 Bochsa etudes; Larivere exercises and etudes; Naderman, Posse, or etudes and studies of equivalent difficulty.

Solo - two contrasting solos (or movements from a larger work) from the following choices:
Handel, “Concerto in Bb Major”; Dussek, “Sonata in C minor”; Debussy, “Danse Sacree”; and any solo work by Hasslemans, Salzedo, Grandjany, or Tournier, or of equivalent difficulty.

Two orchestral excerpts from the following:
Cadenza from Tchaikovsky, “Nutcracker Suite”; cadenza from Rimsky- Korsakov, “Capriccio Espagnol”; “Ball” movement from Berlioz, “Symphonie Fantastique”; Strauss, “Don Juan”; harp solo from Donizetti, “Lucia di Lammermoor”; or Adagietto movement from Mahler V; or Britten, “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.”

Sight-reading.

    •  Any three of the 25 Studies by Carcassi.
    •  One work or study by each of the following: Sor; Sagreras, Book 4; and Bach.