Strings and Harp

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Area Coordinator: Cornelia Heard

The following String Department faculty offer instruction to Blair undergraduate music majors:

Pre-screening & Audition Repertoire Requirements

All applicants must complete a pre-screening video according to their program (instrument, voice, composition or jazz.) Pre-screening requirements are the same regardless of your specific major of interest. For example: all voice applicants will follow the vocal requirements below no matter what they plan to major in (Performance, Integrated Studies, or along the Musical Arts degree.) Once the admissions process is complete, admitted students will notify us of their intended specific major. You can learn more about these majors here. Jazz applicants should follow the specific Jazz requirements for pre-screening and audition on their primary instrument or voice.

All applicants should feel free to reach out to Blair Admissions with audition repertoire questions.

  • Recommended Audition Repertoire for the Strings Department

    Violin

    • First or third movement of a standard concerto, memorized (prescreening and audition)
    • Two contrasting movements of a Bach solo sonata or partita, memorized (prescreening and audition)
    • One Paganini Caprice, memorized (prescreening and audition)

    Viola

    • Étude or any short work or sonata movement (audition only)
    • Two contrasting movements from a Bach unaccompanied suite (originally for cello) or a Bach unaccompanied sonata or partita (originally for violin); memorized (prescreening and audition)
    • One movement of a significant standard concerto, memorized (prescreening and audition).  Examples include (but are not limited to):
      *First movement of the Stamitz D Major or Hoffmeister D Major Concerto
      *Any movement from Hindemith Der Schwanendreher or Walton or Bartok concerti

    Cello

    • Étude demonstrating technical proficiency (audition only)
    • Two contrasting movements of a Bach unaccompanied suite; memorized  (one movement required for prescreening; two required for audition)
    • Movement of a standard concerto; memorized (prescreening and audition)

    Double Bass

    • Two solo pieces of contrasting style, tempo, and era. A movement of a sonata or concerto will be considered one piece. (prescreening and audition)
    • Two standard orchestral excerpts of your choice. (prescreening and audition)

    Harp

    • One movement of a concerto by Handel, Mozart, or Dittersdorf, or similar work (prescreening and audition)
    • Two contrasting solo pieces from different periods (prescreening and audition)

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