Clarinet & Bass Clarinet

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Undergraduate
Audition requirements for the BM, BS, and BA programs in Music.

Scales: All Major and Natural Minor Scales (from memory)

Etude: 2 contrasting etudes from the Rose 32 Etudes (perform on Clarinet)

Solo: Choose one of the following complete works (for Clarinet applicants only)

1. 1. ◦Weber: Concertino 
      

   2. ◦Weber: Concerto #1 or Concerto #2
      

   3. ◦Osborne: Rhapsodie
      

   4. ◦Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet
      

   5. ◦Stamitz: Concerto #3
      

   6. ◦Rabaud: Solo de Concourse
      

   7. ◦Erland von Koch: Monolog 3
      

   8. ◦Or any other comparable solo work.
      

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Solo: Choose one of the following complete works (for Bass Clarinet applicants only)

1. 1. ◦Bozza: Ballad
      

   2. ◦Desportes: Andante & Allegro
      

   3. ◦Frangkiser: Concert Theme
      

   4. ◦Osborne: Rhapsodie
      

   5. ◦Rhoads: Adagio & Allegro
      

   6. ◦Galliard/Merriman: Adagio & Allegro
      

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Graduate
Audition requirements for the Ph.D., MM and Certificate programs in Music (in addition to the undergraduate requirements)

1. 1. ◦Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, (exposition) (perform on A Clarinet)
      

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Orchestral Excerpts:

Clarinet

1. 1. ◦Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, movement 1. K to the end
      

   2. ◦Brahms: Symphony No. 3, movement 4. Opening solo
      

   3. ◦Mendelssohn: Scherzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream, Beginning to B
      

   4. ◦Kodaly: Dances of Galante (solo on the first page)
      

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Bass Clarinet (optional)

1. 1. ◦Grofe: On The Trail, 3-4
      

   2. ◦Shostakovich: Violin Concerto, movement 2.
      

Entrance into the School of Music at the University of South Florida requires a performance audition for all seeking admissions into the undergraduate, Graduate and Certificate Programs.