Flute Scholarship Audition Information
Undergraduate/Transfer
Students are encouraged to prepare two contrasting works or movements for their audition that demonstrate technical facility and musical expression. Students should also be prepared play any of the major scales up to four sharps or flats in two octaves. A brief demonstration of sight-reading abilities may be requested.
Suggestions for audition repertoire:
- Any All State or Regional audition pieces
- Mozart Andante in C
- Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits
- Bach any sonata
- Handel any sonata
- Works from the following collections:
- Donald Peck 36 Repertoire Pieces for Solo Flute(Schirmer)
- Cavally 24 Short Concert Pieces(Southern)
- Flute Music by French Composers(Schirmer)
Graduate
Graduate students should prepare two major solos, 1 from each column below.
| Earlier periods | Later periods |
|---|---|
| Bach Sonata in b minor | Dutilleux Sonatine |
| Bach Sonata in e minor | Hanson Serenade |
| Bach Sonata in E major | Prokofiev Sonata |
| Bach Partita in a minor | Jolivet Chant du Linos |
| Bach Suite in b minor | Liebermann Sonata |
| Telemann Suite in a minor | Colquhoun Charanga |
| CPE Bach Sonata in a minor | Bozza Image |
| CPE Bach Concerto in d minor | Taktakishvilli Sonata |
| Mozart Concerto in D | |
| Mozart Concerto in G |
After the audition
The actual audition is very brief, and is followed by a sample lesson. Any student interested in a full sample lesson is encouraged to contact Dr. Kean at kristen.kean@eku.eduin advance of their audition.