Music : Horn Audition Requirements

Admission Audition Requirements
In order to complete your acceptance into the CWU Department of Music program, you must audition for the music faculty. This gives us an opportunity to hear the level you have achieved in your musical skills and it gives you the opportunity to discuss your development with collegiate instructors.

For Horn Students Pursuing a Performance Degree
If you would like to audition for admission to the BM in Performance, we recommend preparing and performing a solo that best demonstrates your current skills.  It is desirable to choose a piece that is competitive at the district or (preferably) state contest level, emphasizing both musical and technical capabilities. Though there are many pieces that are technically and musically more difficult than the list below, we suggest only that you choose carefully so as to present what you do well, not what you have yet to learn. If you have any questions about audition repertoire, please email Dr. Jeffrey Snedeker or phone 509-963-1226.

• the first movement of any Mozart concerto, especially Nos. 2, 3, or 4
• a movement or two from any concerto by Richard or Franz Strauss
• movement 1 or 3 from Sonata in F major by Beethoven
• Concert piece (aka Morceau de Concert), op. 94 by Saint-Saens.
• Sonata No. 2 by Luigi Cherubini
• Villanelle by Paul Dukas
• En Foret by Eugene Bozza

Requirements:

1. A solo that demonstrates the student's highest level of technical and musical achievement. 

For Horn Students Pursuing a Music Ed. or Composition Degree
In general, there is no difference in the expectations of performance level for any music major, but those who wish to major in music education, but may feel under-prepared or insecure about their current performance skills, may choose a piece of music that demonstrates either musical or
technical skills, e.g.:

• Slow or less technically difficult movements from any of the pieces listed above (e.g., Mozart, Strauss, Saint Saens)
• Shorter, single movement pieces that demonstrate some musical capabilities (e.g.,
• Gliere Intermezzo or Nocturne
• Glazunov Reverie
• Saint Saens Romance, op. 36
• Effinger Rondo
• F. Strauss Les Adieux

Requirements:

1. A solo that demonstrates the student's highest level of technical and musical achievement. 

In addition to an audition, students should also expect to interview with Music Education or Composition faculty as a part of their visit to campus.  Again, If you have any questions, please email Dr. Jeffrey Snedeker or phone 509-963-1226.

Large Ensemble Audition Requirements
For New and Returning Horn Students

Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Band auditions will take place during the first week of each new quarter. You will sign up for an audition time on Professor Gookin’s door, room 109. Horn auditions will require you to perform the first TWO selections of the following dowloadable PDF file (Etude and Mozart Quintet, Rondo) 724 KB Please download and print this PDF to prepare for your large ensemble audition.

**Last updated Aug. 19, 2008