Audition Requirements for Clarinet

Requirements for incoming freshmen:

1. Scales
    a) Chromatic: low E to high G above staff
    b) All scales 2 octaves, except E, F, F#, and G, which should be prepared 3 octaves if possible

    c) Transfer students only: Melodic minor scales through four sharps and flats

2. Two contrasting solos or solo with contrasting etude, accompaniment optional. Entrance auditions on clarinet should be equal to the performance proficiency required for Class A solos on the Wisconsin School Music Association's State Contest list or on the MSHSL approved music list. See suggested repertoire below.  

3. Sight-reading

4. Bass clarinet applicants should ideally audition on Bb clarinet, but if this is not an option, please prepare a solo equal to the performance proficiency required for Class A solos on the Wisconsin School Music Association's State Contest bass clarinet list.  


Suggested repertoire:

Etudes:

Rose: 32 Etudes
Voxman: Selected Studies

Solos:

Paquito D’Rivera: Vals Venezolano and Contradanza
Adolphus Hailstork: Three Smiles for Tracey, mvt II
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata
W. A. Mozart: Concerto
Willson Osborne: Rhapsody
Johann Stamitz: Concerto in Bb Major
Eva Wasserman-Margolis: The Generation of Hope
C.M. v.Weber: Concertino
C.M. v.Weber: Concerto No. 1 or 2