GMS Conservatory Auditions

Auditions for the 2019-2020 school year will be held on June 1, 2019.

Please contact Meili Bell at mbell@giftedmusicschool.org with questions.

Audition Requirements

For admittance into the full-scholarship Conservatory, students must be able to show technical and musical proficiency that demonstrates — for their age — exceptional competency, consistent work ethic, and commitment. Consideration is heavily weighted towards students who show evidence of hard work.

Students who accept the scholarship are expected the make GMS classes, rehearsals, concerts, and events a priority in their musical education, and are expected to adhere to the attendance policies.

Repertoire Requirements

1. Two stylistically contrasting works that demonstrate the student’s abilities. See examples below.

2. Three octave scale/arpeggios in all keys; at a slow tempo and rapid tempo.

3. Sightreading.

4. Orchestra excerpt:
   Violin
   Viola
   Cello
   Bass

Instruments

We will hear auditions from the following instruments:

• Violin
• Viola
• Cello
• Bass
• Bassoon
• Flute
• Clarinet
• Oboe
• Guitar
• Piano
• Trumpet
• Horn

Repertoire Examples

These are examples intended as a guideline for audition repertoire selection. None of the presented selections is mandatory.

Violin

Students who have successfully auditioned in the past have presented the following repertoire:

• Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 3rd mvt
• Lalo Symphonie Espagnole Mvt. 1
• Mozart Violin Concerto #3, #4, #5, 1st mvt.
• Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro
• Mozart Rondo

Viola

Students who have successfully auditioned in the past have presented the following repertoire:

• Bach Cello Suites
• J.C. Bach/Casadesus Concerto
• Bruch Romance
• Hoffmeister Viola Concerto
• Stamitz Viola Concerto

Piano

Students who have successfully auditioned in the past have presented the following repertoire:

Age 8-12

• Mozart Sonata K.570 1st Mvt
• Bach Sinfonia

Age 13-16 

• Beethoven Sonata Op. 10, #2
• Liszt Sonnetto 104 del Petraca

Cello

Suggested Repertoire:

7-10 yrs

• Popper: Gavotte
• Squire: Tarantella
• Squire: Bourree
• Squire: Danse Rustique
• Bach: Prelude to Suite in G Major
• Bach: Bourrees I & II from Suite in C Major
• Eccles: Sonata in g minor, mvmts 1 or 2
• Goltermann: Rondo from Concerto No 4, Op 65
• Breval: Rondo from Concerto No. 2 in D Major
• Vivaldi: Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No 9, Allegro

11-14 yrs

• Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major, 1st or 2nd mvmt
• Saint-Saens: Allegro Appassionato
• Bach: Prelude to Suite in d minor
• Bach: Prelude to Suite in C Major
• Faure: Elegie
• Sammartini: Sonata in G Major, 1st mvmt
• Boccherini: Concerto in Bb Major, mvmt 2
• Bloch: Kol Nidrei

15-17 yrs

• A first movement from any of the following standard concerti: Boccherini Bb, Saint-Saens a minor, Shostakovich, Elgar, Lalo, Kabalevsky
• Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody
• Brahms: Sonata in e minor, 1st mvmt
• Popper: Tarantella
• Shostakovich: Sonata in d minor Op 40, mvmt 2
• A prelude or gigue from one of the Bach Suites

Bass

• Capuzzi Concerto
• Eccles Sonata
• Simandl Book 1 Etudes

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