Audition requirements

• Three contrasting movements from any works which demonstrate your highest level of achievement. 
• Two of these movements need to be memorized.

The Graduate String Quartet Program is open to pre-formed quartets only. Canadian and International ensembles are welcome to apply.  

• For the first round, applicants are asked to submit an audio-visual recording consisting of 3 contrasting movements which reflect their highest level of playing.
• Quartets considered as finalists will be asked to submit additional solo audition material, which will include 1 movement of a concerto and 2 contrasting movements of solo Bach.
• Live auditions will be arranged with each quartet selected in the finals, either in person or through live-streaming. One quartet per year is chosen for this program. 

• Applicants may audition with three suitable works such as a selection from a Bach suite or sonata, a classical or romantic work such as Giuliani, Coste, Regondi, or Barrios, and a modern work such as Brouwer, Takemitsu, Britten, Rodrigo, etc.

For graduate flute auditions and questions or concerns regarding audition repertoire, please contact Dr. Suzanne Snizek ssnizek@uvic.ca.

All graduate flute applicants are requested to submit either a recorded audition (in lieu of a live audition) or, if preferred by the applicant, an online live audition (by arrangement with Dr. Snizek). A short online interview between wind faculty and the applicant may also be requested. 

Please note: If necessary, all repertoire may be presented without collaborative piano, in light of the impact of COVID-19.

• Two contrasting movements from a sonata (or the Partita for Solo Flute) by J. S. Bach;
• One movement from a standard concerto (Mozart, Ibert, Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, Jolivet, etc.);
• One movement from a 20th- or 21st-century (tonal) sonata (Prokofieff, Poulenc, Muczynski, Morawetz, Liebermann, etc.);
• One solo avant-garde work (i.e., atonal and/or including "extended techniques" such as the Sequenza by Berio, Mei by Fukushima, In a Living Memory by Ichiyanagi, Air by Takemitsu, Density 21.5 by Varèse, etc.);

Further information about the flute program may be found at the UVic Flute Blog.

• The exposition from movement 1 of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto K. 622 AND two contrasting movements from any works demonstrating your highest level of performance.
• Works with piano accompaniment must be presented with a pianist. The exposition of the Mozart Concerto maybe performed without piano.

• Applicants for Graduate study on the oboe should select a varied program of lyrical and technical works from oboe repertoire that would be appropriate for a graduating recital at the Bachelor of Music level.

• MMus auditions should include at least three major works from the applicant’s fourth year of undergraduate study.  
• Choose works from the list of recommended audition pieces or works of a similar level; see the UVic Saxophone Blog Spot and/or contact Professor Wendell Clanton wendell.clanton@gmail.com.

• Prepare 30 minutes of music covering at least 3 different style periods.
• Your program should be at a level equivalent to or higher than a fourth-year graduating recital.

• Prepare 45 minutes of music covering at least 3 different style periods.
• Your program should be at a level equivalent to or higher than a fourth-year graduating recital.
• It is recommended that applicants contact one of the co-heads in piano, Professors Arthur Rowe (artrow@uvic.ca) or Bruce Vogt (bvogt@uvic.ca), to discuss the suitability of repertory well in advance of the audition