String Audition Information
Dr. Walter Schwede, String Area Coordinator
PAC 139; (360) 650-6856; Walter.Schwede@wwu.edu
Dr. David Feingold, Guitar Area Coordinator
PAC 271; (360) 650-7712; David.Feingold@wwu.edu
Click Here to Request a string or guitar audition.
Once your form is received, you will be contacted to schedule your audition time.
Priority entrance audition dates for Scholarship Eligibility for Fall 2012 admission are February 24 and March 2.
For out-of-state students sending a recording please fill out and attach this form with your recording: Entrance Audition Form (pdf)
Acceptance into the Department of Music does not guarantee acceptance into the University. For more information on applying to WWU, visit WWU Admissions.
Audition Requirements:
Violin -- Scales, either three or four octaves at a moderate tempo, six to eight notes per bow. Arpeggios, three or four octave, both minor and major, three notes per bow. Etudes: any of the etudes/caprices of Kreutzer, Rode, Fiorillo, Dont (op. 35) Gavinies, Paganini, Wieniawski ( opus 10) or Ernst. One movement of a Solo Sonata or Partita, of J.S. Bach, and either a movement of any of the major concertos, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, et al, or, a virtuoso work such as Havanaise-Introduction and Rondo Capriciosso of Saint-Saens, Polonaise Brillante of Wieniawski, Zapateado of Sarasate, or Tzigane by Ravel, et al.
Viola -- 3 octave scale of your choice. 1 movement of Bach Solo Suite. 1 movement of a Sonata (by Brahms/Clarke/Schubert etc.) or Concerto (by Walton, Bartok, Hindemith, Stamitz, etc.) demonstrating your current level of musicality and technique.
Cello -- 3 or 4 octave scales. Etude by Popper or similar. Two contrasting works from different stylistic periods. Eg. Bach Solo Suite and Sonata (by Brahms/Grieg/Shostakovich etc.) or Concerto (by Saint-Saens, Lalo, Dvorak, Haydn, etc.) or shorter concert work is also acceptable.
Double Bass -- 1 etude from Nanny’s “Complete Methods” book 1 OR solo of candidate’s choice. Two contrasting orchestral excerpts (1 Mozart). Scales through half, 1st & 2nd positions.
Guitar, Classical -- Scales-two octaves, any key (I and m), major and minor; Reading-easy pieces through 5th position; prepare two contrasting pieces from “Solo Guitar Playing” Book 1 (Noad) or “100 Graded Studies” (Noad).
Harp -- Two pieces of different style, memorized, such as Handel Concerto in B-flat, Haydn Theme & Variations, Pescetti C Major Sonata, Pierne Impromptu Caprice, Debussy First Arabesque, selections from Suite of Eight Dances by Salzedo. Major and melodic minor scales. Sightreading.
