Clarinet audition repertoire

Undergraduate and graduate audition requirements

• Major Scales two and/or three octaves are required. Minor scales (any form) are not required, but might be asked if the student has prepared them.
• Two contrasting* movements from the standard clarinet repertoire or two contrasting etudes from a standard clarinet etude book.

*“Contrasting” simply means one of the movements/etudes should demonstrate technical proficiency (usually fast) and the other should demonstrate a lyrical (usually slow) style.

Example of solos:

• Sonatina by Malcolm Arnold
• Adagio e Tarantella by Ernesto Cavallini
• Premiere Rhapsodie by Claude Debussy
• Five Bagatelles by Gerald Finzi
• Sonata by Paul Hindemith
• Dance Preludes by Witold Lutoslawski
• Concerto K. 622 by W.A. Mozart
• Rhapsody by William Osborne
• Sonata by Francis Poulenc
• Solo de Concours Op. 10 by Henri Rabaud
• Concerto in Eb by Franz Anton Rossler
• Sonata Op. 167 by Camille Saint-Saens
• Concerto No. 3, Bb Major by Carl (Karl) Stamitz
• Concertino by Giuseppe Tartini
• Six Studies in English Folk Song by Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Sonata No. 2 by Johann Wanhal
• Concertino Op. 23 by C.M. von Weber

Standard clarinet etudes:

• Artistic Studies Book 1 – From the French School 32 Etudes and 40 Studies by Cyrille Rose
• Thirty Caprices for Clarinet by Ernesto Cavallini

Clarinet studio website

Visit the clarinet studio website for more information about the program.

Contact

Cris Inguanti, clarinet
Office: Bldg. 37, Room 165
Phone: 928-523-3731
Email:  music@nau.edu