Piano audition repertoire

Undergraduate audition requirements

3-4 memorized selections, including:

• a work by Bach or from the Baroque period
• movement(s) of a classical sonata (Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart)
• romantic and/or twentieth-century work

Sight Reading:

• 4-octave scales and arpeggios played in a steady tempo with correct fingerings

Graduate audition requirements

Prescreening

By December 1, piano applicants for graduate degrees must submit a prescreening audition recording of 15 minutes of music.  Upload the recording to YouTube or a similar online platform and send prescreening audition link to Dr. Silvan Negruțiu at silvan.negrutiu@nau.edu.

On-Campus Audition (by invitation following your prescreening)

Piano performance emphasis:

• three major contrasting works that are memorized
• scales & arpeggios
• sight reading

Collaborative Piano:

• two contrasting solo works
• a major instrumental sonata such as Beethoven or Brahms violin sonatas
• a set of German or French songs
• scales & arpeggios
• sight reading

Contact

Dr. Silvan Negrutiu, Director of Piano Studies
Office: Building 37, Room 194
Phone: 928-523-3800
Email: Silvan.Negrutiu@nau.edu