DATES AND AUDITION OPTIONS
2025 Rochester Audition Dates: Fridays February 7, 14, 21, and 28
2025 Remote Audition Option: Applicants who would like to audition virtually should upload their audition requirements within their application by February 1st. A virtual meeting with the Professor of Guitar will take place over zoom in February 2025.
PRE-SCREENING AND AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Undergraduate
There is no pre-screening recording required for undergraduate guitar.
BM Audition Requirements: Prepared repertoire should include three contrasting major works from different stylistic periods that best represent the applicant’s technical and artistic strengths.
Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for their requirements.
Graduate
There is no pre-screening recording required for graduate guitar.
MM audition requirements: Prepared repertoire should include three contrasting major works from different stylistic periods that best represent the applicant’s technical and artistic strengths.
Applicants for the new MM combining historical and classical guitar should follow the above guidelines, but be sure to include a Baroque and Romantic work.
DMA audition requirements: Applicants should be prepared to perform, from memory, excerpts from a full-length solo recital program representing several contrasting style periods.
Applicants in jazz studies and contemporary media should refer to the section on jazz for their requirements.