University of Arizona

How to Apply to the University of Arizona

Undergraduate Admissions
Graduate Admissions

OBOE AUDITION REPERTOIRE

Undergraduate applicants should prepare the following:

  • All major and minor scales over the full range of the instrument.
  • Two contrasting études from the Barret Oboe Method and/or Ferling 48 Etudes.
  • One solo from the repertoire list below (or a work of comparable difficulty). Single movements are acceptable.
    • Jenni Brandon, Wood Song
    • Benjamin Britten, Six Metamorphoses after Ovid
    • Madeleine Dring, Danza Gaya
    • Ruth Gipps, The Piper of Dreams
    • G.F. Handel, Oboe Sonata in C minor HWV 366
    • Ulysses Kay, Suite in B
    • Alessandro Marcello, Oboe Concerto in D minor
    • Alyssa Morris, Four Personalities
    • Carl Nielsen, Two Fantasy Pieces
    • Émile Paladilhe, Solo de Concert
    • Camille Saint-Saëns, Oboe Sonata
    • William Grant Still, Incantation and Dance
    • Althea Talbot-Howard, Door of No Return
    • G.P. Telemann, Oboe Sonata in A minor TWV 41:a3

Graduate applicants should prepare the following:

  • All major and minor scales over the full range of the instrument.
  • Two contrasting études from the Barret Oboe Method and/or Ferling 48 Etudes.
  • Two solos from the standard repertoire, drawn from two different historical periods. Single movements are acceptable.
  • Four standard orchestral excerpts.

For more information, please contact Dr. Sara Fraker at sarafraker@arizona.edu