Audition

Information
Audition Dates
Auditions are held in February. Exact dates, times, and locations will be directly communi-
cated to the applicant approximately one month before the scheduled audition.
NOTE: Audition schedule is subject to change

Prescreening Recordings (Clarinet, Piano, Violin, and Voice only)

• All clarinet, piano, violin, and voice applicants are required to submit a prescreening video
recording by the application deadline. all other disciplines are not required to submit pre-
screening recordings.
• The Glenn Gould School reserves the right to reject any applicant whose recording is
deemed to be of insufficient audio or video quality to judge the performance.
• All applicants will be advised of the decision on their recording by email in January.
• Successful applicants will be invited to perform a live audition.

Audition Schedule
• Live auditions will be held in February at The Royal Conservatory.
• Applicants will be notified of their scheduled audition date and time by email in January.
• International applicants who require a letter of invitation in order to obtain a visa to enter
Canada for their audition must indicate this in a separate letter.
• Hiring an accompanist is the responsibility of the applicant. A list of GGS accompanists
available at a special rate will be provided. You are not required to use an accompanist
from this list.

Audition Repertoire
PIANO
Recommendation: perform from memory.
• one Prelude and Fugue by Bach
• one complete Classical sonata
• one major work from the Romantic period
• one major work from the 20th or 21st century (non-Romantic)
• one étude by any composer from Chopin to present
Pre-screening recording requires 3 works from the list above. For the live audition, all works
must be prepared. Pre-screening and live audition repertoire do not need to be the same.
VOICE
Recommendation: perform from memory.
Bachelor of Music, Performance (Honours) Artist Diploma Program
At least one selection must be a 20th or At least one selection must be a 20th or
21st century composition. Audition 21st century composition. Audition
repertoire should include the English, repertoire should include the English,
French, German, and Italian languages. French, German, and Italian languages.
• one opera aria (may be from an opera • two opera arias (one of which may be a
composed before 1760) concert aria)
• one oratorio aria • one oratorio aria
• three songs (English and two other lan- • three songs (English and two other lan-
guages must be represented) guages must be represented)
• one work of the applicant’s choice • one work of the applicant’s choice
Prescreening recording requires 3 works Prescreening recording must consist of 3
from the list above and must include one works from the list above including one
work in Italian, one work in English, one opera aria, one oratorio aria, and one song.
work in either German or French. For the For the live audition, all works must be pre-
live audition, all works must be prepared. pared. Prescreening and live audition reper-
Prescreening and live audition repertoire do toire do not need to be the same.
not need to be the same.

VIOLIN
Recommendation: perform from memory.
Bachelor of Music, Performance (Honours) Artist Diploma Program
• 1st movement or the 2nd and 3rd move- • a complete Romantic or 20th-Century
ments from a Romantic or 20th-Century concerto
concerto • any two contrasting movements of an
• any two contrasting movements of an unaccompanied Bach Suite, Sonata, or
unaccompanied Bach Suite, Sonata, or Partita
Partita • two contrasting works of the applicant’s
• two contrasting works of the applicant’s choice; one must be a work from the
choice; one must be a work from the 20th or 21st century (non-Romantic)
20th or 21st century (non-Romantic)
Prescreening recording requires 3 works from the list above. For the live audition, all works must be pre-
pared. Prescreening and live audition repertoire do not need to be the same.

VIOLA & CELLO

Recommendation: perform from memory.
Bachelor of Music, Performance (Honours) Artist Diploma Program
• the 1st movement or the 2nd and 3rd • a complete standard concerto
movements from a standard concerto • any two contrasting movements of an
• any two contrasting movements of an unaccompanied Bach Suite, Sonata, or
unaccompanied Bach Suite, Sonata, or Partita
Partita • two contrasting works of the applicant’s
• two contrasting works of the applicant’s choice; one must be a work from the
choice; one must be a work from the 20th or 21st century (non-Romantic)
20th or 21st century (non-Romantic)
DOUBLE BASS
• one movement from a standard concerto
• one movement from a suite or sonata by J.S. Bach
• one work from any period, which could be another movement from the required works
above
• two contrasting orchestral excerpts from the standard orchestral audition repertoire
The pieces may be originally written for double bass or transcribed from another instrument.
The three choices should show the strengths of the applicant as completely as possible.

WOODWINDS (Flute, Oboe, Bassoon)

• a complete standard concerto
• two contrasting works of applicant’s choice; one must be a 20th or 21st century work
(non-Romantic)
• three contrasting orchestral excerpts from the standard orchestral audition repertoire

CLARINET
Pre-screening:
• the first two movements of a standard concerto
• two contrasting works of applicant’s choice; one must be technical
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 8: Movement III: mm 48-78
• Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo – from beginning to B, 17 after E to 4
before F, and 14 after F to 6 before G
• Stravinsky, Firebird Suite 1919 – Variation de l’oiseau de feu: from Reh. 9 to end of move-
ment [5 after Reh. 18]
Live audition:
• one complete standard concerto
• two contrasting works of applicant’s choice; one must be a 20th or 21st century work
(non-Romantic)
• three contrasting orchestral excerpts from the standard orchestral audition repertoire
• prescreening and live audition repertoire do not need to be the same.

TRUMPET
• two contrasting solo works
• three contrasting orchestral excerpts
• possible transposed sightreading

HORN & TROMBONE

• a complete standard concerto
• two contrasting works of the applicant’s choice (one work must be from the 20th or 21st
century)
• three contrasting orchestral excerpts from the standard orchestral audition repertoire
TUBA
• the first movement of a standard concerto
• one legato etude by Bordogni/Rochut to be performed on the contrabass tuba
• five contrasting orchestral excerpts from standard orchestral audition repertoire
• Wagner Das Rheingold - Dragon (Wurm) Solo: Rehearsal 49-51

HARP
• two contrasting studies
• first movement of Handel Concerto in B-flat Major or Grandjany’s Fantasia on a Theme by
Haydn
• a work from the 20th or 21st century (non-Romantic)
• three contrasting orchestral excerpts from the standard orchestral audition repertoire (one
must be an orchestral solo)

PERCUSSION
• Timpani: one timpani solo or etude from Goodman, Firth, or Hinger books or equivalent,
and three standard orchestral excerpts of the candidate’s choice
• Mallets: one two-mallet solo and one four-mallet solo AND four standard orchestral ex-
cerpts of the candidate’s choice
• Snare Drum: one solo or etude from Cirone or Delecluse books or equivalent. One rudi-
mental solo by Pratt or Wilcoxon or the equivalent, and four standard orchestral excerpts
of the candidate’s choice

On the Day of Your Audition

• Arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your scheduled audition time and
check in at the audition welcome table.
• Applicants who arrive without an accompanist or whose accompanist
is late or absent will not have one provided for them. All applicants
(except piano) are expected to perform their audition with piano
accompaniment.
• A designated warm-up room will be available for the 20 minutes prior
to your audition.
• Bachelor of Music, Performance (Honours) auditions last 20 minutes
(30 for piano) and may include an interview.
• Artist Diploma Program auditions last 30 minutes (40 for piano) and may
include an interview.