Bachelor of Music, Performer’s Certificate, Master of Music, Graduate Performance Diploma, Doctor of Musical Arts

Archlute

• Two contrasting movements by Giovanni Zamboni
• A movement of 17th century Italian music (Falconieri, e.g.)

Baroque Cello

• Two movements from an unaccompanied Bach suite
• Two contrasting movements from an 18th-century sonata

Baroque Flute

• One movement from a sonata by Bach
• One fantasia for solo flute of G.P. Telemann
• A prelude from one of the solo suites of J. Hotteterre
• A movement from a late 18th-century sonata (past 1750)

Baroque Lute

• Two contrasting movements by Silvius Leopold Weiss
• A movement of 17th-century French lute music (Gaultier, e.g.)

Baroque Oboe

• A sonata by Handel or Telemann
• A work by a French Baroque composer
• A work of the applicant’s choice

Baroque Violin

• One movement from an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita or a Telemann fantasy
• Any solo work by a 17th-century composer
• Two contrasting movements from an 18th-century sonata

Baroque Viola

• Two movements of unaccompanied Bach, either from the violin sonatas and partitas or from the cello suites
• Two contrasting movements from an 18th-century sonata

Harpsichord

• A work by J.S. Bach
• A work by a French Baroque composer
• A work from the 17th century
• A work of the applicant’s choice

Recorder

• A sonata by Handel or Telemann
• A theme and two variations by van Eyck
• Two movements from a French Baroque suite
• A work of the applicant’s choice

Renaissance Lute

• A work by John Dowland
• A work by Francesco da Milano
• A work of the applicant’s choice

Theorbo

• Two contrasting movements of Robert de Visée
• A movement of 17th-century Italian music (Piccinini, e.g.)

Voice

• Pre-screening requirements:
  • Undergraduate
    • For undergraduate applicants intending to audition in person at Peabody, a pre-screening video with three selections must be uploaded to the Peabody application.
    • Of the three classical selections required, at least one should be in English and one in a foreign language. Selections must be memorized, and should show a variety of styles and tempi.
  • Graduate
    • A short video of two arias and a song (one in English) is required to be uploaded to the Peabody application for pre-screening.
• Requirements follow those of the MM in Voice, except that four or five of the 6 selections must be written before 1800. A Gregorian chant and at least one selection from the Renaissance should be included. Voice requirements for MM can be found here.

Viola da Gamba

• One ricercar from Diego Ortiz: Tratado de Glosas
• One prolusio from Christopher Simpson: The Division Viol (Part III)
• Two contrasting movements from an Abel sonata or similar work

Artist Diploma

AD applicants must prepare a program of no less than 70 minutes duration, including at least two large-scale works.