Pre-Screening
All applicants must upload a pre-screening video to the Peabody application by December 1. The video must include:
- Two contrasting movements from a sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach or two contrasting movements from a concerto by Mozart (including cadenzas)
- A complete work for solo flute (a work originally written for flute alone, i.e. Bach Partita, Bozza Image, Berio Sequenza)
- A third contrasting complete work of the candidate’s choice (typically a work for flute and piano such as a sonata, a concerto, or an unaccompanied work)
Please note that etudes are not considered acceptable audition repertoire.
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Auditions
Applicants are urged to perform repertoire which best represents their performance level. Applicants who successfully pass the pre-screening will be asked to submit video recordings of the audition repertoire.
Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Graduate Performance Diploma
- A complete sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach or a complete concerto by Mozart (including cadenzas)
- A complete work for solo flute (a work originally written for flute alone, i.e. Bach Partita, Bozza Image, Berio Sequenza)
- A third contrasting complete work of the candidate’s choice (typically a work for flute and piano such as a sonata, a concerto, or an unaccompanied work)
- 3 contrasting orchestral excerpts of the candidate’s choice
- Sight-reading may be requested at audition
Artist Diploma and Doctor of Musical Arts
- A program of no less than 70 minutes in duration, representing at least three style periods and including at least two large-scale works, which best reflects the advanced standard of the candidate.
- 3 contrasting orchestral excerpts of the candidate’s choice
- Sight-reading may be requested at audition