The applicant should be prepared to perform solo works and études or studies written expressly for the instrument. The applicant should be prepared to play passages from the orchestral repertoire as well as all scales and arpeggios that demonstrate musical and technical command of the instrument. Applicants should be prepared also to sight-read literature appropriate to their instrument. Auditions are usually performed without accompaniment.
Below are examples of the literature appropriate for an audition. Where the requirements allow substitutions, you should consider works that demonstrate cantilena style (slow tempo, legato melodic lines, sustained phrasing, singing tone quality) and technical facility (fast tempo, variety in rhythm, correct phrasing, tone quality, clean articulation, etc.):
Concerto, K. 191, by Mozart; Concerto in B-flat Major by Rosetti; Sonata by Hindemith; or Sonata by Eccles. One concert study equal in difficulty to those of Milde, Bitsch, or Weissenborn. Orchestral repertoire passages from works such as Sinfonia in F, opus 90, by Brahms; Overtures by G. Rossini; symphonic works by Mozart, Weber, Respighi, or Ravel; or others of equal difficulty.
Applicants must perform three works: a complete Vivaldi concerto, Mozart's Concerto in B-flat, K. 191 (complete), and one Characteristic Study by M. Picard.
Bassoon applicants should prepare material equivalent to a master's level recital program.