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.):
A slow or a fast movement from one of the six sonatas by J.S. Bach; a slow and a fast movement from one of the two concerti by Mozart; a solo work of your choice, equivalent in difficulty to such works as Sonata (1936) by Hindemith and Piece pour Flute Seule by Ibert. An étude or study equivalent in technical problems to those posed by such composers as Andersen Op. 15, Berbiguier, Altes, Karg-Elert, or Boehm. One standard orchestral excerpt, equal in level of difficulty to Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn or Leonore Overture by Beethoven with the tempo chosen from a major recorded performance.
Applicants must perform four works and be prepared to play any of the solo passages from the orchestral literature listed below. The major works should include one each from the Baroque, the Classical, the Contemporary, and either the Romantic or the French School of the late 1800s or mid-1900s. Orchestral excerpts: Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe; R. Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel, Opus 28; Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Opus 21 and 61; Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; and Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, Opus 67.
Flute applicants should prepare material equivalent to a Master's level recital program.