Audition Repertory for Cello
The School of Music provides a piano accompanist for string auditions in Boston. Applicants must bring a bound piano score (not single-page photo copies) to the audition.
BM
Applicants should prepare at least two solo works, one from memory. We suggest movements of solo Bach and of a standard concerto or sonata. Each applicant also should be prepared to play an étude or study and three-octave scales and arpeggios. Sight-reading may be requested in the audition.
MM & Performance Diploma
Applicants should prepare movements from: an unaccompanied Bach suite, a standard concerto, and a standard sonata with piano (preferably from a different style period). We strongly suggest memorization for the Bach and the concerto.
DMA & Artist Diploma
Applicants should prepare a complete Bach suite, a complete standard concerto, and a standard sonata with piano (preferably from a different style period). We strongly suggest memorization for the Bach and the concerto.
