Admission Requirements
Prospective flute students may major in three areas:
- Bachelor of Music with a major in Flute Performance (BM Music)
- Bachelor of Arts (BA Music)
- Bachelor of Arts with a major in Music Education (MAT)
To audition for one of the above undergraduate majors, you should be prepared to play the following at your audition:
- Two etudes or solos of contrasting styles, preferably from the standard flute repertoire. Examples include but are not limited to Sonatas by Bach, Handel, Poulenc, Hindemith; anything from Flute Music by French Composers; or Mozart Concerti.
- All major scales and arpeggios from memory (two or three octaves)
- Chromatic scale (full range of the instrument)
- Sight-reading may be asked
Prospective flute students wishing to enter the Master of Music program with a major in Flute Performance should be prepared to play the following:
- Two to three contrasting solos from the standard flute repertoire, representing different compositional periods, and demonstrating technical, lyrical, and stylistic proficiency.
- All major and minor scales and arpeggios, and a full range chromatic scale
- Three of the following orchestral excerpts:
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4
- Debussy: Prelude to l’apres midi d’une faune
- Mendelssohn: Scherzo from a Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
- Stravinskky: Firebird Suite
- Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture
Audition Form
Department of Music
- 1500 N. Patterson St. Valdosta, Georgia 31698
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Mailing Address
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Valdosta, GA 31698 - Phone: 229.333.5804
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