Oboe
A typical audition consists of scales, two pieces of contrasting character and sight-reading. Occasionally, a member of your audition committee may ask a student to do something in a slightly different way in order to evaluate the flexibility or “teachability” of the student.
Audition materials for the woodwind instruments typically include etudes or solo literature, such as sonatas, concertos and solos. Examples may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Etudes by Luft, Ferling, Barret and Voxman (Selected Studies)
- Concerto movements by Mozart and Haydn
- Sonata movements by Handel, Albinoni, Valentine, Loelliet and Saint-Saens
If you have any questions, contact Charles West, coordinator of winds, brass and percussion at cwest@vcu.edu.
