Graduate Diploma & Graduate Performance Certificate

Prescreening:

1. One solo movement from the standard repertoire;
2. Two contrasting etudes;
3. A two octave E major scale (horn pitch), ascending and descending, played in sixteenth notes at a minimum of quarter note equals 90 beats per minute, tongued and forte;
4. A three octave B harmonic minor scale (horn pitch), ascending and descending, played in sixteenth notes at a minimum of quarter note equals 90 beats per minute, slurred and piano.

Live Auditions:

1. Two contrasting solos from the standard repertoire (entire works).
   Examples include, but are not limited to:
   • Mozart Concerto No.4 and Gliere Concerto
   • Mozart Concerto No.2 and Strauss Concerto No.2
   • Haydn Concerto No.1 and Schumann Adagio and Allegro
2. An orchestral excerpt from each of the following categories (total of 5):
   • Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5, Mendelssohn Nocturne, Brahms Symphony No.2 or No.3
   • Beethoven Symphony No.7, Wagner Siegfried Call, Strauss Don Juan (final call in E)
   • Shostakovich Symphony No.5 (low tutti), Strauss Don Quixote (variation 7 and 8), Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 (4th movement, 2nd horn)
   • Ravel Pavanne pour une enfante defunte or G Major Piano Concerto, Berlioz Queen Mab (Scherzo, 3rd Horn), Franck Symphony in D Minor
   • Strauss openings to Till Eulenspiegel, Ein Heldenleben, or Der Rosenkavalier (through B major arpeggios)
3. Sight-reading and transposition are also required.

Recorded Auditions:

Please refer to the following guidelines as you prepare and record your audition.

• Recorded auditions must consist of one 10-minute video recorded in one take with no editing permitted. If recordings longer than 10 minutes are submitted, the jury will listen only to the first 10 minutes
• Selections must be chosen according to the final audition requirements for your instrument as listed above
• You are encouraged to play a substantial portion of your main solo piece plus two orchestral excerpts, but exercise your judgment if you wish to include an etude or second piece
• We would like to hear a range of repertoire with technical and stylistic differences
• Please pay close attention to the sound quality of your recording so that the jury can accurately assess your playing

NEC encourages applicants to submit diverse repertoire, including works composed by women, people from historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, and/or musicians from one’s own cultural background.