Two contrasting movements from an unaccompanied sonata or partita by J.S.1, you must perform from the fourth movement and cadenza instead of the first movement. The exposition, or first 5 minutes, of the 1st movement of a major concerto for violin and orchestra written between 1800 and 1945.NEC encourages applicants to submit diverse repertoire, including works composed by women, people from historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, and/or m usicians from one's own cultural background. We cannot offer guidance for repertoire substitutions. For any questions about specific repertoire selections, please make your best judgement or consult with your private teacher. Please consider the following to be guidelines rather than strict requirements some flexibility in choice of repertoire is permitted. Audition Repertoire Guidelines - Updated July, 2022 Please read the recording guidelines for prescreening, as well as final recorded auditions, carefully.Īrtist Diploma requirements are found on the Artist Diploma audition requirements page. NEC will return to a live audition format, with options for applicants who are unable to travel to Boston due to ongoing pandemic restrictions.Īpplicants to the Bachelor of Music, Tufts/NEC Five-Year Dual-Degree, Master of Music, Graduate Diploma, and Graduate Certificate who are unable to travel to Boston will be offered options for recorded auditions upon passing the prescreening round truncated repertoire requirements will be posted to the Audition Information page in December.ĭue to the selective nature of our Doctor of Musical Arts, Harvard/NEC Five-Year Dual-Degree, and Artist Diploma programs, applicants to those programs must present a live audition on campus.

Please read the following audition guidelines carefully: Prescreening video submissions are due as part of the online application by December 1, 2022. Voice and Sound Analysis Laboratory (VSAL).Reporting a Student Concern or Incident.Veterans Educational Benefits Information.