Piano Auditions

In preparation for your piano audition, prepare for the following:

  • Be prepared to play all major and minor scales and arpeggios, four octaves.
  • At least two selections from the following: (All selections must be memorized.) 
    • J.S. Bach: Invention, Sinfonia or Prelude & Fugue
    • Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven: a sonata movement 
    • A nineteenth-century piece by Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, etc. 
    • An impressionistic or twentieth-century piece (Debussy, Bartók, Prokofieff, etc.)

No pre-recorded accompaniments will be accepted for any solo vocal or instrumental audition. 

RECORDED AUDITIONS 
Students for whom performing an on-campus audition is prohibitive (for example international students), may request to submit their auditions on a high quality VHS tape or DVD (No audio cassette or compact disk permitted). Please send your requests to: music@cornerstone.edu

AUDITION ACCOMPANISTS
Applicants requiring an accompanist are strongly encouraged to bring their own; however, a staff accompanist will be available upon request. Applicants requesting a staff accompanist must include photocopies of their audition selections and a staff accompanist fee of $10.00 (personal checks only) with the audition application form. Applicants will have an opportunity to meet with the staff accompanist prior to the audition.