In order to be accepted into the Department of Music, the student must be able to perform the following for an entrance audition committee.

Scales: Major 2-octave scales up to 4#’s and 4b's, from memory, at a tempo of at least quarter note = 60 BPM, one scale step per beat, with 80% accuracy.

Etudes: Two etudes of contrasting tempo equivalent to David Hite "Melodious and Progressive Etudes" Volume 1 (pub. by Southern) performed with 80% accuracy.

Solos: Perform one movement from any solo equivalent to, or including, works like those listed below, with 80% accuracy.

Bassi/Voxman - Nocturne (published by Rubank)
Weber – Concertino, Op. 26 (Rubank)
Grechanioff - Suite Miniature (Rubank)
Stamitz - Concerto No. 3 (Peters)

Equipment: It is suggested that the student should own a professional instrument in top mechanical condition with a good mouthpiece and ligature. Recommendations include but are not limited to the following:

Instruments:
Buffet - Pro-line R-13; Vintage; RC Prestige; Tosca
Selmer - Pro-line Signature; Recital Series; Saint Louis
Leblanc - Pro-line Symphonie; Cadenza; Concerto II; Opus II; Legacy
Yamaha – Pro-line CSG Series; YCL-SCV; YCL-450

Mouthpieces:
Borbeck Model 13
Gigliotti P-34
Grabner No. 13
Portnoy BP02
Fobes 2M Kaspar 13
Gennusa Model GE
Lomax Medium
Zinner-Any Custom Maker

Ligatures:
Bonade - Inverted or Regular
BG - Standard; Metal Traiditon; Revelation
Rovner - 1R; C1R; Eddie Daniels
Bay, Pyne, Luyben, Hite, Gigliotti

Reeds:
Vandoren: V-12, 56 Rue Lepic
Rico Grand Concert Thick Blank; Evolution; Reserve
Marca
Reeds Australia Vintage XL
Zonda Classico
Legere-Synthetic Quebec Cut