These programs are for classical guitar only. It is not possible to use rock or folk guitar as the principal performance medium for any music degree. Students with an interest in jazz guitar should see requirements listed under Jazz Studies.
Undergraduate applicants
Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.), Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field (B.S.O.F.)
Students working toward an undergraduate degree must use classical guitar as the principal performance medium.
Prescreen and live audition repertoire requirements
J. S. Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1
Fernando Sor - one study of Nos. 11-20
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude No. 4, or a work of similar difficulty
B.M applicants only: Heitor Villa-Lobos - Study No. 1, or a work of similar difficulty
Graduate and diploma applicants
Master of Music (M.M.), Doctor of Music (D.M.), Performer Diploma, Solo Performance (P.D.S.P.)
Prescreen and live audition repertoire requirements
Prescreen recordings should be approximately 30-40 minutes. Recordings should include three sections as indicated below.
Two contrasting movements by J. S. Bach chosen from suites, sonatas, or partitas for lute, cello, violin, or flute, including Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro for lute, BWV 998
One selection from the following:
Mauro Giuliani: Variations, Op. 38; Grande Ouverture, Op. 61; Variations, Op. 105; Variations, Op. 107; Sei grandi variazioni, Op. 112; Le Rossiniane, Opp. 119-124; Giulianate, Op. 148; Gran sonata eroica, Op. 150
Nicolò Paganini: Grand Sonata in A, arr. for guitar solo
Fernando Sor: Introduction and variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9; Grand solo, Op. 14; Sonata, Op. 15b; Grande sonate, Op. 22; Deuxième grande sonate, Op. 25; Introduction and Variations, Op. 26; Introduction and Variations, Op. 28; Septième fantaisie et variations brillantes, Op. 30; Fantaisie sur un air favori ecossaise, Op. 40; Fantaisie élégiaque, Op. 59
Two works by different composers, selected from the following:
Antón Garcia Abril: Evocaciones, Sonata del pórtico
Isaac Albéniz: Asturias, Cadiz, Córdoba, Granada, Malagueña, Mallorca, Rumore de la caleta, Sevilla, Torre Bermeja
Vicente Asencio: Collectici intim, Suite valenciana
Richard Rodney Bennett: Impromptus
Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina, Theme and Variations
Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal
Leo Brouwer: El decameron negro, Elogio de la danza, Hika, Sonata
Mario Castelnuovo: Tedesco, Capriccio diabólico, Sonata, Tarantella
Stephen Dodgson: Fantasy-Divisions, Partita
John W. Duarte: Americana
Roland Dyens: Libra sonatine, Saudade No. 3
Manuel de Falla: Homenaje para Le tombeau de Debussy
Angelo Gilardino: Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza, Tenebrae factae sunt
Alberto Ginastera: Sonata
Enrique Granados: Danzas españolos, 5-11, La maja de Goya
Hans Werner Henze: 3 tientos
Antonio Jose: Sonata
Frank Martin: Quatre pièces brèves
Federico Mompou: Suite compostelana
Federico Moreno Torroba: Castillos de España, Nocturno, Pièces caractéristiques, Sonatina, Suite castellana
Juan Orrego Salas: Esquinas
Goffredo Petrassi: Suoni notturni
Astor Piazzolla: Four Pieces
Manuel Ponce: Sonata clásica, Sonata mexicana, Sonata romántica, Sonata III, Sonatina meridional, Thème varié et finale, Variations sur "Folia de España" et fugue
Joaquín Rodrigo: En los trigales, Invocation et danse, Sonata a la española, Tres piezas españolas
Antonio Ruiz Pipo: Cancion y danza No. 1
Toru Takemitsu: All in Twilight, Folios
Alexandre Tansman: Cavatina
Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo, Hommage à Tarrega, Sevillana, Sonata
