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BME Music Education

To be considered for entry, all applicants must:
  1. Complete the University of North Florida Application form.
  2. Complete the UNF School of Music Supplemental Application located in your application portal. The Supplemental Application will allow you to select your desired audition date. 
  3. The UNF SOM Office will send you an email with the audition schedule approximately 2-3 weeks before your requested audition date. Once on campus, applicants will be required to sign in and register on the morning of their audition.*
  4. Complete your audition. Audition requirements are listed below.*

*If you have an extenuating circumstance and need to schedule an alternate audition date or submit an audition video, please reach out to the Auditions Coordinator via email at schoolofmusic@unf.edu.

  • Audition Requirements
    1. A solo of appropriate difficulty OR two contrasting etudes. Auditions should display musical maturity through expression, technique and stylistic interpretation. Solos need not be memorized but should reflect a high degree of familiarity and careful preparation by the performer. The use of an accompanist is optional, but recommended.*
    2. Auditionees will be asked to perform major scales and arpeggios in various keys.
    3. Auditionees will be required to sight-read.
    4. Upon arrival to UNF, accepted auditionees who submitted recordings must demonstrate abilities required by items 2, 3 and 4 above.

    *Clarinet Only: 

    1. Two contrasting solos or movements from the following list:
      • Weber Concerto No. 1
      • Mozart Clarinet Concerto
      • Weber Concertino
      • Poulenc Sonata
        OR One movement from above list and one contrasting Rose 32 etude.
    2. All major scales and arpeggios. 
  • Audition Requirements

    Repertoire should include keyboard percussion, snare drum, and timpani.

    1. Keyboard:
      • All 12 major scales 
      • 2 Mallet solo from Koshinski, Becker or G.H. Green Xylophone Solos or 2 mallet Bach suite movement
      • Representative/Suggested 4 mallet Marimba solos: Abe Michi or Wind in the Bamboo Groves, Burritt October Night or Preludes, Musser Etudes, Sammut Rotations, Tanaka Two Movements for Marimba, Rosauro Concerto for Marimba, Trevino Song Book or Strive to Be Happy
    2. Snare Drum
      • Cirone Portraits in Rhythm, Delecluse Etude no. 1 or 6 from Douze Etudes, Peters Intermediate or Advanced Snare Drum Studies
      • Wilcoxon The All American Drummer or Modern Swing Solos
    3. Timpani
      • Beck Sonata for Timpani, Firth The Solo Timpanist, Hochrainer Etudes for Timpani, Peters Etudes

    Sight reading required.

  • Audition Requirements
    1. A work from the Baroque style period (i.e. a Two- or Three-Part Inversion or Prelude and Fugue by J.S. Bach, a dance movement or suite, etc.)
    2. A movement from a Classical sonata (i.e. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert)
    3. A work from either the 19th, 20th, or 21st century
    4. 4-octave scales and arpeggios in all major and minor keys
    5. Sight reading

    Audition material must be performed from memory. Auditionees who submit videos must demonstrate abilities required by items 4 and 5 above upon their arrival to UNF.

  • Audition Requirements
    1. Prepare three classical selections in contrasting styles. Stylistic preference should be given to standard art songs and/or arias from the baroque, classical, romantic, and 20th century classical repertoire. Musical Theater and folk song selections sung in English are also acceptable.
    2. At least one selection must be in a language other than English with linguistic preference given to Italian, German, French, Latin or Spanish. Classical selections in Portuguese, Russian, Czech, or Polish are also acceptable.
    3. The entire audition should be memorized and performed with live piano accompaniment. If you need an accompanist, one will be available at the audition. Please bring a copy of your music and $35 cash or check for the accompanist fee. You do not need to submit music in advance.
    4. Applicants will also be required to sing short sight-singing excerpts and vocal exercises led by the faculty.
    5. Applicants are required to wear appropriate and professional audition attire.