Audition Information
Audition Information
The UMKC Bassoon Studio is expanding! Audition for Fall 2024
Learn more about being a bassoon student at UMKC
- Schedule a complimentary lesson with Dr. Muñoz – in person or in Zoom
- Schedule a conversation with a Roosoon – learn more about being a student at UMKC
- Schedule a campus visit – sit in on classes, get a campus tour, explore Kansas City
Degrees and Certificates offered for Bassoon
- Bachelor of Music Performance
- Bachelor of Music Education
- Bachelor of Arts
- Master of Music Performance
- Master of Music Woodwinds
- Doctor of Musical Arts Performance
- Performance Certificate
- Artists Certificate
Application Deadline
December 15, 2023, 11:59pm CST Please apply using the UMKC Online Application
Fall Audition Dates
- Saturday, February 3, 2024
- Monday, February 19, 2024
- Friday, March 1, 2024
2024 Audition Repertoire
Undergraduate
Auditions will include:
- Two contrasting solo works or movements (etudes are acceptable)
- Full-range Major scales – all slurred
- Full-range Chromatic scale – all slurred
You may (but are not required to) select repertoire from the list below:
- Jenni Brandon, Colored Stones
- Johann Galliard, Sonatas 1-6
- Adolphus Hailstork, Bassoon Set
- Paul Hindemith, Sonata
- Francisco Mignone, Sixteen Waltzes
- Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonata
- Concertos by Vivaldi or Weber
- Etudes of Ludwig Milde or Julius Weissenborn
Graduate
Auditions will include:
- One study from Ludwig Milde 25 Studies in Scales and Chords
- Three additional contrasting solo works or movements
- Three contrasting orchestra excerpts
You may (but are not required to) select repertoire from the list below:
- Marcel Bitsch, Concertino
- Any work by Eugène Bozza
- Jenni Brandon, Colored Stones, Double Helix, or Compostela
- Fransisco Mignone, Sixteen Waltzes
- Ludwig Milde, 50 Concert Studies
- Concertos of Hummel, Mozart, Vivaldi, or Weber
- Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonata
- Jeff Scott, Elegy for Innocence
- John Steinmetz, Sonata
- Alexander Tansman, Sonatine or Suite
- William Winstead, Enigma