Classical Double Bass admission requirements for MA studies
Admission requirements are the same for in person and online applicants unless indicated otherwise.
Main subject:
- Two etudes: One chosen by the candidate, and one compulsory etude chosen by the examination panel.
- Compulsory etude in 2024: Simandl: Etude in E flat major (booklet nr. VII, Etude nr. 1, Allegro moderato)
- One short performance piece - solo or with accompaniment, played from memory without sheet music.
- A fast and a slow movement of a sonata.
- A fast and a slow movement of a concerto played from memory.
- Sight-reading of an orchestral part given on the day of the examination.
The sonata and the concerto have to be of different style.
Recommended material:
- Solo piece: a movement from a Bach cello suite, pieces by Koussevitzky, Bottesini, etc.
- Sonata: Misek I, II, Hindemith, etc.
- Concerto: Dittersdorf, Vanhal, Bottesini, Koussewitzky, etc.
General Admission Requirements
MUSIC THEORY FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE IN PERSON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION:
Written examination:
- Bass harmonisation: harmonisation of a bass line of cca. 10 notes, indication of the accords with figures.
- Analysis: formal analysis of the opening movement of a sonata from the stylistic circle of Haydn and Mozart piano sonatas.
Exam in general music studies:
- Identification of 10 music pieces - possibly composer and title, but at least the epoch or style and identification or the genre.
- Explanation and interpretation of 10 music terms, concepts, titles, etc.