Oboe admission requirements for MA studies
Admission requirements are the same for in person and online applicants unless indicated otherwise.
Main subject:
I. Etudes:
Two etudes chosen by the candidate from the following volumes:
- F. Gillet: 25 Etudes for Oboe
- A. Debondue: 32 Etudes
- G. Prestini: 12 Etudes
II. Performance pieces:
- J. S. Bach: Sonata in G minor BWV 1020, 1st and 2nd movements
- F. Krommer: Oboe Concerto in F major, 1st and 2nd movements
OR L. A. Lebrun: Concert No. 1 in D minor, 1st and 2nd movements - a romantic piece chosen by the candidate or a 20th Century piece chosen by the candidate
At least one of the performance pieces has to be played from memory.
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.