Clarinet

• Two contrasting works or movements
• One étude (technical study) or standard orchestral excerpt

Please note: We have students who come to Hartt from across the United States and around the world. That is one of the things that makes a Hartt education so special. Some students are accepted and arrive having had extensive private study on their instruments. Others have had less experience (and perhaps less conventional training), but their natural abilities and great love of music allow them to make remarkable strides in a short period of time because of the expertise of our faculty.

Our requirements are sometimes quite specific to give applicants a sense of where they should be to enter a high-level conservatory environment. However, we encourage applicants to reach out to our faculty members to discuss audition repertoire. It may be that what you have prepared will suffice. Our primary goal is to identify potential, and if we feel that the potential is there, it is then our responsibility to provide each and every student with the tools to be successful.

If you would like to be in touch with a member of the faculty to discuss your audition repertoire, please write to harttadm@hartford.edu.

• The first movement or third movement of any major clarinet concerto
• One movement of any major piece for clarinet and piano 
• One solo piece for clarinet composed after 1970
• Two contrasting etudes
• Three contrasting orchestral excerpts

• Whole movement of any clarinet concerto
• Whole movement of any 20th century clarinet concerto
• Whole movement of major clarinet sonata 
• Clarinet piece composed after 1970 (with piano or solo clarinet)
• Any of the unrepresentative pieces for clarinet
• Two contrasting etudes
• Four contrasting orchestral excerpts