Audition for Berwick Academy

2027 Audition Requirements

Auditions should be video recordings, performed on period instruments at A=415, A = 430, and/or A=440. Recordings should showcase the applicant’s most recent playing abilities. We recommend using recordings created no more than one year prior to the application submission.

Violin

Two movements from a J.S. Bach unaccompanied Sonata or Partita, or a Telemann fantasia (complete)

And

One or two movements of a Classical or early Romantic sonata (e.g. Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert), performed with keyboard (no modern piano).

Viola

One movement of a solo work by J.S. Bach

And

The first movement of a Classical concerto (e.g. Stamitz, Hoffmeister, Zelter) or Mozart’s Concertante

Cello

One J.S. Bach prelude from the cello suites

And

One Ricercar by Domenico Gabrielli

And

Exposition from a Classical-period concerto, accompanied (no modern piano)

Double Bass

One solo work from the Baroque period. Transcriptions acceptable.

And

Haydn Symphony 31, Finale, Variation 7.  With ornamented repeats.  

Keyboard

One solo work by J.S. Bach

And

A baroque work playing continuo from an unrealized score with one or two instruments

And

One movement from a late-Classical or early Romantic keyboard work (e.g. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Clementi, or Dussek), demonstrating stylist awareness, articulation, phrasing, and expressive sensitivity