Find the eligibility and application requirements below, and best of luck to you!

Application Requirements:

• Send the following items to musthe53@uwec.edu. Materials are due February 24 for the March 11, 2023 audition. 
• Résumé, including a cover letter stating the meaning of music in your life and leadership qualities you could bring to the quartet and the orchestra program. Be sure that you have included your contact information, including both your address and your e-mail, on the resumé.  
• DVD or video upload (YouTube or Vimeo) with high audio quality
• Two Letters of Recommendation, one of which must be from your current music teacher or orchestra director

Eligibility

• High school senior or college student at the time of the application

DVD or Upload Video

1. Recordings must contain all audition repertoire listed below.
2. Before sending, please view your recording all the way through to ensure its quality.

List of Repertoire

VIOLINCELLO

Required piece: A Prelude from any of J.S. Bach Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012
Choose one of the following:

C.P.E. Bach Violoncello Concerto in A minor, Mvt. I
A. Dvorak: Concerto No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 104 any Movement
E. Elgar: Concerto in E minor Op. 85, Mvt. IV
J. Haydn: Concerto in C Major, Mvt. I or III
J. Haydn: Concerto in D Major, Mvt. I or III
E. Lalo: Concerto in D minor, Mvt. I
C. Saint-Saëns: Violoncello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 33, Mvt. I
R. Schumann: Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Mvt. I
D. Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107 Mvt. I
P. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, Op. 33

VIOLA

Required piece: A Prelude from any of J.S. Bach Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012
Choose one of the following:

Stamitz: Viola Concerto Mvt. I
Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto Mvt. I
Bartok: Viola Concerto Mvt. Any movement
Walton: Viola Concerto Mvt. I or II
Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher Any movement

VIOLIN

Required piece: Bach Solo Sonata No. 3 BWV 1005 Largo
Choose one of the following:

Brahms: Violin Concerto, Mvt I
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Mvt I or III
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Mvt. I
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Mvt. I
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Mvt. I
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Mvt I
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2, Mvt I

• Materials are due February 24 for the March 11, 2023 audition.
• Live auditions will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2023.  Please inquire if you need to submit your audition via zoom or video.

For more information or questions contact:

Tulio Rondón, Cohen Quartet Coordinator
Department of Music and Theatre Arts
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Department of Music & Theatre Arts
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
(715) 836-3389
rondontj@uwec.edu