Oboe Requirements
Departmental hearings will generally be 15 minutes in length.
First Year
Technique
- Scales: Major and harmonic minor of four sharps and flats
- Studies:
Barrett: Progressive Melodies
Ferling: Etudes
Repertoire:
- Handel: Sonatas
- Nielsen: Romance and Humoresque
- Orchestral Excerpts
Departmental Examination
Based on the above material.
Second Year
Technique
- Scales: All major and harmonic minor
- Studies: Bozza: Sixteen Etudes
Repertoire:
- Marcello and Mozart: Concerti
- Schumann: Romances
- Orchestral Excerpts
Departmental Examination:
Based on the above material.
Third Year
Technique
- Scales: All major and minor in 3rds to four sharps and flats
- Studies: Gillet: Etudes
Repertoire
- Mozart: Quartet
- Britten: Metamorphoses
- Orchestral Excerpts
Orchestral Excerpts
Extensive coverage.
Departmental Examination
Based on the above material.
Fourth Year
Technique
At the discretion of the instructor.
Repertoire
- Strauss: Concerto
- Poulenc: Sonata
Departmental Examination
Recital, 50-60 minutes (playing time).
