Viola Performance Major - Graduate Level
Prepared by Jean “Rudy” Perrault Director of Orchestras / Professor Violin & Viola

Graduate Entrance Repertoire (minimum requirements)

Scales: all major and minor scales. 3 octaves in 1/16^th notes at ¼ note = 120
Fingering chosen from the following Scale Books
O. Sevcik Scale Studies
H. Schradieck Scale Studies
C. Flesch Scale Studies
J. Hŕimaly Scale Studies
Etude Book (selected studies from the following books)
N. Paganini – 24 Caprices (transcribed for the Viola, L. Raby) Op.1
P. Rodé – 24 Caprices (transcribed for the Viola, L. Pagels)
P. Gaviniès – 24 Etudes (transcribed for the Viola, A. Spitzner)
U. Druner – The Study of the viola (volume 3: thirty concert etudes)
L. Fuchs – 12 Caprices for the viola
B. Campagnoli – 41 Caprices, Op. 22

Solo & Concert Pieces (from the following repertoire list or the equivalent)
Bach – 6 Sonatas and Partitas (transcribed for the viola)
Bartok – Viola Concerto, Op. Posth (either version)
Bloch – Suite Hébraïque
Brahms – Sonatas, Op. 120 (#1 or 2)
Creston – Suite, Op. 13
Hindemith – Solo Sonata, Op. 25 #1
Martinů – Rhapsody- Concerto
Mozart – Symphonie Concertante K. 364
Reger – 3 Suites for Solo Viola, Op. 131d
Vieuxtemps – Capriccio for Solo Viola, Op. Posth
Weber – Thema und Variationen

Orchestral Repertoire (3 or more from the following list)
Beethoven – Symphony #5 (second and third movements)
Berlioz – Carnival Overture
Mendelssohn – Midsummer night’s dream (Scherzo)
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony (first and four movements)
Shostakovich – Symphony #5 (first and last movements)
Strauss – Don Juan (first page)
Strauss – Don Quixote (first two pages)
Tchaikovsky – Symphony #4 (second and last movements)