All auditions are planned to take place in-person at our campus in Glasgow in November 2023. Should you apply on time, you will be e-mailed directly with details of your audition date and time, and your UCAS Conservatoires track will be updated with this information.
International applicants are welcome to submit a recorded submission via Acceptd. For those submitting a recording, the deadline dates to apply and submit your audition recording can be found in the table below:
|
UCAS Conservatoires Application Deadline |
Audition Recording Deadline |
UK Applicants |
3rd October 2022 |
17th October 2022 (for applicants unable to attend an in-person audition) |
International Applicants |
1st December 2022 |
1st December 2022 |
International student applicants
We are aware that international students may struggle with the UCAS deadline. As a consequence, we have set an additional deadline of 1 December 2023 for international students.
Once you submit your UCAS Conservatoires application, please then upload your audition recording to Acceptd – https://app.getacceptd.com/rcs.
Once you submit your audition recording, you may be invited to an interview and this will include sight reading and scales.
All decisions will be posted on UCAS Conservatoires following your audition via UCAS Conservatoires track (you will need your username and password). We aim to post outcomes before Christmas.
Recording Guidelines:
- When setting up for your video recording, your body (typically, from about the waist up) and instrument should be the focal point of the frame. The committee wants to be able to see not just your face but how well you navigate your instrument.
- The video recording should be provided in ONE continuous shot without separate tracks for different musical pieces.
- Please begin the recording by introducing yourself to camera and stating what you will be performing. You can take a little time between pieces so long as your body must remain in the frame.
- For any pieces that were written for your instrument and piano accompaniment, you are encouraged to perform with piano accompaniment (whether live or pre-recorded) if practical for you. Be assured, however, that if this is not possible for you, then you will not be disadvantaged in any way.
For more information on recording a video audition, Guitar Lecturer Matthew McCallister reveals his top tips on recording your music audition online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYNY47cVNBA.
Repertoire
All repertoire listed below is suggested repertoire only. You may choose to play a contrasting programme of your own choice.
Flute
Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:
- J S Bach — Sonata No. 6 in E, 1st and 2nd movements
- Enesco — Cantabile et Presto
- Martinu — Sonata, 1st movement
- Prokofiev — Sonata No. 2, Op.94, 1st or 2nd movement
- C P E Bach — Hamburger Sonata, either movement
- Rhene-Baton — Passacaille
Oboe
Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:
- Britten — Six metamorphoses after Ovid, any two movements
- Dutilleux — Sonata
- Grovlez — Sarabande and Allegro
- Handel — Fitzwilliam Sonata in Bb major, any two movements
- Poulenc — Sonata, any one movement
- Saint-Saëns — Sonata in D, any one movement
Tenor Saxophone
Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:
- Fiocco — (arr. Bazelaire, trans. Londeix) Concerto, 1st movement only
- Handel — (arr. Londeix) Sonata in G minor, Op.1 No. 6, complete
- Villa Lobos — Fantasia for [soprano or] tenor saxophone, 1st movement
- Marcello — (arr. Joosen) Concerto in C minor, complete
- F Martin — Ballade (1940) for [trombone or] tenor saxophone
- Burnet Tuthill — Sonata, Op. 56, 2nd and 3rd movements
Alto Saxophone
Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:
- J S Bach (arr. Mule) — Sonata No. 4, 1st and 2nd movements
- Paul Bonneau — Suite, complete
- Jolivet — Fantaisie-Impromptu
- Koechlin — Étude No. 1 from 15 Études
- Paul Maurice — Tableaux de Provence, 1st and 2nd movements
- Phil Woods — Sonata, 1st and 2nd movements
Bassoon
Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:
- Grovlez Sicilienne and Allegro giocoso
- Pauer Concerto, 1st movement
- Pierne Solo de Concert Op.35
- Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, F.VIII No. 2, 1st movement
- Weber Concerto, 1st movement
- Mozart Concerto, 1st or 3rd movement
- A Baroque Sonata of the candidate’s choice
Clarinet
Performance of two contrasting pieces; suggested repertoire below:
- Arnold Sonatina, 1st or 3rd movement
- L Bernstein Sonata (either movement)
- Milhaud Duo Concertante
- Poulenc Sonata (any movement)
- Stravinsky Three Pieces (any movement)
- Weber Concerto No. 1 in F, 1st or 3rd movement
- Messager Solo de Concours