Master of Music - Strings

Master of Music - Strings

Course Details

The String Department is fast developing into one of the most dynamic string departments in the UK. The weekly 90-minute tuition on a principal instrument is backed up by technique, orchestral repertoire and performance classes. Historical performance practice, orchestral experience in symphony, chamber and opera orchestras take place alongside the increasingly active Chamber Music programme with its emphasis on ensemble, communication and individual's rehearsal and performance skills.

There is a lively guitar department, with classes in improvisation and fretboard, as well as lute and 19th Century guitar studies.

Requirement

Entrance Auditions:

Applicants must let the Academy know of their intended audition programme (and whether or not they intend to use the official RSAMD accompanist) by filling out and returning the audition repertoire form to the RSAMD on or before 1st November 2009.

Violin:

• Any two movements from Bach's Sonatas or Partitas, or equivalent piece (Bartok, Hindemith etc) for solo violin.
• And a movement from a Major concerto (Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Barber etc.) or a major performance piece (Chausson, Bartok Rhapsody, Ravel Tzigane, etc).

Viola:

• Any two movements from Bach's cello Suites, violin Sonatas or Partitas, or equivalent piece (Ligeti, Hindemith etc) for solo viola.
• And a movement from a Major concerto (Walton, Bartok, Schnittke, etc.) or a major performance piece or one or two movements from a sonata (Enesco Concertpiece, Schumann Marchenbilder, or Brahms Sonata etc).

Violoncello:

• Any two movements from Bach's cello Suites, or equivalent piece (Britten, Kodaly, Crumb etc) for solo cello.
• And a movement from a Major concerto (Dvorak, Schumann, Walton, Prokofiev etc.) or a major performance piece or sonata.

Double Bass:

Performance: Applicants should prepare:

• Any movement from a major concerto
• And a contrasting performance piece.

Guitar:

• Any two movements from Bach's lute Suites, violin Sonatas or Partitas, cello Suites or equivalent works (Scarlatti, Weiss etc)
• And a movement from a Major concerto (Rodrigo, Villa Lobos, Ponce, etc.) or a major performance piece (Walton Bagatelles, Ginastera Sonata, Britten Nocturnal etc).

Harp:

Performance: Applicants should prepare:

• A movement from any major concerto
• A major work written after 1900
• And the following orchestral cadenzas:

Smetana:

• Vysehrad from Ma Vlast
• Tchaikovsky:Swan Lake.

Sight reading will be given.