Guidelines for Pre-Screening Recordings 

• Recordings must be genuinely performed by you 
• You are required to upload your files in a Video format. Acceptable file types include: .avi, .flv, .m1v, .m2v, .m4v, .mkv, .mov, .mpeg, .mpg, .mp4, .webm, .wmv 
• Each of your required pieces should be uploaded to your application as a separate file 
• Clearly label each of the uploaded files with the name of the composer and work/movement
• Recordings must not be edited, nor should any effects such as “reverb” be added 
• Review your recordings before uploading to ensure that they are of good quality and represent your best work to date 
• Upload your recordings to your application well in advance of the application deadline (December 15, 2022)

Please note that all Master of Music programs require you to submit a pre-screening recording as part of your application. Faculty will review the recordings and, if you pass the pre-screening round, you will be invited to a final audition.

In addition to your pre-screen repertoire, please also record an informal self-introduction video no more than 3 minutes in length. Please use this as an opportunity to share something that we don't already know from your application. This could be an interesting story about yourself, music or non-music related. Use it as an opportunity to share your personality and let us get to know you better! Please record this video in English.

All collaborative repertoire must be performed with soloists. Applicants must arrange for their own soloists on the pre-screen recording.

Final auditions for collaborative piano will take place in Tianjin. Applicants unable to travel to a live audition location must contact the Office of Admissions at admissions@tianjinjuilliard.edu.cn to discuss the circumstances and reasons they cannot audition live, and to request approval of an alternative audition modality.

• The live audition dates and locations are listed below 
• All collaborative piano applicants auditioning live will perform with soloists provided by Tianjin Juilliard 

Memorization

• All solo piano works must be performed from memory.

Pre-Screening Audition Requirements

1. MOZART: Voi che sapete from Le nozze di Figaro
2. Choose one of the following: 
    -SCHUBERT: Ganymed (A-flat major)
    -SCHUMANN: Mondnacht (E major)
3. Choose one of the following:
    -WOLF: Er ist’s (G major)
    -SCHUBERT: Der Musensohn (G major)
4. Choose one of the following:
    -FAURÉ: Mandoline (A-flat major)
    -DEBUSSY: Green (Original key)
5. Choose one of the following:
-The first movement of a substantial sonata for violin and piano
-The first movement of a substantial sonata for viola and piano
-The first movement of a substantial sonata for cello and piano
6. A substantial solo piece of the applicant’s choice. All solo piano works must be performed from memory.

Final Audition Requirements

In addition to the requirements listed below, a personal interview of the applicant will be conducted by the faculty. All applicants will be asked to sight-read at their live audition or during the online interview with faculty. 

1. MOZART: Smanie implacabili, with recitativo from Così fan tutte (start from “Ah! Scostati”)
2. Choose one of the following:
    -STRAUSS: Composer’s Aria from Ariadne auf Naxos
    -STRAUSS: Wie du warst from Der Rosenkavalier
3. Choose one of the following: 
     -BRAHMS: Meine Liebe ist grün(F-sharp major)
     -BRAHMS: Botschaft(B-flat minor)
4. FAURÉ: Clair de lune(B-flat minor)
5. DUPARC: Chanson triste(Original key)
6. Choose one of the following sonatas and prepare the first and second movements (Must be performed with violinist):
   -MOZART: Sonata in B-flat Major for violin and piano, K. 454 
   -BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C minor for violin and piano, Op. 30, no. 2 
7. Choose one of the following sonatas and prepare the first  and second movements (Must be performed with violinist): 
    -FRANCK: Sonata for violin and piano  
    -BRAHMS: Sonata in A Major, Op. 100 for violin and piano 
8. A substantial solo piece of the applicant’s choice. All solo piano works must be performed from memory.
9.  One song to be played and sung at the same time by the candidate, emailed one week before the interview.

If auditioning live, you are required to perform with the singer and violinist provided by Tianjin Juilliard. You will be responsible for coordinating rehearsal time directly with your audition partners.