The WVU Flute Studio
Congratulations to the WVU Flute Choir, which performed at the National Flute Association’s 37th Annual Convention in New York City,
August 2009!
This performance featured the world premiere of Nancy Galbraith’s composition for flute choir, Streaming Green, and Keith Underwood as alto flute soloist in Mike Mower’s Scareso.
The Flute Studio at West Virginia University offers many opportunities to flute majors and minors within the College of Creative Arts:
- Private lessons with Dr. Arnone
- Weekly studio classes, affording opportunities for student performances, guest clinicians, and a variety of topics studied as a class
- Participation in the WVU Flute Choir, which performs the significant ensemble literature for flutes, piccolos, alto flutes, and bass flutes
- Frequent guest artist appearances, such as Bernard Goldberg, Walfrid Kujala , and guest professors from other universities.
- Membership in the WVU Flute Club
- The rewarding opportunity to serve as a Student Faculty member for the WVU High School Flute Camp, an annual event attracting students from as many as 6 different states
- Attending an annual week-long guest artist flute seminar at WVU. Click here for more information on the 2009 Trevor Wye Seminar
Undergraduate degrees offered at WVU featuring the flute as the principle area of study: Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Studies (performance), Bachelor of Music in Music Education, Bachelor of Arts, and the Bachelor of Music in Composition.
Graduate flute degrees offered at WVU: Master of Music in Performance, Master of Music in Education (with flute as a primary area), and Doctor of Musical Arts. Graduate tuition waivers are available on a competitive basis to all graduate applicants to the Division of Music. The Flute Studio has one full-time graduate assistantship available to an outstanding candidate via a live audition, and the position feautres membership in the WVU Graduate Wind Quintet. One flute graduate assistantship will be available for the 2010-2011 school year with live auditions during 2009-2010.
Flute Audition Requirements:
Undergraduates: please prepare two contrasting movements, or two contrasting pieces, of a work for flute or flute and piano. One of these may be a standard etude. Also, prepare all major scales (if possible), slurred for two octaves.
Graduate Auditions
For MM auditions, please prepare at least two significant movements of contrasting style and/or period (such as Hindemith Sonata, first movement; Dutilleux Sonatine), plus the first movement of a major concerto (such as Mozart, Nielsen). For MM in Performance, please also prepare several contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice. Your audition may be without piano unless you are submitting a recording.
For DMA auditions, please prepare contrasting movements of a major early sonata or concerto (such as those by J.S. Bach or C.P.E. Bach), two contrasting movements of a major concerto (such as Mozart, Nielsen, etc.), two contrasting movements of a major 20th Century sonata (such as Prokofiev, Muczynski, etc.), and the major solos from Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3, Mendelssohn – Scherzo, and Brahms – Symphony No. 4. All works written for flute and piano must be performed with piano at the audition. In your DMA application materials, please also include a writing sample in the form of an essay discussing your reasons for entering the DMA program.
If you are planning to audition for WVU, please contact me so that we may schedule a lesson. I enjoy meeting with students in a relaxed setting so that you may ask questions freely.
Application Materials Online:
Acceptance to WVU must precede your application process to the Division of Music. Please see http://music.wvu.edu/future_students for more information.
- Undergraduate materials (applications, admission procedures, etc.) are located at http://music.wvu.edu/prospective_students/undergraduate_programs/audition_requirements.
- Graduate materials, including applications to the Division of Music, are located at
http://music.wvu.edu/future_students/graduate_programs. Please remember we need three letters of recommendation in order to process your application.
- If you are considering pursuing music in college, please contact me for a complimentary lesson at WVU. I am happy to meet with you and am passionate about teaching music!
- Thinking about music, but still not sure? Contact me to try “Music Major for a Day,” where you can come to campus and shadow a current WVU student as they attend classes and rehearsals.
Assistant Professor of Flute
francesca.arnone@mail.wvu.edu
Phone: 304-293-4841×3191
WVU Flute Events:
2009 WVU Flute Camp2009 Trevor Wye Seminar at WVU, June 20-29