A PERFORMANCE VIDEOTAPE or DVD is required for all applicants and is due by December 21,2011. All written materials are also due at this time.

A live audition may be required after the performance videotape or DVD is reviewed by the selection committee. Notification of invitation for the live audition and theory testing will be sent by January 21, 2012

Mail all required materials to:

Mary Ann Grof-Neiman
Program Administrator of Preparatory and Continuing Education
The Cleveland Institute of Music
11021 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

JYAP 2012-2013 FEES:

• CIM Tuition (Per semester): $4,350
• Registration Fee: $45
• Accompanying Fee (Per semester): $200

PAYMENT & POLICIES: Payments may be made by cash, check or money order.

International students must obtain an I-20 from the student's academic institution: CIM is not able to provide I-20 status for Junior YAP students. Students are expected to have sufficient English fluency (reading, writing and aural comprehension) to receive maximum benefit from the Junior Young Artist Program.

The Cleveland Institute of Music does not provide housing or transportation for students in the Junior Young Artist Program. CIM requires that minor students are accompanied by a parent or guardian. Transportation arrangements need to be made by the parent or guardian.

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Piano

• Major and minor scales and arpeggios
• A Prelude & Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier, or another work by Bach containing a fugue, or another suite or partita (no transcriptions, please.)
• A movement of a Sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven (excluding Op. 19.)
• A Romantic piece by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, or Liszt.

Voice

• Be able to read treble and bass clefs, and a background in piano is needed
• All compositions must be performed from memory
• Audition to include works from the standard song repertory chosen from the Italian Anthology, the Reliquary of English Songs or works by Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Barber, Rorem, Dello Joio or other representative composers. Songs may be sung in any language; one song must be in English. At least three songs should be prepared.

Violin

• Major and minor scales in three octaves with various bowings
• Two studies by Kreutzer, Rodé, or Fiorillo, or more difficult studies at the discretion of the applicant
• Any one movement from Bach's unaccompanied Sonatas or Partitas
• A slow and fast movement (or two contrasting movements) from a concerto by a composer such as Mozart, Kabalevsky, Bruch, Wieniawski or Mendelssohn

Viola

• Major and minor scales in three octaves
• An etude of Kreutzer or Rodé
• Two contrasting movements from a concerto by Telemann or Stamitz, or a work of comparable difficulty

Violoncello

• Major and minor scales and arpeggios in three octaves
• An etude on the level of Duport Etudes Book I, or Popper High School of Cello Playing
• Two contrasting movements from a Bach suite for unaccompanied violoncello or two contrasting movements from a concerto by a composer such as Saint-Saëns, Boccherini, or Lalo

Double Bass

• Major and minor scales
• An etude or exercise showing the applicant's degree of technical advancement
• A solo piece comparable in difficulty to the Sonatas for String Bass and Piano by Marcello to show applicant's musical and technical ability

Harp

• Two studies from Bochsa's Forty Easy Studies, Op. 318
• Two contrasting solos comparable in difficulty to Automne by Marcel Grandjany

Flute

• Major and minor scales
• Two contrasting studies showing the applicant's degree of technical advancement
• Two contrasting pieces: one from the Baroque or Classic literature, and the other from the Impressionistic or Contemporary literature

Oboe

• Major and minor scales
• Two contrasting studies from Ferling Forty-eight Studies, or one of the Fifteen Grand Studies from the Barret Method
• Solo piece by Handel or equivalent

Clarinet

• Major, minor and chromatic scales
• An etude comparable in difficulty to those by C. Rose
• One movement or section from a piece comparable in difficulty to the Concerto for Clarinet in A Major, K. 622 by Mozart, or Concerto for Clarinet in F Minor, Opus 73 by Weber

Bassoon

• All major and minor scales
• Two etudes from Weissenborn studies (advanced section) or Gambro Studies, or Milde (Scales and Chords)
• A work of the applicant's choice

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  Admissions - Stephen Scheidt
  
  
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  Phone: 216-831-2200, ext. 7355
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  Beachwood, OH 44122
  Phone: 216-831-2080
  District Registrar - Vickie Diamond
  
  
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  Phone: 216-320-2182
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  Phone: 216-295-4200
  Guidance Counselor-Geri Kleinman
  
  

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