Admission test for the chamber music program, chamber opera and main instrument, advanced course

Admission tests for international students will take place via a submitted link for recording with both audio and video. After the date for the entrance exam has passed, you may also be called to an individual digital interview.

Any supplementation of sound material may be requested.

Instruction recorded audition

Please make a video recording of your repertoire, post it on a private Youtube channel and email a link to staffan.sandstrom@mdu.se no later than 2nd of February 2026.

Please make sure that the video is not set to Private in the settings.

Information about repertoire can be found below.

Audition Repertoire Information

For Bachelor Program and Independent Courses

• For instrumentalists, three works or parts of works from different eras within the classical repertoire are required.
  
• For clarinet, the following applies: Compulsory work - C.M. von Weber - Concertino Op.26 and two optional works (at least one with piano) of about 8-10 minutes each.
  
• For horn, the following applies: One of Mozart's horn concertos and a freely chosen work.
  
• For voice: 5 works in at least three different languages, of which Swedish can be one. It can be art songs, opera and sacred music, choose that which represents you the best.

For Master Program - Chamber Opera

• 6 songs, at least four of which must be from the opera repertoire, at least three languages ​​must be represented.

For Master Program - Chamber Music

Strings

• For Viola: 3 contrasting pieces of your choice, one of which must be from a larger chamber music work with piano. Ex sonatas by Schubert, Brahms, Glinka, Romances by Max Bruch etc.
  
• For Cello: a Sonata movement, a movement from a Solo Concerto, a Prelude from one of Bach's Solo Suites.

Wind instruments

• For Clarinet: Mozart - Clarinet Concerto K.622 (movement 1, bars 57-154), Brahms Clarinet Sonata in Eb major Op.120 (movement 1, bars 1-59), two works of different styles, approx. 8-10 minutes each (at least one with piano).
• For Oboe: Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314, movement 1 and two pieces from different eras.
• For Bassoon: Compulsory work Saint-Saëns's Sonata for Bassoon and Piano movements 1 and 2, two freely chosen pieces from complementary eras/styles, excerpt from Nielsen Wind Quintet movements 1 and 3.
• For Trombone: a movement (optional) from Bach's Cello Suites. In addition, two parts from works of different characters, preferably one classical and one more contemporary.
• For Horn: one of Mozart's Horn Concertos and a freely chosen work.

Piano

• A solo program of own choice with works from at least three different eras, duration 20-30 min, parts of multi-movement works are permitted.

Voice

• Six different works/parts of works in at least three different languages ,at least two must be opera arias.

Assessment

In entrance examinations, each work is assessed on the basis of competence in the following three areas:

• Technique
• Artistic expression
• Auditive skills

Sufficient prior knowledge and skills in these areas together constitute absolutely necessary prerequisites for an artistic education in music. The requirements placed on the individual student mean that students with insufficient prior knowledge within the three competencies can neither assimilate the teaching nor function adequately in an ensemble. The assessment group consists of the head teacher of the instrument in question, the artistic director and the head of department with subject competence. In addition, a student representative is present at the entrance exam. For each work performed, each of the three competencies is assessed as either approved or failed. To pass the entire entrance exam, you must pass all three competencies mentioned above and which are described and exemplified below. In order to be rejected, the applicant uses his technique, artistry and hearing in an inadequate way in relation to the requirements. In the case of failing a competency but passing in the others, the applicant is considered to have failed the entrance examination altogether.