Standard Audition Requirements Brass

French Horn

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS:

Major
Minor, all forms
Chromatic, beginning on any note

SOLO: Perform a solo of your choice which displays your ability at the highest professional level. An accompanist is not required. Suggested pieces:

Strauss, Concerto No.1
Beethoven, Sonata, Op.17
Mozart, Concerto No.3
Hindemith, Sonata
Saint-Saens, Morceau de Concert

ETUDES: Perform one technical etude and one lyrical etude. Suggested sources:

Kopprasch, 60 Selected Studies
Maxime Alphonse, Deux cents Etudes Nouvelles, book 5

SIGHT-READING: Sight-reading of various styles will be required.

Trumpet

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS:

Major
Minor, all forms
Chromatic

SOLO: Perform a solo of your choice which displays your ability at the highest professional level. An accompanist is not required. Suggested pieces:

Kennan, Sonata
Arutunian, Concerto
Enesco, Legend
Bellstedt, Napoli
Goedicke, Concert Etude
Charlier, Solo de Concours
Haydn, Concerto in E-flat

JAZZ STYLE: Perform a standard moderate to up-tempo jazz tune demonstrating your ability to play stylistically correct. Suggest solos by Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, other modern jazz artists.

ETUDES: Perform one technical etude and one lyrical etude. Suggested sources:

Arban, Complete Method for Trumpet (Characteristic Studies)
Charlier, Etudes Transcendantes
Bitsch, Vingt Etudes

SIGHT-READING: Sight-reading of various styles will be required.

Trombone

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS: Perform from memory, the following scales and arpeggios in all keys ascending and descending:

Major
Minor: all forms
Chromatic, tenor: from low E to high D; bass: from low G to High B-flat

SOLO: Perform a solo of your choice which displays your ability at the highest professional level. An accompanist is not required. Suggested pieces:

Tenor trombone

Guilmont, Morceau Symphonique
Barat, Andant and Allegro
David, Concertino for Trombone
Larson, Concertino for Trombone
Defaye, Deux Danses

Bass trombone

Ritter-George, Concerto
White, Tetra Ergon
Jacob, Cameos
Defaye, Deux Danses
Spillman, Two Songs
Koetsier, Allegro Maestoso

ETUDES: Perform one technical etude and one lyrical etude. Suggested sources:

Blazhevich, Studies in Clefs, No.65
Bordogni-Rochut, Melodious Etudes for Trombone

SIGHT-READING: Sight-reading of various styles will be required.

Euphonium

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS:

Major
Minor: all forms
Chromatic, beginning on any note

SOLO: Perform a solo of your choice which displays your ability at the highest professional level. An accompanist is not required. Suggested pieces:

Barat, Introduction and Dance
Wilder, Sonata
Ross, Partita
Hartley, Two Pieces for Euphonium and Piano
White, Lyric Suite

ETUDES: Perform one technical etude and one lyrical etude. Suggested sources:

Arban, Complete Method for Trombone (Characteristic Studies)
Bozza, Treize Etudes Caprices
Bordogni-Rochut, Melodious Etudes for Trombone

SIGHT-READING: Sight-reading of various styles will be required.

Tuba

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS:

Major
Minor, all forms
Chromatic

SOLO: Perform a solo of your choice which displays your ability at the highest professional level. An accompanist is not required. Suggested pieces:

Persichetti, Serenade No. 12 for Tuba
Hindemih, Sonata for Tuba
Hartley, Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba
Barat, Introduction and Dance for Tuba
Marcello/Little, Sonata in f minor

ETUDES: Perform one technical etude and one lyrical etude. Suggested sources:

Fritze, 20 Characteristic Etudes
Kopprasch, 60 Studies
Bordogni-Rochut, Melodious Etudes for Trombone

SIGHT-READING: Sight-reading of various styles will be required.