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Lamont School of Music
Brass Audition Information
Fall 2019 audition will take place on: 02/02,
02/09, 02/16/2019 (Saturday)
LIVE AUDITION
Applicants
will preference their top two (2) audition dates for a live audition in Denver
on the Lamont application. All auditions are approximately 20 minutes in
length. The applicant will choose one of the prepared works to perform. The
faculty will choose the second of the prepared works and possibly an additional
work as well.
Applicants
unable to travel to Denver
While
Lamont faculty prefer to have applicants audition on campus, those unable to
travel to Denver for a live audition may submit an unedited video
audition in lieu of the on-campus audition. Recordings received after
January 15 will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This video should be
uploaded through the Lamont application.
AREA-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Euphonium, Horn, Percussion, Trombone, Bass
Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba
EUPHONIUM
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All Major Scales, two octaves when possible.
- Solo work from one of the following or a
piece of similar difficulty.
- Barat, Andante et Allegro
- Guillmant, Morceau Symphonique
- Capuzzi/Catelinet, Andante and
Rondo
- Arban, Characteristic Study No. 1
- Marcello Sonata in F major (2
contrasting mvts)
- Marcello Sonata in F minor (2
contrasting mvts)
- Sparke, Pantomime
- Curnow, Rhapsody
- Jacob, Fantasia
- One Etude from Bordogni (Rochut) Melodious
Etudes, Book One.
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- All Major Scales, two octaves when possible.
- Two contrasting solos of your choice.
- One Etude from Bordogni (Rochut) Melodious
Etudes, Book One.
- Orchestral Excerpts
- Holst, The Planets (Jupiter and
Mars)
- Mussorgky/Ravel, Pictures at an
Exhibition (Bydlo)
HORN
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All major scales, two octave, in eighth
notes, quarter note = 100 bpm.
- Kopprasch, Sixty Selected, etude 6, 8, or 9
or comparable etude
- Mozart, Concerto No. 3, K. 447, first
movement, or comparable solo
- Sight reading to be selected at the audition
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- All major and minor scales, two octaves, in
eighth notes, quarter note = 100 bpm.
- One Etude from Kopprasch, Kling, Gallay
- Two Orchestral excerpts of the auditioner's
choice
- One solo work minimum difficulty of:
- Richard Strauss, Concerto 1 or 2
- Reinhold Gliere, Concerto, Op. 91
- Robert Schumann, Adagio and
Allegro
- Sight reading to be selected at the audition
TROMBONE
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All major scales, two octaves when possible
- Solo work from one of the following or a
piece of similar difficulty:
- Barat, Andante et Allegro
- Guillmant, Morceau Symphonique
- David, Concertino
- Galliard, Six Sonatas
- Marcello Sonatas for Cello
- One Etude from Bordogni (Rochut) Melodious
Etudes, Book One.
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- All Major Scales, two octaves when possible.
- David, Concertino, 1st movement
- Contrasting solo of your choice.
- Two contrasting etudes from Bordogni
(Rochut) Melodious Etudes, Book One, Tyrrell, 40 progressive Etudes,
and/or Bitsch, 15 Rhythmic Studies
- Orchestral Excerpts
- Berlioz, Hungarian March (2nd
Trombone)
- Mozart, Tuba Mirum from the
Requiem (2nd Trombone)
BASS TROMBONE
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All Major Scales, two octaves when possible.
- Solo work from one of the following or a
piece of similar difficulty.
- Jacobs, Cameos
- Lebedev, Concerto in One Movement
- McCarty, Sonata
- Galliard, Six Sonatas
- One Etude from Bordogni (Rochut) Melodious
Etudes, Book One.
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- All Major Scales, two octaves when possible
- Spillman Concerto, first movement
- Bach Sarabande (no repeats)
- One Etude from Bordogni (Rochut) Melodious
Etudes, Book One.
- Orchestral Excerpts
- Berlioz, Hungarian March
- Haydn, The Creation
- Schumann, Symphony No. 3, fourth
movement
TRUMPET
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- All major scales, 2 octaves when
possible
- Pick one from the following
selections:
- One of the 14 Arban
Characteristic studies
- One major solo work for trumpet
- One Brandt, Bosquet or Charlier
etude
- Joseph Haydn Concerto for Trumpet,
second movement
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- All major and minor scales, two
octaves when applicable
- One Charlier etude
- Student's choice of a major solo
work for the trumpet
- Two contrasting excerpts from the
Orchestral Literature
TUBA
Undergraduate
(BM and BA)
- Kopprasch "Sixty Selected
Studies," #11
- Bordogni "Melodious
Etudes" #1 (in the Robert King Edition) OR #4 in the Rochut Trombone book,
down 1 octave
- 2 octave F major scale & 2
octave Bb major scale
- Halsey Stevens, Sonatina 1st
movement; Gregson, Concerto 1st movement; or something of comparable
difficulty
Graduate
(MM and certificate in performance)
- Kopprasch "Sixty Selected
Studies," #11
- Bordogni "Melodious
Etudes" #1 (in the Robert King Edition) as written and down 1 octave
OR #4 in the Rochut Trombone book, down 1 and 2 octaves
- 3 octave F major scale
- Vaughn Williams Concerto - 2nd
movement
- Contrasting solo of your choice
- Two contrasting orchestral
excerpts