Bienen School of Music - Northwestern
University
Brass Audition Information
Bachelor of Music: Trumpet
Prescreening
required: video prescreening
For Prescreening:
- 1 etude of applicant’s choice from Charlier,
Brandt, Arban Characteristic Studies or equivalent.
- 1 short standard solo piece (Enesco Legend
or equivalent), or the first movement of a standard concerto or sonata of
applicant’s choice (Haydn, Hummel, Hindemith, Kennan or equivalent.) No
piccolo trumpet solo allowed.
- Choose contrasting works that will display
your highest level of achievement musically and technically.
For Final Audition:
- 2 contrasting etudes of applicant’s choice
from Charlier, Brandt, Arban Characteristic Studies or equivalent.
- 2 contrasting solos or movements from a
standard concerto or sonata of applicant’s choice. One piece must be the
first movement of a standard concerto or sonata.
- 3 contrasting standard orchestral
excerpts
Bachelor of Music: Tenor
Trombone
Prescreening
required; must be video recording. Video should be shot from left side so
mouthpiece is clearly visible.
For Prescreening and Final
Audition:
All
repertoires required. No substitutions.
- Solo Selection: Saint-Saëns, Cavatine Op.144
Orchestral Excerpts:
- Berlioz, Hungarian March (second
trombone)
- Mozart, Requiem “Tuba
Mirum” (second trombone)
- Ravel, Bolero
- Saint-Saëns, Symphony No.3 in C Minor, slow
movement
- Wagner, Die Walküre “Ride
of the Valkyries”, B Maj. section
Bachelor of Music: Bass Trombone
Prescreening
required; must be video recording. Video should be shot from left side so
mouthpiece is clearly visible.
For Prescreening and Final
Audition:
All
repertoire required. No substitutions.
- Solo Selection: Lebedev, Concerto
Orchestral Excerpts:
- Berlioz, Hungarian March
- Haydn, The Creation
- Mahler, Symphony No.7, first
movement
- Schumann, Symphony No.3, fourth
movement
- Wagner, Die Walküre “Ride
of the Valkyries”, B Maj. section
Bachelor of Music: Tuba
For Final Audition:
Perform
up to 3 minutes of any etude or solo piece of your own choice. Also, the
following orchestral excerpts:
- Berlioz: Hungarian March; Begin at rehearsal
#20, end 4 measures after rehearsal #21
- Gershwin: American in Paris; Tuba solo
beginning at rehearsal #67
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5; Scherzo movement
beginning 13 measures before rehearsal #16, ending at rehearsal #17
- Revueltas: Sensemaya; rehearsal #2 through
rehearsal #8
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5; Begin at
rehearsal #3, end 8 measures after rehearsal #5
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Begin at rehearsal
#62, end after rehearsal #65
- Wagner: Overature to “Die Meistersinger”;
First 27 measures
Bachelor of Music: Horn
Prescreening
Required: Video Preferred
For Prescreening:
- One solo movement demonstrating style tone,
range, rhythm, and technique, such as Strauss Horn Concerto No.1, first
movement and Hindemith Sonata in F, first movement
- One étude from: Maxime Alphonse Book No.3
Required
Orchestral Excerpts:
- Beethoven, Symphony No.6
- Brahms, Symphony No.3
- Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel
For Final Audition:
- Two contrasting solo pieces
demonstrating style tone, range, rhythm, and technique, such as Strauss
Horn Concerto No.1, first movement and Hindemith Sonata in F, first
movement
- One étude from: Kopprasch Book
No.1 and Maxime Alphonse Book No.3
Required Orchestral Excerpts:
- Beethoven, Symphony No.6
- Brahms, Symphony No.3
- Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel
Also:
major scales and sight-reading
Bachelor of Music: Euphonium
For Final Audition:
Perform
up to 3 minutes of any etude or solo piece of your own choice. Also, the
following orchestral excerpts:
- Holst: Second Suite for Military
Band
- March - Beginning to letter B,
pickup to letter E through bar 5 of letter G
- Song without words - entire
movement
- Sousa: Stars and Stripes
Forever (complete, no repeats)
- Mendelssohn arr. VF Safranek -
First 5 lines, B-C
- Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures
at an Exhibition - Bydlo
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben -
1 before 3-4, 8-7th bar of 13, 62-75, 79-80
Updated on 09/05/2018