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Brass Audition Information
TRUMPET AUDITIONS
- Scales: Two-octave major scales
- Sight reading
- One piece from below or a piece of
comparable level. Accompaniment is optional.
Trumpet Suggested Repertoire:
- Arutunian Concerto
- Balay Prelude et Ballade
- Handel Aria con Variazioni
- Haydn Concerto (movements 1
and 2)
- Kennan Sonata, (movement 1)
- Ropartz Andante and Allegro.
These particular pieces are not required but
are given as a general idea of repertoire many choose to play. Accepted
students come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences and the audition is
to show not only current ability through the repertoire chosen but also
potential for success in a major music program. Prospective students are
encouraged to contact Professor Leisring by email with any questions
about repertoire well before the audition.
Faculty Contact: Stephen Leisring, leisring@ku.edu
TROMBONE AUDITIONS
- Scales: Two-octave major scales with
arpeggios
- Sight reading
- Perform:
- Bordogni-Rochut, Melodious
Etude #3 OR #7 (bass trombones play 8vb)
- David, Concertino
- One (1) work selected from or of
comparable difficulty to the list below. Accompaniment is optional.
Tenor Trombone Suggested Repertoire:
- Barat Andante et Allegro
- Boda Sonatina
- Galliard Sonata No. 1
- Guilmant Morceau Symphonique
- Gregson Divertimento
- Sandstrom, Song for Lotta
- Saint-Saëns Cavatine
- Sulek Sonata vox Gabrieli
- Weber Romance.
Bass Trombone Suggested Repertoire:
- Hindemith Drei leichte Stücke
- Lebedev Concerto in
One Movement
- McCarty Sonata
- Lassen/Bollinger 2 Fantasy Pieces
- Galliard/Mortimer Sonata #1
- Semler-Collery, Barcarolle et
chanson bachique
- Tcherepnin, Andante
- Warburton Among Us.
Faculty Contact: Michael Davidson, mdavidsn@ku.edu
FRENCH HORN AUDITIONS
- Two-octave major scales
- Sight reading
- Two contrasting movements chosen from major
concertos.
- You may substitute one of these
with a selection from the Kopprasch 60 Studies.
- No accompaniment is
necessary.
Examples of possible audition
repertoire include
- Mozart Concertos 1-4
- Beethoven Sonata
- Schumann Adagio and Allegro
- Saint-Saens Morceau du Concert
- F. Strauss Concerto
- Strauss Concerto #1
- Dukas Villanelle
- Gliere Concerto
- Jacob Concerto
Faculty Contact: Paul Stevens, pstevens@ku.edu
EUPHONIUM AUDITIONS
Audition for Performance Major
(BM)
- Two contrasting works or movements from
major euphonium/tuba works or transcriptions that are Grade 5 or higher in
difficulty.
- Two contrasting wind band/orchestral
excerpts if desired.
- Major and Minor Scales.
Audition for Music Education
(B.M.E.-ME), Music Therapy (B.M.-MT), Bachelor of Arts in Music (B.A.), or Music
Composition, Music Theory, or Musicology (B.M. or B.A.)
- Two contrasting works or transcriptions
Grade 4 or higher.
- Major Scales.
Faculty Contact: Scott Watson, scwatson@ku.edu
TUBA AUDITIONS
Audition for Performance Major
(BM)
- Two contrasting works or movements
from major euphonium/tuba works or transcriptions that are Grade 5 or
higher in difficulty.
- Two contrasting wind
band/orchestral excerpts if desired.
- Major and minor scales.
Audition for Music Education (B.M.E-ME.),
Music Therapy (B.M.-MT), or Music Composition, Music Theory, or Musicology
(B.M. or B.A.)
- Two contrasting works or
transcriptions Grade 4 or higher.
- Major Scales
Faculty Contact: Scott Watson, scwatson@ku.edu
Updated on 09/13/2018