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Brass Audition Information
Trumpet
- Please play the selections indicated for
your prospective degree program in the order listed.
- Undergrad candidates should use Bb and/or C
trumpet, nothing smaller than C, please.
- No memorization is required.
- It is not required to have a pianist for any
audition, though you are welcome to use piano if it is convenient. If
playing without piano, count out all rests as marked.
- For additional trumpet questions, please
contact Professor Chris Gekker.
BM, BA, BME, Minor, 15 minutes
- F.J. Haydn Concerto in Eb, second movement
- J.B. Arban Characteristic Study no. 6, first
28 measures, stop at the first double bar, where the key changes to D
major
- K. Kennan Sonata for Trumpet and Piano,
first movement
o
Opening to letter F
o
7th bar after N to end of
movement
Tenor Trombone
BM, BA, BME, Minor
- One movement from two contrasting standard
solos, chosen from:
ü Concertino, Op. 4 – Ferdinand David
ü Morceau Symphonique Op. 88 –
Alexandre Guilmant
ü Sonata for Trombone and Piano –
Paul Hindemith
ü Andante et Allegro – J.E. Barat
ü Sonatas – J.E. Galliard
ü Cavatine – Camille Saint-Saens
ü Sonata in F Major – Telemann
Two contrasting etudes of the
candidate’s choice
Three standard orchestral
excerpts of the candidate’s choice
All major and minor scales
Sight-reading
Trombone, Bass
BM, BA, BME, Minor
- One movement from two contrasting standard
solos, chosen from:
ü Three Easy Pieces – Paul Hindemith
ü Concerto in One Movement – Alexei
Lebedev
ü Unaccompanied Suite for Cello –
J.S. Bach
ü Sonata Breve – Walter Hartley
ü Sonata – Patrick McCarty
ü Concerto in F Major – Ernest Sachse
ü Cameos – Gordon Jacob
Two contrasting etudes of the
candidate’s choice
Three standard orchestral
excerpts of the candidate’s choice
All major and minor scales
Sight-reading
Horn
BM, BA, BME, Minor
- Please choose two contrasting solo
works from the following:
ü Mozart Concerto No. 3, K. 447
ü Strauss Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major
ü Beethoven Sonata for Horn and Piano
ü Saint-Saens Morceau de Concert
- Please choose one selection from
the following:
ü Solos for the Horn Player, edited by
Mason Jones
- Please choose two of the following
etudes:
ü C. Kopprasch Sixty Selected Studies for French horn, Book 1
- No. 15, No. 19, No. 22, No. 31,
No. 34
- All major scales
Euphonium
BM, BA, BME, Minor
- Two compositions of contrasting
styles, one of which must be selected from the solo literature; the other
may be a solo or an etude.
- The solo should be of the highest
difficulty level. Many states have a State Festival List of repertoire
which will include suitable repertoire. For instance, from the Maryland
Band Director’s Association Festival List, a suitable solo would be one
chosen from grades 4-6. The Maryland Music Educator's Association produces
a similar list, which can be downloaded here.
Tuba
BM, BA, BME, Minor
- Two compositions of contrasting
styles, one of which must be selected from the solo literature; the other
may be a solo or an etude.
- The solo should be of the highest
difficulty level. Many states have a State Festival List of repertoire
which will include suitable repertoire. For instance, from the Maryland
Band Director’s Association Festival List, a suitable solo would be one
chosen from grades 4-6. The Maryland Music Educator's Association produces
a similar list, which can be downloaded here.
Updated on 09/14/2018