Graduate
Music Audition Requirements & Repertoire - UNCSA
Brass Audition
Requirements
Instrumental
& Composition Applicants
Graduate Audition Dates
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Friday, January 25,
2019
Friday, February 8, 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019
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Scholarship
Consideration
Students who audition after February 9, 2019 will
not be eligible for merit scholarship consideration.
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Trumpet (MM)
- Haydn or Hummel Concerto (complete work)
- One movement of a 20th or 21st century
work
- 5-7 standard orchestral excerpts, including
piccolo trumpet
- Familiarity with Eb and piccolo
trumpets
- Demonstrate the ability to sight-read and
transpose
If you
have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please
contact trumpet professor David Dash at dashd@uncsa.edu.
Trombone (MM)
Tenor Trombone:
- Complete movement from a standard concerto
for trombone (e.g., Grondahl, Hindemith)
- All major and minor scales
- Two contrasting etudes (i.e. technical
and lyrical)
- Three orchestral excerpts: Ravel, Bolero;
Mozart, Requiem Tuba Mirum – 2nd part; Berlioz, Hungarian March –
2nd part
- Sight-reading
Bass Trombone:
- Bach, Sarabande from Suite No. 5 for
unaccompanied cello
- Complete movement from a standard concerto
for bass trombone (e.g. Ewazen etc.)
- Two contrasting etudes (i.e. technical
and lyrical)
- Major and minor scales
- Three orchestral excerpts: Wagner,
Ride; Berlioz, Hungarian March, Kodaly, Hary Janos
If you
have any questions about the audition process or repertoire, please contact
trombone professor John Ilika at ilikaj@uncsa.edu.
Horn (MM)
- Two contrasting works or movements from
standard repertoire (Mozart, Strauss, etc.)
- 3-5 standard orchestral excerpts of
your choice
- Major and minor scales
- Sight-reading
If you
have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please contact
horn professor Dr. Maria Serkin at serkinm@uncsa.edu.
Euphonium (MM)
- Two complete major works for euphonium
(Friedrich, Curnow, etc.)
- One Rochut etude of the applicant’s choice
- One characteristic study from Arbans Method
of the applicant’s choice
- Five standard band excerpts of the your
choice
- All major and minor scales
- Demonstrate the ability to sight-read
If you
have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please
contact tuba/euphonium professor Mark Norman at normanm@uncsa.edu.
Tuba (MM)
- Two complete major works for tuba
(Vaughan-Williams, Gregson, Barnes, Wilhelm, etc. )
- Two etudes for tuba, one Rochut/Bordogni and
one Bousquet
- Five standard orchestral excerpts of the
applicant’s choice
- All major and minor scales
- Demonstrate the ability to sight-read
If you
have any questions about the audition process or requirements, please
contact tuba/euphonium professor Mark Norman at normanm@uncsa.edu.
Updated on 10/12/2018