Music at the Juilliard School

Brass audition information

Trumpet (MM)

Prescreen Repertoire

- Piano accompaniment is preferred but not required.

- One movement of a standard solo work (concerto or sonata) or five to eight minutes from a single-movement work.

1. - One etude of the applicant's choice.
2. - Three standard orchestral excerpts.

Live Audition Repertoire

- Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement

- At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice

- A complete concerto from the standard repertoire

- Three to five standard orchestral excerpts

Trumpet (DMA)

Prescreen Repertoire

- Piano accompaniment preferred but not required.

- One movement of a standard solo work (concerto or sonata) or five to eight minutes from a single-movement work.

1. - One etude of the applicant's choice.
2. - Three standard orchestral excerpts.

Live Audition Repertoire

- Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement.

1. - At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice.
2. - A complete concerto from the standard repertoire.
3. - Three to five standard orchestral excerpts.

Callbacks

The DMA audition process will take at least two days. In general, you should plan to be available for the entire day following the scheduled audition date.

• You must be available for all portions of the audition process in order to be considered for admission.
• Upon the strong recommendation of the audition panel, you may be invited to a required interview with members of the Doctoral Governance Committee, usually on the day following your audition. Interviews are scheduled daily by the Admissions Office as audition results become available. This interview is, in effect, your callback.
• If you are not invited to the interview, you may reasonably conclude that you are no longer under consideration for admission.
• You must also take a written exam in music theory and music history. Exams are given Monday through Friday during the audition week and include exercises in harmonization and counterpoint, as well as a music history component. In general, only those invited to interview need write the exam; however, it may be written on any date that it is offered.

Tenor Trombone (MM)

Prescreen Repertoire

- B-flat, C, and D Major and minor (harmonic) scales, played in two octaves (detached), starting from low B-flat, C, and D, all in the staff in 

  bass clef.

1. - Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement.
2. - At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice.
3. - A complete concerto from the standard repertoire.
4. - The following orchestral excerpts:
• ​​​​​​​- MOZART: Requiem, K. 626 (“Tuba mirum”)
• - ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra
• - RAVEL: Bolero
• - MAHLER 3: 3 measures after #13 to #17.

Live Audition Repertoire

- B-flat, C, and D Major and minor (harmonic) scales, played in two octaves (detached), starting from low B-flat, C, and D, all in the staff in  

  bass clef.

1. - Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement.
2. - At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice.
3. - A complete concerto from the standard repertoire.
4. - The following orchestral excerpts:

- MOZART: Requiem, K. 626 (“Tuba mirum”)

• - ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra
• - RAVEL: Bolero
• - MAHLER 3: 3 measures after #13 to #17.

Tenor Trombone (DMA)

Prescreen Repertoire

- B-flat, C, and D Major and minor (harmonic) scales, played in two octaves (detached), starting from low B-flat, C, and D, all in the staff in 

  bass clef.

1. - Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement.
2. - At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice.
3. - A complete concerto from the standard repertoire.
4. - The following orchestral excerpts:
• - MOZART: Requiem, K. 626 (“Tuba mirum”)
• - ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra
• - RAVEL: Bolero
• - MAHLER 3: 3 measures after #13 to #17.

Bass Trombone (MM)

Prescreen Repertoire

- Prescreening is not required for this major.

Live Audition Repertoire

- Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement.

1. - At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice.
2. - A complete concerto from the standard repertoire.
3. - Six contrasting standard orchestral excerpts.
4. - Major and minor scales.

Baa Trombone (DMA)

Prescreen Repertoire

- Prescreening is not required for this major.

Live Audition Repertoire

- Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement.

1. - At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice.
2. - A complete concerto from the standard repertoire.
3. S- ix contrasting standard orchestral excerpts.
4. - Major and minor scales.

French horn (MM)

Prescreen Repertoire

- Exposition from Mozart concertos 2 or 4 OR the first page of either Strauss concerto (No. 1 - until the 11 bars of rest halfway down the page on most editions; No. 2 - the first page of the horn part).

1. Please choose one excerpt from each group (for a total of two excerpts):

Group A

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major (horn 1, movement 1, rehearsal numbers 25 - 26).

• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92 (horn 1, movement 1, measures 84-102).
• WAGNER: from Gotterdammerung (Siegfried's Short Call).

Group B

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47 (horn 1, movement 1, low tutti).

• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, "Eroica" (Scherzo trio, horn 2, measures 171-205).
• R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote (Variation VIII, horn 2, six measures before rehearsal 59 to eight measures after rehearsal 62).

Live Audition Repertoire

- Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement.

1. - Two contrasting recital works or concerti.
2. - Five to ten standard orchestral excerpts.
3. - Additional evaluation such as sight-reading, ear-training, range/register exploration, and scales might be required during the   
4.   audition.

French horn (DMA)

Prescreen Repertoire

- Exposition from Mozart concertos 2 or 4 or the first page of either Strauss concerto (No. 1 - until the 11 bars of rest halfway down the page on most editions; No. 2 - the first page of the horn part).

• Please choose one excerpt from each group (for a total of two excerpts):

Group A

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major (horn 1, movement 1, rehearsal numbers 25 - 26).

• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92 (horn 1, movement 1, measures 84-102).
• WAGNER: from Gotterdammerung (Siegfried's Short Call).

Group B

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47 (horn 1, movement 1, low tutti).

• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, "Eroica" (Scherzo trio, horn 2, measures 171-205).
• R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote (Variation VIII, horn 2, six measures before rehearsal 59 to eight measures after rehearsal 62).

Live Audition Repertoire

- Three solo recital works (or concerti), one from each of the following periods: Classical, Romantic, and 20th/21st century.

1.   Five to ten standard orchestral excerpts.
2. -  Additional evaluation such as sight-reading, ear-training, range/register exploration, and scales might be required during the 
3.    audition.

Tuba (MM)

Prescreen Repertoire

Prescreening is not required for this major. 

Live Audition Repertoire

- Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement

- At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice

- A complete concerto from the standard repertoire

- Six contrasting standard orchestral excerpts

- Major and minor scales

Tuba (DMA)

Prescreen Repertoire

Prescreening is not required for this major. 

Live Audition Repertoire

- Two etudes showing the applicant’s level of technical and musical advancement.

1. - At least one major solo of the applicant’s choice.
2. - A complete concerto from the standard repertoire.
3. - Six contrasting standard orchestral excerpts.
4. - Major and minor scales.

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