Crane School of Music

Crane School of Music | SUNY Potsdam

Brass Audition Information

 

 

Trumpet (BA)

 

Please prepare two contrasting movements or pieces, one fast/technical and the other slow/lyrical.

 

Example works include:

 

Corelli, Sonata No. 8; Balay, Prelude et Ballade; Albonini, Sonata in C; Handel, Sonata for Trumpet; Kennan, Sonata; Hartley, Sonatina; Hummel, Concerto; Haydn, Concerto; Hindemith, Sonata. 

 

Trumpet (MM)

 

  • One representative movement from three major works in the trumpet repertoire, representing contrasting styles
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  • Five orchestral excerpts from the following list:
    Bach: Christmas Oratorio (part VI - solo in common time
    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (2nd movement)
    Bizet: Carmen (prelude - low solo)
    Gershwin: An American in Paris (solo - rehearsal 45)
    Mussorgsky (Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition (“Samuel Goldenberg”)
    Ravel: Piano Concerto (opening solo)
    R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (E-flat solo)
    Stravinsky: Firebird (“Danse Infernale” - beginning to rehearsal 3, rehearsal 9-14)
    Stravinsky: Pulcinella (finale - measure 117 to end)
    Wagner:  Parsifal  (prelude - solo)

 

Tenor Trombone

A lyrical etude from the Bordogni/Rochut "Melodious Etudes" Book I

  • A solo of a comparable level to these examples: Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique; Galliard, Six Sonatas; Marcello, Sonatas; Barat, Andante and Allegro; White, Sonata; Giffels, Sonata; Serocki, Sonatina; Fasch, Sonata; Shostakovich, Four Preludes; Hindemith, Sonata; Davison, Sonata; Jacob, Concerto.

 

Bass Trombone

 

  • A lyrical etude from the Bordogni/Rochut "Melodious Etudes" Book I (with the option of playing the selection at an octave lower)
  • A solo of a comparable level to these examples: Jacob, Cameos; Lebedev, Concerto in One Movement; Galliard Six Sonatas; Ewazen, Concertino; Grantham, Sonata in One Movement; Gregson, Concerto; Hidas, Rhapsody; McCarty, Sonata; Mueller, Praeludium, Chorale, Variations and Fugue; Sache, Concertino; Semler-Collery, Barcarolle et Chanson; Wilder, Sonata.

 

Horn (BA)

Please prepare two contrasting movements or pieces, one fast/technical and the other slow/lyrical.

 

Example works include:


Mozart, Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4; Corelli, Sonatas; F. Strauss, Concerto; Beethoven, Sonata; Bozza, En Foret; Hindemith, Sonata; Jacob, Concerto; Gliere, Concerto; R. Strauss, Concertos Nos. 1, 2; Dukas, Villanelle; Wilder, Sonata No. 4; Schumann, Adagio-Allegro; Heiden, Sonata.

 

 

Horn (MM)

 

  • - Two solos (or movements from a larger work) of contrasting styles
  • - Two contrasting etudes that show mastery in lyrical and technical styles
  • - Three to five standard excerpts from orchestral repertoire
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Tuba

 

Please prepare two contrasting movements or pieces, one fast/technical and the other slow/lyrical. Example works include:

 

Hindemith, Sonate; Vaughan Williams, Concerto; Capuzzi, Andante and Rondo; Gregson, Concerto; Lebdev, Concerto in One Movement; Marcello, Sonatas; Wilder, Suite No. 1; Hartley, Suite; Persichetti, Sernade No. 12; Vivaldi, Sonatas.


 

 

Euphonium

 

Please prepare two contrasting movements or pieces, one fast/technical and the other slow/lyrical. Example works include:

 

Barat, Andante and Allegro; Fasch, Sonata; Frackenpohl, Sonata; Marcello, Sonatas; Telemann, Fantasies or Sonatas; Capuzzi, Andante and Rondo; Clinard, Sonata; David, Concertino; Horovitz, Concerto; White, Lyric Suite.

 

 

 

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