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)
Tenor Trombone
A lyrical etude from the Bordogni/Rochut "Melodious Etudes" Book I
Bass Trombone
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)
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.
Updated on 04/01/2019