Audition | Cleveland Institute of Music

Brass Audition Information

TRUMPET

A prescreening video is required. To accommodate prescreening, applicants are strongly urged to submit applications well before the deadline of December 1. Each piece of repertoire must be unedited and recorded separately. 

PRESCREEN REQUIREMENTS:

Same as audition requirements (can be different pieces than what are played for the live audition).

Undergraduate Audition

• Two etudes of contrasting style from Charlier, Brandt, Characteristic Study from Arban, or the equivalent
• Concerto or solo piece selected by the student
• Orchestral passages from standard repertoire optional
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Graduate Audition

• Two etudes of contrasting style from Charlier, Brandt, Bitsch, Smith-Top Tones, Characteristic Study from Arban, or the equivalent
• Two concerto or solo pieces of contrasting style selected by the student
• Orchestral passages from standard repertoire

TROMBONE AND BASS TROMBONE

A prescreening recording is not required, except for doctor of musical arts applicants. If you wish to upload a video recording to your application, you may do so. The recording should consist of selections from the audition repertoire. Doctor of musical arts applicants should record approximately 30 minutes of the repertoire below.

Undergraduate

• All major and minor scales and arpeggios (not required on recorded auditions)
• 2 contrasting technical studies, lyrical and technical, from Blazhevich or Bordogni
• Demonstrate knowledge of tenor and alto clefs
• Solo selected by the student
• Contrasting orchestral excerpts such as: Mozart, Requiem; Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel; Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis; Wagner, Lohengrin; Mahler, Symphony #3
• Sight-reading (not required on recorded auditions)
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Graduate

• 2 contrasting technical studies, lyrical and technical, from Bitsch, Masson, Bozza or the equivalent
• Solo selected by the student, demonstrating advanced musicality and technique
• Selected contrasting orchestral excerpts such as: Ravel, Bolero; Mahler, Symphony #3; Wagner, Ride of the Walkyries; Rossini, William Tell; Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel; Bruckner, Symphony #7
• Sight-reading (not required on recorded auditions)

HORN

A prescreening recording is not required, except for doctor of musical arts applicants. If you wish to upload a video recording to your application, you may do so. The recording should consist of selections from the audition repertoire. Doctor of musical arts applicants should record approximately 30 minutes of the repertoire below.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Undergraduate

• Major and minor scales and arpeggios (not required on recorded auditions)
• Etude by Kopprasch or the equivalent
• Solo or concerto selected by the student
• Selected contrasting orchestral excerpts

Graduate

• Solo or concerto selected by the student
• Advanced etude (Gallay, Kling, or Maxime-Alphonse)
• Selected contrasting orchestral excerpts

TUBA

A prescreening recording is not required, except for doctor of musical arts applicants. If you wish to upload a video recording to your application, you may do so. The recording should consist of selections from the audition repertoire. Doctor of musical arts applicants should record approximately 30 minutes of the repertoire below.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Undergraduate

• Major and minor scales and arpeggios (not required on recorded auditions)
• Two contrasting etudes
• Solo selected by the student
• Orchestral excerpts
• Sight-reading (not required on recorded auditions)
•  

Graduate

• Major and minor scales and arpeggios (not required on recorded auditions)
• Concerto selected by the student
• Two contrasting etudes
• Orchestral excerpts
• Solo demonstrating contemporary techniques
• Sight-reading (not required on recorded auditions)
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•                                                                                                                           U​pdated on 04/09/2019