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Brass Audition Information

 

 

 

 

Trumpet (MM)

 

Preliminary submission (video)

 

l  Haydn Concerto (1st mvt, complete with cadenza)

l  Honegger Intrada (complete)

l  Charlier Étude No. 2 Du Style in Bb on C or Bb trumpet (complete)

 

If you have not heard from us by January 4, 2019, please email us.

 

Live audition repertoire

 

l  Haydn Concerto (1st mvt, complete with cadenza)

l  Honegger Intrada (complete)

l  Charlier Étude No. 2 Du Style in Bb on C or Bb trumpet (complete)

l  Bitsch Étude of your choice, not including lyrical ones (complete)

l  Orchestral Excerpts: 1947 Stravinsky Petrouchka(ballerina solo), Resphigi Pines of Rome (1st mvt and off-stage lyrical solo), Mahler Symphony No. 5 (1st mvt complete), Bach Magnificat (opening)

l  All major and minor scales, sight-reading and transposition

 

Any questions regarding your application may be directed to Geoffrey Scott.

 

 

Trombone (MM)

 

Preliminary submission (video)

 

l  Two contrasting movements from a Baroque sonata

l  Solo of your choice

l  Orchestral Excerpts:


ü  Mozart Tuba Mirum from Requiem

ü  Ravel Trombone Solo from Bolero

ü  Berlioz Hungarian March (2nd trombone part

ü  Schumann Symphony No. 3, "Rhenisch" 4th mvt.(1st trombone part)

ü  Mahler Symphony No. 3, trombone solos from 1st mvt.

ü  Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (both major and minor sections)

 

If you have not heard from us by January 4, 2019, please email us.

 

Tenor Trombone audition repertoire

 

l  One Sonata by a Baroque composer such as Galliard, Marcello, Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, or Corelli

l  One of the following: Dutilleux Chorale, Cadence et Fugato; Grondahl Concerto; Larsson Concertino, or Solo of your choice

   of comparable difficulty

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l  Orchestral Excerpts:


ü  Mozart Tuba Mirum from Requiem

ü  Ravel Trombone Solo from Bolero

ü  Berlioz Hungarian March (2nd trombone part

ü  Schumann Symphony No. 3, "Rhenisch" 4th mvt.(1st trombone part)

ü  Mahler Symphony No. 3, trombone solos from 1st mvt.

ü  Wagner Ride of the Valkyries  (both major and minor sections)

 

l  Major Scales two octaves

l  Sight reading (may include Tenor and Alto Clefs)

 

Any questions regarding your application may be directed to Phyllis Smith.

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Bass Trombone 

 

l  There are no bass trombone openings for Fall, 2019

l  Interested graduate students are welcome to contact Allen Barnhill personally to discuss any questions they have about the program.

 

 

 

 

Horn (MM)

 

Required preliminary repertoire (video submission)

 

 

  l  Exposition of Mozart Concerto No. 4

 

l  Contrasting solo of the applicant's choice

 

l  Orchestral Excerpts

 

    • ü  Strauss Till Eulenspiegel (opening horn solo in first horn part)

    ü  Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte (opening horn solo in first horn part)

    ü  Mahler Symphony No. 1, movement 3 (#13 - #15 in second horn)

    ü  Beethoven Symphony No. 7, movement 1 (m. 84-102 in the first horn part)

    ü  Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, movement 1 (#17 - #22 in first horn part)

     

    For copies of the above orchestral excerpts, please send your name and intended degree program to Geoffrey Scott.

     

    If you have not heard from us by January 4, 2019, please email us.

     

     

    Required graduate live audition repertoire

     

    l  Two contrasting solos of your choice 
     (examples: Mozart No. 2 or No. 4 contrasted with a Strauss concerto)

    l  Prepare excerpts which cover the following criteria:

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    ü  soft and low (examples: Mahler 1st low tutti or Variation 8 of Strauss’ Don Quixote) 

    ü  soft and high (examples: Ravel G major piano concerto or Pavane) 

    ü  loud and low (examples: Shostakovich 5th low tutti or Variation 7 of Don Quixote) 

    ü  loud and high (examples: Beethoven 7th or Wagner Siegfried Call)

    ü  full range (examples: openings of Ein Heldenleben or Till Eulenspiegel)

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    Any questions regarding your application may be directed to Geoffrey Scott.

     

     

     

    Tuba (MM)

     

    Once your graduate application has been received, your audition will be scheduled. Please note that there may be times in the season when scheduling is backlogged. If you have not heard from us by January 4, 2019, please email us.

    Prospective graduate students wishing to audition may contact David Kirk personally to discuss their application.

     

    Live audition repertoire

     

    l  All major/ minor scales and arpeggios in two octaves (one chromatic scale in three octaves)

    l  A solo piece or concerto movement of your choice

    l  Two contrasting (lyrical/technical) études

    l  Standard orchestral excerpts

    l  Expect sight-reading

     

    If preferred, solo works may be performed on Bass Tuba, but graduate applicants should perform the majority (or all) of their audition on Contrabass Tuba. It is not necessary to transport two instruments to your audition.

    Any questions regarding your application may be directed to Phyllis Smith.

     

     

                                                                                                                       Updated on 05/01/2019