Graduate Audition Requirements

Follow the links to view audition requirements in the following disciplines:

Brass

Baritone-Euphonium

• Excerpts from Arban Complete Method
• Any all-state band solo

Horn (french horn)

• Dukas - Villanelle
• Strauss - Concerto 1
• 1 selection from Gallay - 12 Grand Caprices, op. 32
• 5 standard orchestral excerpts

Trombone

• Two études in contrasting styles by Kopprasch, Blazhevich, Bordogni/Rochut, or similar methods
• A prepared solo, such as Hindemith Sonata for Trombone; Guilmant Morceau Symphonique; Rimsky-Korsakov Concerto for Trombone; or one of equal difficulty

Trumpet

• Performance of advanced literature for trumpet. Suggested pieces: Honegger Intrada, Enescu Legend, solos by Bozza, Boutry, concertos by Haydn, Tomasi, Gregson, Hummel, Boehme, Neruda.
• In addition, graduate students must perform on higher trumpets. Suggested literature: Torelli, Telemann, Fasch, Stradella, Hertel.

Tuba

• Études from the studies of Kopprasch, Blazevich, Rochut, etc.
  Solos should include slow and fast movements equal to: Vaughan Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba; Hindemith Sonata for Bass Tuba; Hartley Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba; Wilder Suite #1 (Effie) for Tuba; Persichetti Serenade for Solo Tuba; Stevens Sonatina for Tuba
• Orchestral repertoire, such as major passages from works by Wagner, Mahler, Prokofiev, Berlioz, Strauss, and Verdi