Undergraduate Brass Audition Requirements

• Exposition from either Mozart Concerto 2, 3, OR 4, candidates choice 
• Mueller - Etude No. 3 
• Orchestral Excerpts
  • Strauss - "Till Eulenspiegel" opening 
  • Tchaikovsky 5th - slow movement solo 
  • Wagner - "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" short call

• Mozart Concerto 2, 3, OR 4 complete first movement, candidates choice, no cadenza 
• Mueller - Etude No. 3 
• Strauss - Concerto No. 1 1st Movement 
• Orchestral Excerpts
  • Strauss "Till Eulenspiegel" - opening 
  • Mussorgsky - Promenade solo Pictures at an Exhibition 
  • Tchaikovsky 5th - slow movement solo 
  • Wagner - "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" short call  

Select two (2) contrasting etudes or solos (or movements from a sonata or concerto) which best demonstrate your tone, range, technique, and lyric ability. The following repertoire is recommended, but similar works may be substituted:

• Etudes
  • Bordogni-Rochut, Melodious Etudes
  • Blazhevich, Clef Studies
  • Arban, Characteristic Studies
• Solos
  • David, "Concertino"
  • Galliard-Brown, "Sonatas"
  • Grondahl, "Concerto"
  • Guilmant, "Morceau Symphonique"
  • Jacob, "Concerto" first movement
  • Lebedev, Concerto in One Movement (bass trombone)
  • Marcello, "Sonatas"

In addition to the above requirements, please prepare the following orchestral excerpts:

• Tenor Trombone
  • Mozart, "Tuba Mirum" from Requiem
  • Rossini "La Gazza Ladra"
• Bass Trombone
  • Haydn, "The Creation"
  • Berlioz, "Hungarian March"

In addition to the above requirements, you will be expected to sight-read.

Note: Prior to the audition, all applicants are encouraged to confirm their audition material via email with Professor Tim Conner.

• One Etude of the applicant's choice
• Choose ONE of the following:
  • One movement of a standard solo work (concerto or sonata) or
  • A short solo piece (five to eight minutes) or
  • Five to eight minutes from a single-movement work

• Two contrasting etudes 
• One or two solos of the applicant's choice (typically 8-15 minutes of music)
• Three orchestral excerpts

Repertoire chosen should demonstrate the full scope of the applicant's musical and technical ability and interest.

Select two or three contrasting etudes or solos (lyrical/technical)  (or movements from a concerto or sonata) totaling six-eight minutes which best demonstrate your tone, range, technique, and lyric ability.

Select two or three contrasting etudes (lyrical/technical) or solos (or movements from a concerto or sonata) which best demonstrate your tone, range, technique, and lyric ability. Orchestral/Military Band excerpts done at a high level are also encouraged.