Audition Requirements for Brass Applicants
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AUDITION REQUIREMENTS FOR BRASS APPLICANTS Brass students auditioning for the Bachelor of Music Performance should prepare approximately 10 minutes of music from two contrasting selections as well as major and minor scales up to three sharps/flats. Those auditioning may also be asked to sight read a brief musical example or excerpt. Accompanists are not provided or required for brass auditions. EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE REPERTOIRE: Trumpet: • Handel, G./Brown, K. Concerto in f minor Trumpet auditions must be performed on trumpet • Holst, G. Piece Concertante (an additional selection may be played on piccolo • Jacob G. Trombone Sonata trumpet). • Nehlybel, V. Suite for Trombone and Piano • Balay — Petit Piece Concertante • Raun, E. Three Jazz Moods for Trombone • Barat, J. — Andante and Scherzo • Watson, W. Sonatina • Corelli, A./Fitzgerald B. — Sonata VIII Any pieces from the Festival Performance Solos, • Goedicke, A. — Concert Etude Vol. 1 or 2 • Handel, G./ Fitzgerald, B. — Aria con Variazioni Euphonium/Baritone: • Ropartz, G. — Andante and Allegro • Arban, J. Leidzen, E. Carnival of Venice • Arutiunian, A. — Concerto • Brubaker, J. Rhapsody for Euphonium • Haydn, J. — Concerto • Clarke, H. Bride of the Waves or From the Chores • Hindemith, P. — Sonata of the Mighty Pacific • Hummel, J. — Concerto • Curnow, J. Festival for Euphonium or Symphonic • Kennan, K. — Sonata Variants for Euphonium • Peters, F. — Sonata • Faure G./Bricault, G. Tuscan Serenade French Horn: • Handel, G./Little, D. Suite in Ab • S. Adler — Sonata for Horn and Piano • Hartley, W. Sonata Breve • L.van Beethoven — Sonata, Op.17 • Jacob, G. Fantasia • E. Bozza — En Foret or Sur les Cimes • Lwellyn, E. My Regards • E. Chabrier — Larghetto • McGrath, F. A Breezin’ Cakewalk • L. Cherubini — Sonata No.2 • Mozart, W/Frackenpohl, A. Andante and Alleluia • P. Dukas — Villanelle • Nehlybel, V. Concerto for Euphonuim • R. Gliere — Concerto, Op.91 or Four Pieces, Op.35 • Sparke, P. A Song for Ina or Fantasy • J. Haydn — Concerto No.1 in D major • Spears, J. Ritual and Celebration • B. Heiden — Sonata for Horn and PianoP. • White, D. Lyric Suite Hindemith - Horn Sonata (1939) Any pieces from the following collections: • W.A. Mozart — Concert Rondo, K.371 • Castleton, G. Contest and Festival Performance • W.A. Mozart — Concerto No.1-4 , (K.412, 417, 447, Solos 495) • Smith, H. Solos for the Trombone Player • W.A. Mozart — Rondo from Horn & Strings Quintet • Voxman, H. Concert and Contest Collection for • F. Poulenc — Elegie Baritone B.C. • F. Rosetti — Concerto in E-flat major Tuba: • G. Rossini — Prelude, Theme, and Variations • Beethoven, L./Bell, W. Variations on a Theme from • C. Saint-Saens — Morceau de Concert, Op.94 Judas Maccabeus • R. Schumann — Adagio and Allegro, Op.70 • Diercks, J. Variations for Tuba and Piano • F. Strauss — Les Adiuex, • Forbes, M. Capriccio • F. Strauss — Nocturo, Op.7 or Concerto, Op.8 • Galliard, J./Jacobs, W. Sonata No. 6 • F. Strauss — Intro, Theme and Variations, Op.13 • Handel, G./RUske, E. Aria con Variazioni • R. Strauss — Concerto No.1 or No. 2 • Hartley, W. Sonata for Tuba and Piano Trombone: • Holmes, G. Emmet’s Lullaby Trombone auditions must be performed on tenor • Kistler, V. Trilogy for Tuba and Piano trombone (an additional selection may be played on • Raum, E. T for Tuba bass trombone). • Rothgerber, H. Dialogue for Tuba and Piano • Barat, J. Andante et Allegro • Swann, D. Two Moods for Tuba • Brandon, S. Sonta for Trombone and Piano • Telemann, G./Friedman, N. Adagio and Allegro • Corelli A./Gibson, W. Sonata 8 in d minor • Vaughan Williams, R/ Concerto for Bass Tuba and • Davison, J. Sonata for Trombone Orchestra • Dubois, P. Cortege: Petite Suite • York, B. Sea Dreams • Fasch, J. Sonata in C Major Any pieces from the Solos fro the Tuba Player • Frackenpohl, A. Sonata (H. Wekselblatt) • Galliard J./Brown K. Six Sonatas, Vol. 1 or 2.