Trumpet
- 2 contrasting solos of your choice from the standard trumpet repertoire
- Either a characteristic study by Arban or a Bousquet Etude of your choice
- Major scales and sight reading.
Repertoire questions? Email Dr. Brandon Craswell.
Horn
- Two solo movements of moderate difficulty and contrasting styles
- One etude which displays the performer's ability in legato and marcato styles
- From memory, six chromatically adjacent major scales and the chromatic scale performed at the tempo and range reflective of the performer's ability
- Sight-reading at a moderately difficult level
Repertoire questions? Email Dr. Jean Martin-Williams or Dr. James Naigu
Euphonium
- Be prepared to play any two-octave major scale and be able to demonstrate the upper and lower extremities of your range
- Choose one etude from each group:
◦ Rochut - Melodius Etudes for Trombone, Vol. 1: #4, #23, or #19
◦ Voxman - Selected Studies for Baritone: A-flat Major Allegro, F Major Allegro, C Minor Allegro - Select one of the following solos:
◦ Barat - Andante and Allegro
◦ Capuzzi - Andante and Rondo
◦ Curnow - Rhapsody for Euphonium
◦ Guilmant - Morceau Symphonique
◦ Marcello - Sonata in F Major
◦ Mozart - Bassoon Concerto, movements 2 and 3
Repertoire questions? Email Prof. David Zerkel.
Tenor trombone
- Choose at least one of the following etudes:
- Bordogni: Complete Vocalises (#2-16)
- Blazhevich: Clef Studies (#41-60)
- Tyrell: 40 Progressive Studies (#1-15)
- Voxman: Selected Studies (any)
- Choose one of the following solos:
- Barat: Andante & Allegro
- David: Concertino
- Galliard: Sonatas #1, 3, or 5
- Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
- Jacob: Concerto
- Larsson: Concertino
- Saint-Saens: Cavatine
- Sulek: Sonata vox Gabrieli
- Telemann: Sonata in f minor
- From memory, all major scales and arpeggios (2 octaves) and chromatic scale (2 octaves)
Repertoire questions? Email Dr. Joshua Bynum.
Bass trombone
- Choose at least one of the following etudes:
- Bordogni: Complete Vocalises (#2-16) - 8vb
- Blazhevich: Low Range Studies (#12-25)
- Grigoriev: 24 Studies (#2-20)
- Maenz: 12 Studies (any)
- Choose one of the following solos:
- Capuzzi: Andante & Rondo
- Handel: Sonata in F Major (arr. Yeo)
- Haddad: Suite for Tuba
- Hindemith: Three Easy Pieces
- Lebedev: Concert Allegro
- Lieb: Concertino Basso
- McCarty: Sonata
- Vaughan-Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong
- From memory, all major scales and arpeggios (2 octaves) and chromatic scale (2 octaves)
Repertoire questions? Email Dr. Joshua Bynum.
Tuba
- Be prepared to play any two-octave major scale and to be able to demonstrate the upper and lower extremities of your range
- Choose one etude from each group:
◦ Group 1: Rochut - Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Vol. 1: #4, #23, or #19 (down one octave)
◦ Group 2: Blazevich - 70 Advanced Studies for Tuba, Vol. 1: #32; Kopprasch - 60 Selected Studies for Tuba: #32 or #40 - Select one of the following solos:
◦ Capuzzi - Andante and Rondo
◦ Gregson - Concerto, movement 1
◦ Haddad - Suite
◦ Hartley- Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba
◦ Hindemith - Sonata, any two movements
◦ Marcello - Sonata in F Major
Repertoire questions? Email Prof. David Zerkel.
Admissions questions? Email Music Admissions.