• 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 [1].

• 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 [2] or Dr. James Naigus [3]

• 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 [4].

• 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 [5].

• 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 [5].

• 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 [4].