All applicants should prepare to play one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves.

Applicants should prepare two pieces in contrasting styles (excerpts are acceptable), approximately 10 minutes total. Suggested repertoire for each instrument is listed below. 

TRUMPET

Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.

Examples:

Etudes and Studies

Arban | Studies (any)

Solo Repertoire

Artunian | Concerto

Balay | Petite Piece Concertante

Godicke | Concert Etude

Haydn | Concerto

Hindemith | Sonate

HORN

Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.

Examples:

Etudes and Studies

Kopprasch | Etudes

Maxime-Alphonse | Etudes

Solo Repertoire

Beethoven | Sonata, op. 17

Mozart | Concertos No. 1 or No. 3

Strauss, F. | Concerto No. 1 

TROMBONE

Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.

Examples:

Etudes and Studies

Rochut | Melodious Etudes

Solo Repertoire

David | Concertino

Galliard | Six Sonatas (any)

Guillmant | Morceau Symphonique

Rimsky-Korsakov | Concerto      

Orchestral Excerpts

Mozart | Tuba Mirum                                   

Berlioz | Hungarian March                         

Wagner | Ride of the Valkyrie                      

Rimsky-Korsakov | Russian Easter 2nd tbn solo      

Brahms | Symphony #1                               

BASS TROMBONE

Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.

Examples:

Etudes and Studies

Rochut | Melodious Etudes

Solo Repertoire

Barat | Introduction and Serenade

Galliard | Sonatas (any)

Lieb | Concertino Basso

Lebedev | Concerto in One Movement

EUPHONIUM

Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.

Examples:

Etudes and Studies

Rochut | Melodious Etudes

Solo Repertoire

Barat | Introduction and Dance

Senaille/Falcone | Allegro Spirituoso

TUBA

Applicants should prepare one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves and two pieces in contrasting styles of the applicant's choice (excerpts are acceptable). Approximately 10 minutes of music total.

Examples:

Etudes and Studies

Blazhevich | 70 Studies for Tuba (any etude)

Rochut | Melodious Etudes

Solo Repertoire

Barat | Introduction and Dance

Capuzzi | Andante and Rondo

Haddad | Suite for Tuba

Hartley | Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba