Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Brass Audition Information 

Trumpet (BM)

l  These guidelines should be used for all programs and majors, although admission into performance programs requires more advanced development of embouchure, articulation, range, tone and flexibility than is required for non-performance programs (composition, music education, theory, music therapy, Bachelor of Arts).

l  While orchestral excerpts are not required of performance applicants, the inclusion of several standard excerpts as a part of your audition is welcomed.

l  Piano accompaniment is not required.

ü  Scales: Major scales in two octaves.

ü  Sight-reading.

ü  Perform two contrasting movements, pieces or études.

Recorded Auditions: While recorded auditions are acceptable, a live audition is strongly recommended for scholarship

consideration. 

Trombone (BM) 

l  Prospective students are encouraged to visit the ASU campus for a lesson and visit with Dr. Edwards.  

l  Please email well in advance to arrange a time.  Skype lessons are possible but are not an equal substitute for personal interaction.

l  Trombonists should prepare 2-3 pieces in contrasting styles: lyrical/legato and technical/tongued. These varied styles can be different movements from the same work.

l  Students may select etudes, solos or orchestral excerpts. In addition, sight-reading is required. Candidates are free to select other works of comparable difficulty. Above all, applicants should choose music on which they sound their best.

Tenor Trombone  

l  Suggested solos:

ü  Guilmant: MorceauSymphonique

ü  Galliard or Marcello: Sonata 1

ü  Barat: Andante et Allegro

ü  Rimsky Korsakov: Concerto (esp. mvts. I and II)

ü  St. Sëans: Cavatine

ü  Larsson: Concertino (esp. mvts II and III)

ü   

l  Suggested etudes:

ü  Bordogni/Rochut: Melodious Etudes for Trombone

ü  Voxman, ed.: Selected Studies

l  Suggested excerpts (not required)

ü  Mozart: "Tuba mirum" from Requiem

ü  Berlioz: "Hungarian March" from The Damnation of Faust

Bass Trombone 

l  Suggested solos:

ü  Haddad: Suite for Tuba (esp. mvts I and II)

ü  Lassen/Bollinger: Two Fantasy Pieces

ü  Jacob: Cameos (esp. mvts. I, II or III)

ü  Hindemith: DreiLeichteStucke (Three Easy Pieces)

l  Suggested etudes:

ü  Bordogni/Rochut: Melodious Etudes for Trombone (down one octave)

ü  Bordogni/Ostrander: Melodious Etudes for Bass Trombone

ü  Grigoriev: Studies

Recorded Auditions: While recorded auditions are acceptable, a live audition is strongly recommended for scholarship consideration. See "Recordings + Portfolios" for technical specifications.

Horn (BM) 

l  These guidelines should be used for all programs and majors, although admission into performance programs requires more advanced development of embouchure, articulation, range, tone and flexibility than is required for non-performance programs (composition, music education, theory, music therapy, Bachelor of Arts).

l  While orchestral excerpts are not required of performance applicants, the inclusion of several standard excerpts as a part of your audition is welcomed.

l  Piano accompaniment is not required. 

l  Major scales in two octaves.

l  Sight-reading.

l  Two contrasting movements from works comparable in difficulty to the following representative samples: 

ü  Hindemith: Sonata

ü  Mozart: Concertos 2, 3 or 4

ü  F. Strauss: Nocturno

ü  R. Strauss: Concerto No. 1

Recorded Auditions: While recorded auditions are acceptable, a live audition is strongly recommended for scholarship

consideration.

Tuba (BM)                                                                               

l  These guidelines should be used for all programs and majors, although admission into performance programs requires more advanced development of embouchure, articulation, range, tone and flexibility than is required for non-performance programs (composition, music education, theory, music therapy, Bachelor of Arts).

l  While orchestral excerpts are not required of performance applicants, the inclusion of several standard excerpts as a part of your audition is welcomed.

l  Piano accompaniment is not required.

l  Scales: Major scales in two octaves.

l  Sight-reading.

l  Two contrasting movements from works comparable in difficulty to the following representative samples: 

ü  Grigoriev: Studies for Tuba

ü  Bordogni: Legato Etudes Vol. 1

ü  Blazhevich: 70 Studies for Tuba

ü  Haddad: Suite for Tuba

ü  Hindemith: Sonata for Bass Tuba

ü  Vaughn Williams: Concerto for Bass Tuba, Mvmt. 1

ü  Holmes: Lento

ü  Wilder: Suite No. 1 for Tuba

ü  Marcello: Sonata in F–Major

ü  Marcello: Sonata in A–Minor

Recorded Auditions: While recorded auditions are acceptable, a live audition is strongly recommended for scholarship consideration. See "Recordings + Portfolios" for technical specifications.

Euphonium (BM) 

l  These guidelines should be used for all programs and majors, although admission into performance programs requires more advanced development of embouchure, articulation, range, tone and flexibility than is required for non-performance programs (composition, music education, theory, music therapy, Bachelor of Arts). 

l  While orchestral excerpts are not required of performance applicants, the inclusion of several standard excerpts as a part of your audition is welcomed. 

l  Piano accompaniment is not required.

l  Scales: Major scales in two octaves.

l  Sight-reading.

l  Etudes chosen from the following or comparable collections:

ü  Voxman: Selected Studies

ü  Bordogni and Rochut: Melodious Studies, Vol. 1

ü  Arban: Characteristic Studies.

l  Two contrasting movements from works comparable in difficulty to the following representative samples: 

ü  Curnow: Rhapsody for Euphonium

ü  Arban: Carnival of Venice and Variations on a Tyrolean Song

ü  DeLuca: Beautiful Colorado

ü  Clinard: Sonata for Unaccompanied Euphonium.

Recorded Auditions: While recorded auditions are acceptable, a live audition is strongly recommended for scholarship consideration. See "Recordings + Portfolios" for technical specifications.

                                                                                                                          Updated on 08/01/2018