Audition | Cleveland Institute of Music
Brass Audition Information
TRUMPET
A
prescreening video is required. To accommodate prescreening, applicants are
strongly urged to submit applications well before the deadline of December 1.
Each piece of repertoire must be unedited and recorded
separately.
PRESCREEN REQUIREMENTS:
Same as
audition requirements (can be different pieces than what are played for the
live audition).
Undergraduate Audition
- Two etudes of contrasting style from
Charlier, Brandt, Characteristic Study from Arban, or the equivalent
- Concerto or solo piece selected by the
student
- Orchestral passages from standard repertoire
optional
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Graduate Audition
- Two etudes of contrasting style from
Charlier, Brandt, Bitsch, Smith-Top Tones, Characteristic Study from
Arban, or the equivalent
- Two concerto or solo pieces of contrasting
style selected by the student
- Orchestral passages from standard repertoire
TROMBONE AND BASS TROMBONE
A
prescreening recording is not required, except for doctor of musical arts
applicants. If you wish to upload a video recording to your application, you
may do so. The recording should consist of selections from the audition
repertoire. Doctor of musical arts applicants should record approximately
30 minutes of the repertoire below.
Undergraduate
- All major and minor scales and arpeggios
(not required on recorded auditions)
- 2 contrasting technical studies, lyrical and
technical, from Blazhevich or Bordogni
- Demonstrate knowledge of tenor and alto
clefs
- Solo selected by the student
- Contrasting orchestral excerpts such as:
Mozart, Requiem; Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel;
Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis; Wagner, Lohengrin;
Mahler, Symphony #3
- Sight-reading (not required on recorded
auditions)
-
Graduate
- 2 contrasting technical studies, lyrical and
technical, from Bitsch, Masson, Bozza or the equivalent
- Solo selected by the student, demonstrating
advanced musicality and technique
- Selected contrasting orchestral excerpts
such as: Ravel, Bolero; Mahler, Symphony #3;
Wagner, Ride of the Walkyries; Rossini, William Tell;
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel; Bruckner, Symphony #7
- Sight-reading (not required on recorded
auditions)
HORN
A
prescreening recording is not required, except for doctor of musical arts
applicants. If you wish to upload a video recording to your application, you
may do so. The recording should consist of selections from the audition
repertoire. Doctor of musical arts applicants should record approximately
30 minutes of the repertoire below.
AUDITION
REQUIREMENTS:
Undergraduate
- Major and minor scales and arpeggios (not
required on recorded auditions)
- Etude by Kopprasch or the equivalent
- Solo or concerto selected by the student
- Selected contrasting orchestral excerpts
Graduate
- Solo or concerto selected by the student
- Advanced etude (Gallay, Kling, or
Maxime-Alphonse)
- Selected contrasting orchestral excerpts
TUBA
A
prescreening recording is not required, except for doctor of musical arts
applicants. If you wish to upload a video recording to your application, you
may do so. The recording should consist of selections from the audition
repertoire. Doctor of musical arts applicants should record approximately
30 minutes of the repertoire below.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Undergraduate
- Major and minor scales and arpeggios (not
required on recorded auditions)
- Two contrasting etudes
- Solo selected by the student
- Orchestral excerpts
- Sight-reading (not required on recorded
auditions)
-
Graduate
- Major and minor scales and arpeggios (not
required on recorded auditions)
- Concerto selected by the student
- Two contrasting etudes
- Orchestral excerpts
- Solo demonstrating contemporary techniques
- Sight-reading (not required on recorded
auditions)
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- Updated on 04/09/2019