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Brass Audition Information

Trumpet (BM)

l  Sight reading and transposition.

l  Major Scales (including chromatic)

l  Etude: Bosquet - Etude 11, Brandt - Etude 2, or Sigmund Herring - Etude 36

l  Solo: Choose one solo from this list.

l  No memory requirement.

l  Arutunian - Concerto; Hummel - Concerto (1st Movement); Haydn - Concerto (1st movement); Goedicke - Concert Etude; Ropartz - Andante et Allegro; Kennan - Sonata (1st Movement); Halsey Stevens - Sonata (1st Movement), Ewazen - Sonata (1st Movement); Brandt - Concertpiece (either one).

Trumpet (Education, Jazz, Composition, and BA)

l  Sight reading.

l  Major scales (including chromatic).

l  Choose one solo from this list.

l  No memory requirement.

l  Arutunian - Concerto; Hummel - Concerto (1st Movement); Haydn - Concerto (1st movement); Goedicke - Concert Etude; Ropartz - Andante et Allegro; Kennan - Sonata (1st Movement); Halsey Stevens - Sonata (1st Movement), Ewazen - Sonata (1st Movement); Brandt - Concertpiece (either one).

Tenor Trombone (BM)

l  Required to choose one solo from this list.

l  There is no memory requirement.)

l  David - Concertino (mvts. 1 & 2); Larsson - Concertino (mvts. 1 & 2); Serocki Sonatina.

Tenor Trombone (Education, Jazz, Composition, BA)

l  Required to choose one solo from this list

l  Saint-Saens Cavatine; David - Concertino (mvts. 1 & 2); Larsson - Concertino (mvts.1 & 2).

l  Substitutions are subject to prior approval by the trombone faculty.

Bass Trombone (BM)

l  Required to choose one solo from this list.

l  There is no memory requirement.

l  Koetsier – Allegro Maestoso; Kazik Gangbusters; Sachse – Konzert.

Bass Trombone (Education, Jazz, Composition, BA)

l  Required to choose one solo from this list.

l  Jacob - Cameos (any 3 mvts.); Lebedev – Concerto in One Movement, Telemann Sonata in f minor (1st & 2nd mvts.).

l  Substitutions are subject to prior approval by the trombone faculty.

Horn (BM)

The audition will be performed without piano for acceptance to the College of Music and prior to enrollment.

Please choose one of the following:

l  First movement of a Mozart Concerto in Eb (K. 417, 447, or 495)

l  R. Strauss Concerto No. 1, Op. 11

l  A work of equivalent/greater difficulty than listed above (including etudes)

Horn (Education, Composition, BA) 

l  Mozart - any concerto in Eb (K. 417, 447, 495 – 1 st mvt. or R. Strauss - Concerto, Op. 11 (one mvt.).

l  Please note that the works listed are only suggested pieces; a standard work of comparable quality may be substituted with prior approval of the horn faculty.

Euphonium (BM)

l  Required to choose one solo from this list and the Arban’s study.

l  There is no memory requirement.

l  Guilmant – Morceau Symphonique; Barat – Andante et Allegro; Capuzzi/Catelinet – Andante and Rondo; Bellstedt – Napoli; Pryor – Blue Bells of Scotland; Arban – Characteristic Study No. 1

Euphonium (Education, Composition, BA) 

l  Galliard - Sonata No.1; Hutchinson - Sonatina; Rochut - Melodious Etudes (any etude in book 1)

l  Any solo from the performance major list below

l  All major scales

l  Please note that the works listed are only suggested pieces.

l  Standard works of comparable quality may be substituted with prior approval of the euphonium faculty.

Tuba (BM)

l  Select one solo and prepare all orchestra excerpts

ü  Hindemith ­- Sonata (any two movements)

ü  Lebedev ­- Concerto in One Movement

ü  Gregson ­- Concerto (1st movement).

l  Orchestral excerpts from: Mahler - Symphony No 1; Prokofiev ­ Symphony No. 5; Wagner ­ Die Meistersinger.

For questions about excerpts email: donald.little@unt.edu)

Tuba (Education, Composition, and BA)

l  Select one solo from the following:

ü  Barat - Introduction and Dance

ü  Capuzzi/Catelinet - Andante and Rondo

ü  Gregson ­- Concerto (1st movement)

ü  Hindemith ­- Sonata (any two movements); Marcello/Little - Sonata No. I or No. V.

l  A standard solo work of comparable quality may be substituted with prior approval of the tuba faculty (email: donald.little@unt.edu).

                                                                                                                                Updated on 04/26/2019