Last update:
02/25/2008
Audition Recording
All applicants must submit an audition/placement recording. We will accept recordings on CD, tape, or minidisc. Please label the CD or tape case with your name and instrument.
High School Applicants:
 | Five minutes of a solo of your choice (accompaniment is not necessary.) |
| Five minutes of a contrasting solo or etude. |
College Applicants:
Please see repertoire requirements by instrument below. The excerpts listed below for trumpet, trombone, and tuba are recommended, but you may choose three or more contrasting excerpts of your choice.
Trumpet:
| Five to ten minutes of a solo of your choice (accompaniment is not necessary.) |
| Respighi Pines of Rome, 2nd movement, offstage solo |
| Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition, 1st trumpet, opening to #2 |
| Stravinsky Petrouchka, 1st trumpet, 4th bar of 134 to 139 |
Horn:
| Two contrasting solo works - one complete movement from each work, with accompaniment if available. |
Tenor Trombone:
| Five to ten minutes of a solo of your choice (accompaniment is not necessary) |
| Mozart Tuba Mirum from the Requiem, trb. 2 solo through measure 18 only (find at the Online Trombone Journal) |
| Ravel Bolero, trb.1, first solo only (Online Trombone Journal) |
| Berlioz Hungarian March, trb. 2, 6 before 4 through 2 after 5 (Kalmus) (Online Trombone Journal) |
Bass Trombone:
| Five to ten minutes of a solo of your choice (accompaniment is not necessary) |
| Wagner Tannhauser, first half only (same as trb.1 at Online Trombone Journal) |
| Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, 1st movement, 3 bars after 29 to 4 bars after 35 |
| Berlioz Hungarian March, 6 before 4 through 2 after 5 (Kalmus) |
Tuba:
| Five to ten minutes of a solo of your choice (accompaniment is not necessary) |
| Berlioz Hungarian March, 1 bar before 4 until 2 bars after 5 |
| Wagner Ride of the Valkyrie, 11 until key change after 12 |
| Wagner Overture to Die Meistersinger, beginning until A and J until K |
Euphonium:
We do not set aside a position specifically for a euphonium player. Euphonium players who wish to apply as a college participant must also play tenor trombone, or tuba. Since we only select one bass trombone, we would prefer not to have the bass trombonist double on euphonium. Include in your audition recording the repertoire required for tenor trombone or tuba, and add samples of solo euphonium. We usually select just three tenor trombonists and two tubas. Whether or not a euphonium player is selected will be determined by repertoire needs and doubling skills. If the player is outstanding on euphonium and acceptable on their other instrument, he or she may be selected above a more capable trombonist or tuba player.
High School euphonium players may apply just on euphonium or on both euphonium and trombone. Selected high school euphonium players will not be required to play trombone.