Repertoire List
•Brass (trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba): solo work and/or contrasting etudes — memorization and accompaniment not required
•Woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone): one solo — memorization and accompaniment not required
-Suggested repertoire is contained in the OMEA contest list; compositions of equivalent difficulty may be substituted
•Percussion: a solo on each of snare drum, percussion keyboard (mallets) and timpani, with proficiency in timpani tuning — accompaniment not required
•Violin, viola and cello: two contrasting movements or pieces — memorization optional
•Double bass: Marcello Sonata in E minor (two contrasting movements) or a work of comparable difficulty — memorization not required
•Classical guitar: two or three contrasting pieces performed from memory on a classical (nylon-string) guitar, without a pick
-Repertoire of at least equivalent difficulty to Villa-Lobos Cinq Preludes, Sor Study in B minor, Bach Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 or Brouwer El Decameron Negro
•Piano: three contrasting solo pieces — a two- or three-part invention or prelude and fugue by Bach, a sonata movement by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven, and a Romantic or Contemporary work; at least one performed from memory
Scales & Technique
•Brass: major and chromatic scales, one octave required (two octaves optional)
•Woodwinds: major and chromatic scales — from memory
•Violin, viola and cello: two-octave scales
•Double bass: all major scales, one octave minimum — from memory
•Sight-reading is included for all applicants; percussionists sight-read on at least two instruments
