Repertoire List
•Bullet: Horn: a brief work or movement from the standard repertoire and a contrasting solo or etude, demonstrating both lyrical and technical playing
•Bullet: Trumpet: one or two solo movements or etudes that demonstrate your current and highest level of technical and musical development
•Bullet: Trombone: a representative solo demonstrating both lyrical and technical playing, or two etudes of contrasting style
•Bullet: Tuba: an etude of your choice from Bordogni Melodious Studies and a technical etude of your choice from Blazhevich 70 Studies, Kopprasch 60 Selected Studies, or Tyrell 40 Advanced Studies
•Bullet: Euphonium: an etude of your choice from Rochut Melodious Studies and a technical etude of your choice from Tyrell 40 Progressive Studies for Trombone or Voxman Selected Studies
•Bullet: Percussion: a selection on a mallet instrument (two and/or four mallets), a concert snare drum solo or etude (required; an additional rudimental solo is optional), and a timpani selection (tuning required)
•Bullet: Violin: one movement from a Bach solo sonata or partita, one movement of a major concerto, and one etude or caprice by Paganini, Ernst, Wieniawski, Dont, Rode, Kreutzer, or Wohlfahrt, or a short virtuosic work or movement for solo violin; applicants who are not performance majors may select two pieces from these three categories
•Bullet: Viola: one movement from a Bach cello solo suite or violin sonata/partita, one movement of a standard concerto (J.C. Bach, Hoffmeister, Stamitz, or similar), and one etude or virtuosic work representative of your technical achievement (Kreutzer, Campagnoli, Bruni, Dont, Palashko, or similar); applicants who are not performance majors may select two pieces from these three categories
•Bullet: Cello: a movement of a cello concerto, a movement of a solo Bach cello suite, and an etude representative of your technical achievement (such as Popper High School of Cello Playing); memorization is recommended but not required for all works
•Bullet: Double bass: one movement from any double bass concerto, sonata, or comparable solo work, one movement from any Bach suite or comparable solo work, and one etude and/or orchestral excerpt of your choice
•Bullet: Flute: a movement from a Classical concerto and an additional contrasting piece; the material should demonstrate your highest level of proficiency, both technically and musically
•Bullet: Oboe: a Barret or Ferling etude, along with a solo of choice that best demonstrates your playing ability
•Bullet: Clarinet: two solo works of contrasting style and either a representative etude or two standard orchestral excerpts; audition on B-flat soprano clarinet (or A clarinet when appropriate), because bass clarinet is not allowed as a primary instrument of study
•Bullet: Bassoon: two contrasting movements of a sonata or concerto of moderate difficulty, plus one slow, melodic etude (preferably by Milde, Orefici, or Weissenborn)
•Bullet: Saxophone: one original composition or movement from the standard recital or concerto repertoire (such as Creston, Maurice, Ibert, Glazunov, Villa-Lobos, Decruck, or Muczynski), plus one additional work of contrasting style; original contemporary repertoire, transcriptions, and etudes are good options
•Bullet: Piano: two memorized pieces, including at least one from the Baroque or Classical era
Scales & Technique
•Bullet: Flute: be prepared to sight-read and to play full-range major, minor, and chromatic scales
•Bullet: Oboe: be prepared to play scales throughout the practical range of the oboe (low B-flat to high F)
•Bullet: Clarinet: you may be asked to play full-range chromatic, major, and minor scales; be prepared to play scales and sight-read at the live interview on audition day
•Bullet: Saxophone: be prepared to demonstrate from memory all major, harmonic minor, and chromatic scales over the full range of the instrument (excluding altissimo)
•Bullet: Trumpet: sight-reading is assessed at the audition, along with multiple tonguing and scales to demonstrate range
•Bullet: Trombone: you may be asked to demonstrate double and triple tonguing, as well as one or two scales demonstrating both high and low range
•Bullet: Tuba and euphonium: be prepared to perform any major and chromatic scales (two octaves) demonstrating low and high range; sight-reading may be included
•Bullet: Percussion: know all major scales (minors preferred as well) and be prepared to sight-read on mallets and snare drum
