Audition repertoire and requirements - Undergraduate studies

 

1. Two etudes in contrasting styles from the following list:

Arban - Characteristic Etudes 1,2,3,4,6

Charlier - 36 Etudes

Brandt - 34 Etudes

Bordogni: 24 Vocalises

 

2. First movement or second and third movements from one of the following Concertos:

Haydn / Hummel / Neruda

 

3. First movement or a one-movement work from the following list:

Brandt - Concertpiece No. 1

Brandt - Concertpiece No. 2

Böhme - Concerto No. 1

Bozza - Caprice

Arutunian - Concerto

Hindemith - Sonata

Peskin Concerto No. 1

Enesco - Légende

 

4. Two Orchestral excerpts:

a. Beethoven - Leonora No. 3 (The backstage Fanfare)

b. Mussorgsky / Ravel - Pictures in the Exhibition - Promenade, measures 1-8

 

***Special requests regarding the repertoire must be approved by the Head of the Wind Department

 

 

French horn

  

1. An Etude by Kopprasch, Maxime-Alphonse (Vol. 3 onwards) or Muller, representing the candidate's level.

 

2. Mozart – First movement from the Second, Third or Fourth Horn Concerto (including Cadenza in the Third and Fourth Concerto).

 

3. A movement from a work, or a single-movement work, in a different style from the Concerto.

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4. Two Orchestral excerpts from the following list:

 a. Tchaikovsky - Fifth Symphony, second movement, First horn, measures 9 to 28.

 b. R. Strauss- Till Eulenspiegel, First horn, measures 6 to 20.

 c. Beethoven - Third Symphony, third movement - Trio - Second horn.

 

***Special requests regarding the repertoire must be approved by the Head of the Wind Department

Trombone

 

1. Two etudes:

Bordogni / Rochue – Etude No. 4

Kopprasch – Etude No. 3

 

2. One of the following works:

a. David - Concertino – First and second movements

b. Saint-Saens - Cavatine

c. Guilmant - Morceau Symphonique

 

3. Two Orchestral excerpts:

Mozart - Requiem - Second Trombone, Tuba Mirum: measures 1-18

Wagner - Valkyries - First Trombone – pickup to number 3 until two measures after number 6

 

***Special requests regarding the repertoire must be approved by the Head of the Wind Department

 

Bass trombone

 

1. Two Etudes:

Bordogni / Rochue – Etude No. 4

Kopprasch – Etude No. 3

With the option of a lower octave

 

2. Bach - Saraband from the fifth Suite for cello solo

 

3. Sachse  - Trombone Concerto – First movement

 

4. Two Orchestral excerpts:

a. Haydn – The Creation, movement No. 26

b. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben - Numbers 61-65

 

***Special requests regarding the repertoire must be approved by the Head of the Wind Department

 

 

Tuba

 

1. First movement from a concerto either by V. Williams or E. Gregson

 

2. First two movements from a baroque sonata by B. Marcello / H. Eccles / G. Telemann

 

3. An etude from either book by Kopprasch / Blazhevich

 

4. Two Orchestral excerpts:

a. Prokofiev 5th Symphony, first movement, no. 3 to 6

b. Mahler Symphony no. 1, third movement Solo -  hold the last D 4.5 measures, until no. 4

 

 

***Special requests regarding the repertoire must be approved by the Head of the Wind Department