Undergraduate Auditions

Be prepared to play any two-octave major scale and to be able to demonstrate the upper and lower extremities of your range

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Prospective students should prepare two contrasting etudes (e.g. lyrical and technical) comparable to the following:

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• Choose one etude from each group:
  ◦  Group 1: Rochut - Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Vol. 1: #4, #23, or #19 (down one octave)  
  ◦  Group 2: Blazevich - 70 Advanced Studies for Tuba, Vol. 1: #32; Kopprasch - 60 Selected Studies for Tuba: #32 or #40

Prospective students should also prepare one solo comparable to the following:

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• Select one of the following solos:
  ◦  Capuzzi - Andante and Rondo  
  ◦  Gregson - Concerto, movement 1  
  ◦  Haddad - Suite  
  ◦  Hartley- Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba  
  ◦  Hindemith - Sonata, any two movements  
  ◦  Marcello - Sonata in F Major

Tuba Audition Requirements