Undergraduate Auditions

Euphonium Audition Requirements

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

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

Choose one etude from each group:

◦ Rochut - Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Vol. 1: #4, #23, or #19
◦ Voxman - Selected Studies for Baritone: A-flat Major Allegro, F Major Allegro, C Minor Allegro

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

◦ Barat - Andante and Allegro
◦ Capuzzi - Andante and Rondo
◦ Curnow - Rhapsody for Euphonium
◦ Guilmant - Morceau Symphonique
◦ Marcello - Sonata in F Major
◦ Mozart - Bassoon Concerto, movements 2 and 3

Tuba Audition Requirements

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

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

Choose one etude from each group:

◦ Rochut - Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Vol. 1: #4, #23, or #19 (down one octave)
◦ 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:

◦ 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

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