Graduate Brass Audition Repertoire

• Two contrasting solos with piano accompaniment
• Any etude by Charlier
• Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (opening solo)
• Respighi: Pines of Rome (off-stage solo)
• Stravinsky: "Ballerina's Dance" from Petrouchka

• First movement of any Mozart concerto, with live piano accompaniment

• Any Gallay etude

• Three standard excerpts of diverse styles

• Additional requirement: Something that represents you as a musician and person (ie. music composition you wrote, an article you wrote for publication, or other media). If you do not yet have any of these, please submit a one-page proposal for something you would like to do.

• Pre-Screened Recordings  should  be selected from the etudes, solos, and excerpts provided below.  Requests for consideration of different repertoire should be directed to jbynum@uga.edu

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• Solo repertoire can be recorded without piano.   Applicants  No editing within a piece, but it is not necessary to record all material in one take.  Video is preferred, but not mandatory. 

PRE-SCREENING REPERTOIRE:  ​

Choose 1 Etude:

Bitsch: 15 Rhythmic Etudes (No. 2 - 7)

Blazhevich: Clef Studies (No. 80 - 90)

Bordogni: Vocalises (No. 23 or 61)

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Choose 1 Solo:

Crespo: Improvisation No. 1

David:  Concertino (m. 1-2)

Grondahl: Concerto (m. 1)

Martin: Ballade

Tomasi: Concerto (m. 1)

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Choose 3 Excerpts:

Mahler:  Symphony No. 3, mvt. 1 (first solo)

Ravel: Bolero 

Rossini: William Tell Overture

Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (minor and major)

• Pre-Screened Recordings  should  be selected from the etudes, solos, and excerpts provided below.  Requests for consideration of different repertoire should be directed to jbynum@uga.edu

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• Solo repertoire can be recorded without piano.   Applicants  No editing within a piece, but it is not necessary to record all material in one take.  Video is preferred, but not mandatory. 

Choose 1 Etude:

Blazhevich:  Low Range Studies (No. 50 - 60)

Bordogni: Vocalises, 8vb (No. 23 or 61)

Maenz: Zwanzig Studien (No. 2 - 7)

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Choose 1 Solo:

Bozza: New Orleans

Fetter: Variations on Dona Nobis Pacem

Koetsier:  Allegro Maestoso

Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement

Spillman: Concerto (m. 1)

Choose 3 Excerpts:

Haydn - Achieved is Thy Glorious Work

Kodaly -  Hary Janos Suite 

Rossini - William Tell Overture

Wagner - Das Rheingold (Entrance of the Gods)

• Two contrasting solos with piano accompaniment
• Any complete etude from Rochut: Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Book 2
• Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever (no repeats)
• Schoenberg: Theme and Variations (Variation V; baritone part)
• Grainger: "Horkstow Grange" from Lincolnshire Posy (beginning to m. 17; baritone part)

• Two contrasting solos with piano accompaniment
• Any complete etude from Rochut: Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Book 2 (down one octave)
• Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger (RN J to RN L)
• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, mvmt. 1 (RN3 to RN6)
• Berlioz: Hungarian March (RN4 to 4 after RN5)