Pre-Screening
All graduate programs in brass performance require pre-screening, so your application must be submitted by the Priority deadline of December 1. Pre-screening materials will be submitted online using Acceptd.
Trumpet graduate pre-screening
- 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
Horn graduate pre-screening
- First movement of any Mozart concerto, with live piano accompaniment
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Any Gallay etude
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Three standard excerpts of diverse styles
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Additional requirement:
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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.
Tenor trombone graduate pre-screening
Applicants will be selected from the pre-screened recordings to play a virtual live audition for the Brass Faculty via Zoom early in 2021(see above for possible dates). For the live audition, candidates should prepare new repertoire (2 contrasting solo selections & excerpts). There will also be sight-reading.
Live accompaniment at the virtual audition is not required. For more information regarding the application process, please contact Dr. Bynum.
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Choose 1 Etude:
Bitsch: 15 Rhythmic Etude No. 7
Bordogni: Vocalise No. 61
Choose 1 Solo:
Martin: Ballade
Tomasi: Concerto, m. 1
Choose 3 Excerpts:
Mahler: Symphony No. 3, mvt. 1 (first solo)
Ravel: Bolero (solo)
Rossini: William Tell (storm scene)
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (minor and major)
Bass trombone graduate pre-screening
Applicants will be selected from the pre-screened recordings to play a virtual live audition for the Brass Faculty via Zoom early in 2021(see above for possible dates). For the live audition, candidates should prepare new repertoire (2 contrasting solo selections & excerpts). There will also be sight-reading.
Live accompaniment at the virtual audition is not required. For more information regarding the application process, please contact Dr. Bynum.
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Choose 1 Etude:
Bordogni: Vocalise No. 61 (8vb)
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Maenz: Zwanzig Studien No. 2
Choose 1 Solo:
Bozza: New Orleans
Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement
Choose 3 Excerpts:
Haydn - Achieved is Thy Glorious Work from Die Schöpfung (beginning to C)
Kodaly - The Battle & Defeat of Napoleon from Hary Janos Suite (5 to long pause)
Rossini - William Tell (storm scene)
Wagner - Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold (80 to the end)
Euphonium graduate pre-screening
- 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)
Tuba graduate pre-screening
- 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)
On-Campus Auditions*
- Auditions for trombone, tuba, and euphonium will be held on January 15th and January 22nd, 2022.
- Auditions for trumpet will be held on January 22nd (preferred) and January 15th, 2022.
- Auditions for horn will be held on January 15th, 2022 or by special appointment.
- All auditions will be in-person or via Zoom, based on requested accommodation.
For audition scheduling questions, contact Brass Area Chair Dr. James Naigus.
For clarification and further information, please contact the appropriate applied faculty:
Brandon Craswell, trumpet
Jean Martin-Williams, horn
Joshua Bynum, trombone
Matthew Shipes, tuba and euphonium