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 Audition Requirements: Music Majors and Minors Audition Requirements: I. Solo Repertoire. Prospective brass students wishing to be considered for entrance to the Georgia Southern University Department of Music as Music Majors must be prepared to play two pieces; one that demonstrates technical ability, the other emphasizing lyrical style (or two such contrasting sections from the same work).
In preparing for the audition, please note that you should select pieces that demonstrate your best levels of musicianship. We are looking for evidence of solid fundamentals in tone, intonation, tempo, rhythm, range, technique, and lyrical ability.
The following list of etudes and solos represents acceptable literature. It is offered as a source of suggestions; comparable works chosen outside this list may be substituted. NOTE: All-State Etudes are not appropriate audition material. Please bring two (2) copies of your prepared music to your audition.
A. Trumpet Etudes: Arban: Characteristic Studies from Complete Conservatory Method Bousquet: 36 Celebrated Studies Brandt: 34 Studies Charlier: 36 Transcendental Etudes Hering: 23 Orchestral Studies for the Advanced Trumpeter Tull: Eight Profiles Solos : Balay: Andante et Allegretto Corelli: Sonata VIII Goedicke: Concert Etude Handel/Fitzgerald: Aria con Variazioni Haydn: Concerto Hindemith: Sonate Hummel: Concerto Kennan: Sonata Ropartz: Andante et Allegro
B. Horn Etudes: Gallay: 12 Studies for Horn, Opus 57 Gallay: 22 Studies for Horn, Opus 58 Kopprasch: 60 Selected Studies for Horn (Vol. 1 or 2) Pottag: Preparatory Melodies to Solo Work for French Horn
Solos: Glazounow: Reverie, Op. 24 Hindemith: Sonata for Horn Mozart: Concerto No. 1or 3 (movement 1, no cadenza required) Saint-Saens: Morceau de Concert (any two pages) Strauss, Franz: Concerto, Op. 8 Strauss, Richard: Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 (any movement)
C. Tenor Trombone / Euphonium Etudes: Blume: 36 Studies for Trombone Kopprasch: 60 Selected Studies for Trombone Rochut: Melodious Etudes for Trombone, vol I Tyrrell: 40 Progressive Studies for Trombone Voxman: Selected Studies for Trombone Solos: Barat: Andante et Allegro Boda: Sonatina for Trombone Galliard: 6 Sonatas for Trombone and Piano (vol 1 or 2) (any one of six) Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique Ropartz: Andante et Allegro
D. Bass Trombone / Tuba Etudes: Bordogni: 43 Bel Canto Studies for Tuba (or Bass Trombone) Blazhevich: 70 Studies for BBb Tuba, vol I Fink: Studies in Legato for Bass Trombone and Tuba Pederson: Elementary Etudes for Bass Trombone Tyrrell: Advanced Studies for BBb Bass Solos: Barat: Introduction and Dance for Tuba and Piano Capuzzi: Introduction and Rondo (adapted for Tuba and Piano – Catelinet) Haddad: Suite for Tuba Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement (Bass Trombone and Piano) Marcello: Sonata No. 5 in C Major (arr. for Tuba and Piano) McCarty: Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano Ostrander: Sonata in G Minor for Bass Trombone Solo Spillman: Concerto Stevens: Sonatina
II. Scales. A. Trumpet 1. All major scales from memory; two octaves (to high C) preferred. 2. Chromatic scale from low F# to high C and back down. B. Horn 1. All major scales from memory; two octaves preferred. 2. Chromatic scale from low F up to as high as you can play and back down. C. Tenor Trombone / Euphonium 1. All major scales from memory; two octaves preferred. 2. Chromatic scale from low E up to as high as you can play and back down. D. Bass trombone / Tuba 1. All major scales from memory; two octaves preferred. 2. Chromatic scale from low E up to as high as you can play and back down.
III. Sightreading.
IV. Pitch Matching.
V. Additional information.
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