Brass

All graduate applicants should prepare the following:

All major and minor scales and arpeggios, covering two or more octaves as possible.
10-15 minutes of contrasting selections from the candidate’s current repertoire* of solos, etudes and/or excerpts.** Demonstration from a variety of music periods is suggested (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Twentieth Century, etc.).
Candidates will be asked to demonstrate sight-reading abilities.

*Please bring a list of current and past repertoire and a resume/CV to the audition
**Suggested examples of audition repertoire are listed under each instrument. Unlisted literature is welcomed and considered. Please contact the studio professor with your audition repertoire before your audition.

Scheduling Your Audition

Please contact the brass faculty member for your instrument to schedule an audition.
Please fill out this audition form prior to your audition.

Trumpet

Concerti: Haydn, Hummel, Arutiunian, Tomasi, Chaynes
Sonati: Antheil, Hindemith, Stevens
Single movement works: Brandt, Enescu, Bozza
Unaccompanied works: Persichetti, Arnold, Larsen
Etudes: Bitsch, Charlier, Chaynes
Excerpts: Bach, Mahler, Mussorsky, Ravel, Respighi, Stravinsky
Jazz: standards, ballads, etc.

Please contact Dr. James Stokes, Professor of Trumpet and Co-Director of the Performance Degree Program, with any your questions and audition repertoire before your audition: stokesjm@appstate.edu

Horn

Multi-Movement Works: Jacob, Gliere, W. Mozart (2/4),Ewazen, Hindemith, Raum, Turner
Single movement works: Bitsch, Bozza, Poulenc, Neuling
Unaccompanied works: Amram, Berge, Messiaen
Etudes: Gallay, Kopprasch, Reynolds
Excerpts: Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich, Strauss

Please contact Dr. Dakota Corbliss, Assistant Professor of Horn, with any questions and audition repertoire before your audition: corblissdc@appstate.edu

Tenor Trombone

Solo Repertoire: Grondahl/Concerto, David/Concertino, Barfield/Red Sky, Martin/Ballade, Casterede/Sonatine
Unaccompanied Works: Crespo/Improvisation No. 1, Arnold/Fantasy
Etudes: Bordogni/Rochut, Bitsch, Blazhevich, Tyrell
Excerpts: Mozart/Tuba Mirum, Wagner/Ride of the Valkyries, Ravel/Bolero, Berlioz/Hungarian March

Please contact Dr. Joseph Brown, Associate Professor of Trombone, with any questions and audition repertoire before your audition: brownja9@appstate.edu

Bass Trombone

Solo Repertoire: Spillman/Concerto, Ewazen/Concerto, Vaughan Willams/Tuba Concerto, Bozza/New Orleans
Unaccompanied Works: J.S. Bach/Cello Suites
Etudes: Bordogni/Rochut, Blazhevich, Grigoriev, Tyrell
Excerpts: Haydn/Creation, Wagner/Das Rheingold, Schumann/Symphony #3, Berlioz/Hungarian March

Please contact Dr. Joseph Brown, Assistant Professor of Trombone, with any questions and audition repertoire before your audition: brownja9@appstate.edu

Euphonium

Solo Repertoire: Jacobs/Fantasia, Horovitz/Concerto, Gillingham/Blue Lake Fantasy, Sparke/Pantomime, Ewazen/Sonata
Etudes: Bordogni/Rochut, Arban, Voxman, Charlier
Excerpts: Standard orchestral and/or military band excerpts

Please contact Dr. Samuel Ambrose, Assistant Professor of Tuba & Euphonium, with any questions and audition repertoire before your audition: ambrosesr@appstate.edu

Tuba

Solo Repertoire: Vaughan Williams/Concerto, Penderecki/Capriccio, Hindemith/Sonata, Schumann/Adagio & Allegro, Plau/Concerto
Etudes: Bordogni/Rochut, Gallay, Arban, Snedecor
Excerpts: Standard orchestral and/or military band excerpts