Music major applicants should submit the required repertoire shown below for the desired degree program. All music major applicants will be automatically considered for scholarships.
We would like to encourage you to consider a work by composers from historically underrepresented groups.
Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium:
All candidates (Jazz/Commercial Trombone applicants, please see separate requirements here)
- B.A. Music Major, Music Education, & Non-Music Major
Solo Repertoire: Two contrasting selections from movements of sonatas, concertos, or solo pieces (approx. 6–10 minutes total).
Scales: One major scale of your choice — two octaves, ascending and descending. - B.M. Performance Major
In addition to the Solo Repertoire required for the B.A. degree above, performance applicants must prepare: - Scales:
One Major scale (two octaves, ascending and descending).
One Harmonic Minor scale (two octaves, ascending and descending).
Two-octave Chromatic scale (ascending and descending). - Excerpts: Prepare excerpts including at least three from the lists below corresponding to your instrument:
- Tenor Trombone Excerpts (choose at least 3):
Berlioz: Hungarian March — 2nd Trombone
Mozart: Requiem (“Tuba Mirum”) — 2nd Trombone
Ravel: Boléro — 1st Trombone
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”) — 1st Trombone
Wagner: Die Walküre (“Ride of the Valkyries”) — 1st Trombone - Bass Trombone Excerpts (choose at least 3):
Berlioz: Hungarian March — Bass Trombone
Haydn: The Creation (“Achieved is the Glorious Work”) — Bass Trombone
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (Mvt. I) — Bass Trombone
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 (“Rhenish”) (Mvt. IV) — Bass Trombone
Wagner: Die Walküre (“Ride of the Valkyries”) — Bass Trombone - Euphonium Excerpts (choose at least 3):
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy (Mvt. 2 “Horkstow Grange” or Mvt. 3 “Rufford Park Poachers”)
Holst: First Suite in E-flat for Military Band (Mvt. 1 “Chaconne” or Mvt. 3 “March”)
Holst: Second Suite in F for Military Band (Mvt. 1 “March”)
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever (Trio and Breakstrain)
Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale (m. 1–21) - Repertoire Suggestions
Please Note: The works listed below are suggestions only to help guide your preparation. You are not required to choose repertoire from this list and are fully encouraged to perform any contrasting solo pieces of comparable quality that showcase your technical and artistic strengths. - Tenor Trombone Solos:
Ferdinand David: Concertino
J. Edouard Barat: Andante et Allegro
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cavatine
Alexandre Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique - Bass Trombone Solos:
Alexei Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement
Ernst Sachse: Concertino in F Major
Robert Spillman: Concerto for Bass Trombone
Eric Ewazen: Concerto for Bass Trombone - Euphonium Solos:
Antonio Capuzzi (arr. Catelinet): Andante and Rondo
J. Edouard Barat: Introduction and Dance
James Curnow: Rhapsody for Euphonium
Joseph Horovitz: Euphonium Concerto (Mvt. 1)
Tuba:
All candidates
- Two or three contrasting selections from movements of sonatas, concertos, solo pieces, or études. Approximately 10 minutes total.
- Two major scales of your choice — two octaves, ascending and descending
Audition selections should demonstrate the applicant’s abilities in phrasing, sustained playing, articulation, range, and technical facility, including legato and staccato at varied speeds.