Audition Expectations: Brass

Undergraduate:

– Three scales: to be selected from ALL major and minor scales.

– Two contrasting movements from any solo work (concerto, sonata, etc.) or standard studies for the particular instrument (no piano accompaniment).  Region etudes are also acceptable audition material.

– Sight-reading

Graduate:

– Three standard orchestral/band excerpts

–  A twenty-minute program that includes at least three works from various musical periods or demonstrates different musical styles

– Sight-reading