Departments and Faculty
Horn
Trumpet
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David Burkhart
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Mario Guarneri
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Mark Inouye
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Adam Luftman, Brass Chamber Ensemble Director; Brass Chair
Trombone
Tuba
Requirements
Review the requirements for your area of study below.
Note that for all Brass applicants:
- There is no prescreening requirement.
- Works with piano are not required to be performed with a pianist or piano recording.
- Repertoire does not need to be memorized.
- Horn
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UPDATED JANUARY 7, 2022
Applicants will submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual interview with members of the faculty. There will be no performance in the virtual interview.
Undergraduate
- Major, minor, and chromatic scales
- First movement (complete with cadenza, if applicable), Mozart's Concerto No. 2, 3, or 4
- First movement (complete), Strauss' Concerto No. 1
- Three orchestral excerpts. Select one excerpt from each option.
- Excerpt 1 Options
- Brahms' Symphony No. 3, mvmt 3, 1st horn (measures 98-110 / F to 12 after F)
- Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, mvmt 2, 1st horn (measures 9-28)
- Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3, slow movement, 3rd horn (reh Q to reh S)
- Excerpt 2 Options
- Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel, 1st horn (beginning to 1)
- Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, mvmt 1, 1st horn (reh 17-21)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", mvmt 3, 2nd horn (measures 171 - 205)
- Excerpt 3 Options
- Wagner's Götterdämmerung (short call)
- Schumann's Symphony No. 3, mvmt 1, 1st horn, (measures 363-390)
- Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, mvmt 4, 1st horn (17 after reh 10 to reh 11)
- Excerpt 1 Options
- Sight-reading (if applicable)
Graduate and Postgraduate
- Major, minor, and chromatic scales
- Strauss' Concerto No. 1 or comparable work
- A 20th-century work for solo horn. We recommend performing a work by a female composer and/or person from a historically underrepresented ethnic/racial background.
- Five orchestral excerpts. Select one excerpt from each option.
- Excerpt 1 Options
- Mendelssohn's Midsummer's Night Dream, Nocturne (measures 1-34)
- Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, mvmt 2, 1st horn (measures 9-28)
- Brahms' Symphony No. 1, mvmt 2, 1st horn (measures 90-105)
- Excerpt 2 Options
- Franck's Symphony in d minor, mvmt 2, 1st horn (measures 29-48)
- Schumann's Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish", mvmt 4, 1st horn (measures 1-8)
- Ravel's Pavane, 1st horn (measures 1-11)
- Excerpt 3 Options
- Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, 2nd horn (4 after reh 3 to 2 after reh 5)
- Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, mvmt 1, 1st horn (reh 17-21)
- Strauss's Don Quixote, Var. VII, 2nd horn (reh 57 to 5 after reh 58)
- Excerpt 4 Options
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, mvmt 3, 4th horn (measures 83-121)
- Mahler's Symphony No. 1, mvmt 3, 2nd horn (4 after reh 13 to reh 15)
- Strauss's Don Quixote, Var. VIII, 4th horn (5 before reh 59 to 8 after reh 62)
- Excerpt 5 Options
- Wagner's Götterdämmerung (short call)
- Bach's Mass in b minor, Quoniam (measures 1-13)
- Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, 1st horn (beginning to reh 2)
- Excerpt 1 Options
- Sight-reading (if applicable)
- Trumpet
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UPDATED JANUARY 7, 2022
Applicants will submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format.
Undergraduate Freshmen
- Charlier Étude No. 2 (beginning to the last measure of line 7)
- One technical etude (Arban, Bitsch, Bousquet, Brandt, etc)
- Adagio from Aleksandra Pakhmutova's Concerto for Trumpet (two before 16 to six after 17)*
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3 Offstage call
- Mussorgsky/Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition Opening solo
- Optional: If there is an additional solo work you would like to perform, please list it in your final audition repertoire.
Undergraduate Transfers
- Charlier Étude No. 2 (beginning to the last measure of line 7)
- One technical etude (Arban, Bitsch, Bousquet, Brandt, etc)
- Adagio from Aleksandra Pakhmutova's Concerto for Trumpet (two before 16 to six after 17)*
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3 Offstage call
- Mussorgsky/Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition Opening solo
- Respighi's Pines of Rome Offstage solo
- Mahler's Symphony No 5 Opening solo
- Stravinsky's Petrouchka (1947 version) Ballerina Dance (1 bar before Reh. 134 to Reh. 139)
- Optional: If there is an additional solo work you would like to perform, please list it in your final audition repertoire.
Graduate and Postgraduate
- Charlier Étude No. 2 (beginning to the last measure of line 7)
- One technical etude (Arban, Bitsch, Bousquet, Brandt, etc)
- First movement exposition of Haydn or Hummel Concerto
- Adagio from Aleksandra Pakhmutova's Concerto for Trumpet (two before 16 to six after 17)*
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3 Offstage call
- Mussorgsky/Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition Opening solo
- Respighi's Pines of Rome Offstage solo
- Mahler's Symphony No 5 Opening solo
- Stravinsky's Petrouchka (1947 version) Ballerina Dance (1 bar before Reh. 134 to Reh. 139)
*Excerpt is provided within the application on the Audition Details tab. Select trumpet as your instrument area for access.
- Trombone
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UPDATED JANUARY 7, 2022
Applicants will submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format.
Undergraduate
- One Solo of choice with contrasting sections
- Two contrasting études of choice (one lyrical and one technical)
- Major scales (We recommend 3 major scales of 2 or 3 octaves, with at least one in a sharp key. They may be played as eighth notes at a tempo of 120.)
Graduate and Postgraduate
- One of the following solos: Ballade by Frank Martin; Concertino, mvt. 1 by Ferdinand David; Sonate by Paul Hindemith
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Berlioz's Hungarian March (second trombone, Reh 3 to 2nd measure of Reh 5)
- Mahler's Symphony No. 3 (first trombone, first and second solos)
- Mozart's "Tuba Mirum" from Requiem
- Ravel's Bolero (Reh 10 solo)
- Saint-Saens' Symphony No. 3 (first trombone, mvt 1, Reh Q to R)
- Strauss' Ein Heldenleben (second trombone, Reh 60-66)
- Tower's Fanfare for an Uncommon Woman (first trombone, bar 45-80)*
- Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries (second trombone, B major section)
*Excerpt is provided within the application on the Audition Details tab. Select trombone as your instrument area for access.
- Bass Trombone
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UPDATED JANUARY 7, 2022
Applicants will submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format.
Undergraduate
- Études from J. Rochut Melodious Études, Book 1
- One Solo of choice with contrasting sections
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4
- Brahms' Symphony No. 1
- Schubert's Symphony in C Major
- Berlioz's Hungarian March
- Sight-reading
Graduate and Postgraduate
- One solo (Sarabande from Bach Cello Suite No. 5, or piece of student’s choice) with contrasting sections
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Haydn's The Creation, No. 26
- Kodály's Háry János Suite, fourth movement
- Rossini's Overture to La gazza ladra
- Schumann's Symphony No. 3, fourth movement
- Strauss's Ein Heldenleben
- Wagner's Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
- Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser
- Tuba
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UPDATED JANUARY 7, 2022
Applicants will submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual interview with members of the admission committee. There will be no performance in the virtual interview.
Undergraduate
- One étude
- A legato study (such as Rochut)
- Solo literature
- Orchestral excerpts (transfer students only, incoming freshmen excluded)
Graduate and Postgraduate
- One solo (Vaughan Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba: first movement, or piece of student’s choice)
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Berlioz's Rakóczy March
- Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
- Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis
- Stravinsky's Petrushka
- Wagner's Overture to Die Meistersinger or Ride of the Valkyries
For audition dates, please visit Auditions.