• All Major and Minor scales
• First movement (complete with cadenza, if applicable), Mozart 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)
    • Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, slow movement, 3rd horn (reh Q to reh S)
    • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, mvmt 2, 1st horn (measures 9-28)
  • Excerpt 2 Options
    • Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", mvmt 3, 2nd horn (measures 171 - 205)
    • Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, mvmt 1, 1st horn (reh 17-21)
    • Strauss Till Eulenspiegel, 1st horn (beginning to 1)
  • Excerpt 3 Options
    • Dvorak Symphony No. 9, mvmt 4, 1st horn (17 after reh 10 to reh 11)
    • Schumann Symphony No. 3, mvmt 1, 1st horn, (measures 363-390)
    • Wagner Götterdämmerung (short call)
• You may be asked to sight-read a short selection.

• All Major and Minor scales
• Strauss Concerto No. 1 or comparable work
• One 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 to fulfill this requirement.
• Five orchestral excerpts. Select one excerpt from each option:
  • Excerpt 1 Options
    • Brahms Symphony No. 1, mvmt 2, 1st horn (measures 90-105)
    • Mendelssohn Midsummer's Night Dream, Nocturne (measures 1-34)
    • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, mvmt 2, 1st horn (measures 9-28)
  • Excerpt 2 Options
    • Franck Symphony in d minor, mvmt 2, 1st horn (measures 29-48)
    • Ravel Pavane, 1st horn (measures 1-11)
    • Schumann Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish", mvmt 4, 1st horn (measures 1-8)
  • Excerpt 3 Options
    • Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, mvmt 1, 1st horn (reh 17-21)
    • Strauss Don Quixote, Var. VII, 2nd horn (reh 57 to 5 after reh 58)
    • Strauss Ein Heldenleben, 2nd horn (4 after reh 3 to 2 after reh 5)
  • Excerpt 4 Options
    • Beethoven Symphony No. 9, mvmt 3, 4th horn (measures 83-121)
    • Mahler Symphony No. 1, mvmt 3, 2nd horn (4 after reh 13 to reh 15)
    • Strauss Don Quixote, Var. VIII, 4th horn (5 before reh 59 to 8 after reh 62)
  • Excerpt 5 Options
    • Bach Mass in b minor, Quoniam (measures 1-13)
    • Strauss Ein Heldenleben, 1st horn (beginning to reh 2)
    • Wagner Götterdämmerung (short call)
• You may be asked to sight-read a short selection.

• Charlier Étude No. 2 (beginning to the 13th bar of the Meno mosso)
• 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 Leonore Overture No. 3 Offstage call
  • Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Opening solo
• Transfer Applicants only - Additional orchestral excerpts:
  • Mahler Symphony No 5 Opening solo
  • Respighi Pines of Rome Offstage solo
  • Stravinsky 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.

• Charlier Étude No. 2
• 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 Leonore Overture No. 3 Offstage call
  • Mahler Symphony No 5 Opening solo
  • Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Opening solo
  • Respighi Pines of Rome Offstage solo
  • Stravinsky 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.

*Excerpt is provided within the application on the Audition Details tab. Select trumpet as your instrument area for access.

• One solo of choice with contrasting sections
• Two contrasting études of choice (one lyrical and one technical)
• Three major scales of 2-3 octaves, with at least one in a sharp key. They may be played as eighth notes at a tempo of 120.

• One of the following solos:
  • Frank Martin Ballade
  • Ferdinand David Concertino, mvt. 1
  • Paul Hindemith Sonate
• Orchestral excerpts:
  • Berlioz Hungarian March (second trombone, Reh 3 to 2nd measure of Reh 5)
  • Mahler Symphony No. 3 (first trombone, first and second solos)
  • Mozart "Tuba Mirum" from Requiem
  • Ravel 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 Fanfare for an Uncommon Woman (first trombone, bar 45-80)*
  • Wagner 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.

• Two contrasting études from J. Rochut Melodious Études, Book 1
• One solo of choice with contrasting sections
• Orchestral excerpts:
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
  • Schubert Symphony in C Major
  • Berlioz Hungarian March
• Sight-reading

• Sarabande from Bach Cello Suite No. 5, or piece of student’s choice with contrasting sections
• Orchestral excerpts:
  • Haydn The Creation, No. 26
  • Kodály Háry János Suite, mvt. 4
  • Rossini La gazza ladra Overture
  • Schumann Symphony No. 3, mvt. 4
  • Strauss Ein Heldenleben
  • Wagner Das Rheingold "Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla"
  • Wagner Tannhäuser Overture

• One étude
• One legato study (such as Rochut)
• Two contrasting movements or works from solo repertoire
• Transfer students only: Three orchestral excerpts

• Vaughan Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba, mvt. 1, or equivalent piece of student’s choice
• Orchestral excerpts:
  • Berlioz Rakóczy March
  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
  • Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Stravinsky Petrushka
  • Wagner Die Meistersinger or Ride of the Valkyries Overture