Brass

Piano accompaniment is not required for brass auditions at the University of Louisville. 

EUPHONIUM/TUBA: Students auditioning as undergraduate music majors on euphonium or tuba:

Prepare two works which showcase your lyrical or expressive playing, and your technique. These may be contrasting etudes or two solo selections of your choice. When choosing, consider works that you are comfortable playing, but also demonstrate the best of your abilities.

The following solos are suggested possibilities because they contain contrasting musical styles and challenges. You are certainly welcome to select pieces other than those listed below if you prefer, and to contact Dr. McCanless by email if you have any questions about choice of literature.

Suggested euphonium solos:
Barat: Introduction and Dance
Barat: Andante and Allegro
Clinard: Sonata for Unaccompanied Euphonium
Curnow: Rhapsody for Euphonium
DeLuca: Beautiful Colorado
Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
Sparke: Party Piece
White: Lyric Suite

Suggested tuba solos:
Capuzzi: Andante and Rondo
Gregson: Tuba Concerto
Haddad: Suite for Tuba
Hindemith: Sonata for Basstuba and Piano
Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement (Concerto no. 1)
Marcello: Sonata No. 1 in F Major
Miles: Suite in One Movement
Persichetti: Serenade no. 12

HORN (FRENCH HORN): 

Please choose your list (all four pieces) in a fashion that showcases all aspects of your playing.

1. An exposition of ONE of the following works OR standard work representative of your playing: 

  • Mozart Concerti: 1, 2, 3, or 4, Concert Rondo
  • Franz Strauss Concerto 1, Nocturno, any of the Theme and Variations Op. 2 or 13
  • Richard Strauss Concerto 1, Op. 11
  • Dukas Villanelle
  • Saint-Saens: Romance Op. 36, Romance Op. 67, Morceau de Concert
  • Beethoven Sonata Op. 17
  • Gliere: Concerto Op. 91, Intermezzo, Nocturne, Romance
  • An etude by Kopprasch, Gallay, Shoemaker, Kling, Gugel, etc. 

2. Shostakovich Symphony 5, #17-21. Horn 1 (https://www.hornsociety.org/shostakovich/shosty5)

3. ONE excerpt from the wind band canon OR a solo you have performed in a wind band setting. There are many options that encompass this category-find what you are proud of. Examples could include:

  • Bernstein Suite from "West Side Story," arr. Paul Lavender 
  • Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry Solo
  • Grainger Lincolnshire Posy, Rufford Park Poachers
  • Holst First Suite in Eb Chaconne solo
  • Holst Second Suite in F, Song of the Blacksmith
  • Jenkins American Overture
  • Schoenberg Theme and Variations, VI 

    There are many great horn moments in wind band literature. Get creative with your choice! Standard excerpts are available here: https://www.hornrep.com

4. ONE excerpt from the opera canon. Some examples could include:

  • Beethoven Fidelio overture (horn 2)
  • Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi, I Puritani, La Sonnambula
  • Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel (any)
  • Puccini Tosca: Act III, Madame Butterfly
  • Rossini Barber of Seville overture
  • Weber Oberon overture
  • Standard excerpts are available here: https://hornoperaproject.org

If you have questions on repertoire or would like to schedule prospective lessons, mock auditions, or schedule a time to ask questions, please feel free to Dr. Devin Cobleigh-Morrison at any time.

TROMBONE: 

TENOR TROMBONE: 1 Melodious Etudes for Trombone Selected from the Vocalises of Marco Bordogni; ; Morceau Symphonique by Guilmant or Concertino by Ferdinand David (first movement only)

BASS TROMBONE: 1 Melodious Etudes for Trombone Selected from the Vocalises of Marco Bordogni; pick 1 solo: Patrick McCarty Sonata (movement 1 and 3/Lebedev Concerto in One Movement, Telemann Fantasies (select one suite)

TRUMPET: Prepare two works which showcase your lyrical or expressive playing, and your technique. These may be contrasting etudes or two solo selections of your choice. When choosing, consider works that you are comfortable playing, but also demonstrate the best of your abilities. The following solos are suggested possibilities because they contain contrasting musical styles and challenges. You are certainly welcome to select pieces other than those listed below if you prefer, and to contact Dr. Reese Land by email if you have any questions about choice of literature.

Suggested repertoire:

  • J.B. Arban Characteristic Study from the Complete Method
  • Theo Charlier Etude from 36 Transcendental Etudes
  • J.L. Small Etude from 27 Melodious and Rhythmical Exercises
  • Solo from Nine Grand Solos de Concert, compiled and revised by Georges Mager
  • Solo from Contest and Performance Solos, The Bernard Fitzgerald Trumpet Collection
  • Trumpet Concerto or Sonata