LOW BRASS AUDITIONS
PLEASE PREPARE FOR YOUR AUDITION VIDEO THE MUSIC APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT
Trombone Repertoire:
1. Solo: One solo work of the participant’s choice.
2. Excerpts (click here for trombone excerpts):
a. Mozart: Tuba Mirum
b. Ravel: Bolero (solo)
c. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, Rehearsal [Q] - 2 measures before [R]
d. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (major section)
e. Mahler: Symphony No. 7, movement 1, 5 after 46 (Allegro come prima) to 3 before 48
Bass trombone Repertoire:
1. Solo: One solo work of the participant’s choice.
2. Excerpts (click here for bass trombone excerpts):
a. Haydn: Creation, Achieved is the Glorious Work, mm. 1-15
b. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”, Movement 4, chorale and solo
c. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (major section)
d. Kodaly: Hary Janos
e. Mahler: Symphony No. 7, movement 1 solo, 4 after 42 Adagio to 44, Etwas Drangend
Tuba repertoire:
1. One solo work of the participant’s choice.
2. Excerpts (click here for tuba sheet music):
a. Berlioz: Hungarian March from Damnation of Faust
b. Prokoviev: Symphony No. 5, movement 1, [3] – [6]
c. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (major section)
d. Wagner: Meistersinger Overture - solo up to the resolution of the trill to G
e. Mahler: Symphony no. 7, Movement 1, 6 after 47 to 3 after 48 and 53 to key change before 54
f. Mahler: Symphony no. 7, Movement 2, 1 after 96 (Tempo) to 97