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