We encourage all applicants, if at all possible, to audition in-person.
- Live audition dates are scheduled during the weekends in February. Review list of audition dates by instrument here.
- Recorded video auditions are available by request and must be submitted by February 1 to your Blue Demon Domain (for undergraduates) or your application portal (for graduates/post-masters), in the “edit portfolio" section. To enable the recorded audition submission, you may submit a request form for an exemption to upload a recorded audition.
Audition Repertoire
Solos
- 1st and 2nd movements of the Haydn trumpet concerto in E-Flat Major (on b-flat or e-flat trumpet)
- Intrada for trumpet and piano by Arthur Honnegger
Etudes
Orchestral Excerpts
- Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: beginning [2]
- Mahler - Symphony No. 5, mvmt. 1: beginning -4 after [1]
- Respighi - Pines of Rome: mvmt 2: offstage solo
- Stravinsky - Petrouchka (1947 edition), 1 before [134]-[1
- 39]
- Handel - The Messiah, The Trumpet Shall Sound (on piccolo or D Trumpet)
Recorded Interview Questions (only applicable to those who select a recorded submission to audition)
Please upload a video that is no longer than 2-3 minutes and responds to the below questions:
- What is your musical background?
- Why are you applying to DePaul?