Auditions: Undergraduate - Trombone

We encourage all applicants to audition in person if possible. Register for a live audition by January 15.

Please note: Performance majors and musical studies majors have different repertoire requirements. If your intended major is Music Education, Sound Recording Technology, Performing Arts Management, or Bachelor of Arts, please prepare the Musical Studies repertoire. 

Tenor Trombone Audition Repertoire (Performance Majors) 

  • Romantic Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): Saint-Saens Cavatine, Guilmant Morceau Symphonique, Sulek Sonata, Bozza Ballade.
  • Baroque Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): two contrasting movements from any Galliard or Marcello Sonata.
  • Orchestral Excerpts (prepare all): Ravel Bolero, Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (B Major section only or ), Berlioz Hungarian March, Mozart Tuba Mirum. 

Tenor Trombone Audition Repertoire (Musical Studies Majors) 

  • Romantic Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): Saint-Saens Cavatine, Guilmant Morceau Symphonique, Sulek Sonata, Bozza Ballade.
  • Baroque Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): two contrasting movements from any Galliard or Marcello Sonata.
  • Orchestral Excerpts
    • Required: Mozart Tuba Mirum

    • Choose one: Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (B Major section only) or Berlioz Hungarian March 

Bass Trombone Audition Repertoire (Performance Majors)

  • Romantic Solo: First page of Spillman Bass Trombone Concerto or a comparable piece.
  • Baroque Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): Two contrasting movements from Galliard or Marcello Sonata.
  • Orchestral Excerpts (prepare all): Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (B Major section only), Schumann Rhenish Symphony, Berlioz Hungarian March, Wagner Das Reingold (entrance of the Gods only).

Bass Trombone Audition Repertoire (Musical Studies Majors)

  • Baroque Solo (choose one of the following or a comparable piece): Two contrasting movements from Galliard or Marcello Sonata.
  • Orchestral Excerpts
    • Berlioz Hungarian March
    • Schumann Rhenish Symphony 

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