Audition Requirements

Trumpet


Music Education Major

  • ETUDES - one from the following:
    • Fourteen Characteristic Studies from the Arban Book
  • SOLO - one from the following:
    • Balay, Petite Piece Concertante (Hickman Music Editions)
    • Clarke, Debutante (Hickman Music Editions)
    • Clarke, Sounds from the Hudson (Hickman Music Editions)
    • Clarke, Stars in the Velvety Sky (Hickman Music Editions)
    • Cools, Solo de Concours (Leduc Editions Musicales)
    • Goedicke, Concert Etude (Hickman Music Editions)
    • Ropartz, Andante et Allegro (Hickman Music Editions)
  • SCALES
    • All major scales - two octaves (where possible) - eighth notes with the quarter note equal to 60 beats a minute
    • Chromatic scale two octaves
    • All scales slurred and/or tongued as requested

Applied Music Major

  • ETUDES - two from the following:
    • Fourteen Characteristic Studies from the Arban Book
  • SOLOS - two from the following:
    • Barat, Andante et Scherzo (Leduc Editions Musicales)
    • De Boeck, Allegro (Carl Fischer, Inc)
    • Haydn, Concerto (1st Movement) (Hickman Music Editions)
    • Hummel, Concerto (1st Movement) (Belwin-Mills)
    • Keenan, Sonata (1st Movement) (Warner Bros.)
    • Martinu, Sonatine (Leduc Editions Musicales)
    • Peeters, Sonata, Op. 51, (1st Movement) (Peters, C.F.)
    • Tuthill, Sonata (1st Movement) (Warner Bros.)
  • SCALES
    • All major and minor scales - two octaves (where possible) - eighth notes equal to 60 beats per minute
    • Chromatic scale two octaves
    • All scales slurred and/or tongued as requested

Applied Music Minor, Merit, and Honors

Same as Music Education major.



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