Winds & Brass
Woodwinds & Brass Audition Requirements
For those seeking degrees in:
Bachelor of Music in Performance (any wind or brass instrument emphasis area)
Bachelor of Music in Music Education with an Instrumental emphasis
Bachelor of Arts in Music
Woodwinds
Sight reading may be asked during all woodwind auditions. Accompaniment for solos and/or etudes is welcome, but not required.
Flute
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Voxman, Selected Studies for Flute
Oboe
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Gekeler, Method for Oboe
Clarinet
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Rose, 32 Etudes
Saxophone
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Ferling, 48 Studies
Bassoon
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Voxman, Advanced Method for Bassoon
Brass
Sight reading may be asked during all brass auditions. Accompaniment for solos and/or etudes is welcome, but not required
Trumpet
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Small, 27 Melodious and Rhythmical Exercises
French Horn
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Pottag, Preparatory Melodies to Solo Work
Trombone
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Bordogni/Rochut, Melodious Etudes for Trombone
Baritone
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes:
Treble Clef - Voxman, Selected Studies for Cornet or Trumpet
Bass Clef - Voxman, Selected Studies for Baritone
Tuba
- Full Range Chromatic Scale
- Two Octave Major Scales
- Etude or Solo representative of student’s current musical and technical development.
Recommended etudes: Bordogni/Roberts, 43 Bel Canto Studies