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Home > Future Students > Audition Requirements > Brass/Woodwinds

Brass/Woodwinds

Brass Auditions: Sat., February 13 & 27 2010
Fine Arts Center room 118

Woodwind Auditions: Sat., February 13 & 27 2010
Fine Arts Center room 123


 
 Scholarship Audition Repertoire for Woodwinds:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Flute
 
 
Scales
Two 2-octave major scales
Two 2-octave minor scales (melodic or harmonic)
Chromatic scale -- full range (at least two octaves)
Literature
Two contrasting selections of the candidate's choice that demonstrate lyrical and technical proficiency, such as any of the following:
 
Mozart G major Concerto - exposition of the first movement
A movement of any Handel, Bach, or Telemann sonata
A movement of Hindemith, Poulenc, Faure, Fantasie, Chaminade, or Concertino
 
OR
 
Contracting sections of other pieces, etudes, or exercises that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.
 
 
For questions regarding flute audition repertoire, please contact Professor Leslie Timmons at leslie.timmons@usu.edu.
 
 
 
 
 
Oboe
 
 
Scales
Two 2-octave major scales
Two 1-octave minor scales (melodic or harmonic)
Chromatic scale of at least two octaves
Literature
Two contrasting selections of the candidate's choice that demonstrate lyrical and technical proficiency, such as any of the following:
 
Any two contrasting movements from:
Any concerto or sonata by Handle, Marcello, Telemann, or Vivaldi; Cimarosa/Benjamin Concerto; Hindemith Sonate; Sount-Saens Sonata
 
OR
 
Any movement from the list above plus a contrasting etude by Ferling or Barret (found in the original Barret Method, the Barret Method edited by Martin Schuring or the Gekeler Method Book Two)
 
OR
 
Contracting sections of other pieces, etudes, or exercises that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.
 
 
For questions regarding oboe audition repertoire, please contact Professor Nicholas Morrison at nicholas.morrison@usu.edu.
 
 
 
 
 
Clarinet
 
Scales
Two 2-octave major scales
Two 2-octave minor scales (melodic or harmonic)
Chromatic scale -- full range (at least two octaves)
Literature

Two contrasting selections of the candidate's choice that demonstrate lyrical and technical proficiency, such as any of the following:

VonWeber, Concertino: Introduction, Theme, Variations 1 & 2
Mozart, Concerto: 1st movement exposition and 2nd movement through cadenza
Hindemith, Sonate, any 2 movements

OR

Contrasting sections of other pieces, etudes, or exercises that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.
 
 
For questions regarding clarinet audition repertoire, please contact Professor Nicholas Morrison at nicholas.morrison@usu.edu.
 
 
 
 
Bass Clarinet
 
Scales
Two 2-octave major scales
Two 2-octave minor scales (melodic or harmonic)
Chromatic scale, full range (at least two octaves)
Literature

Two contrasting selections of the candidate's choice that demonstrate lyrical and technical proficiency, such as any of the following:

Any repertoire listed for clarinet or other solo repertoire such as Rhapsody by Willson Osborne or Three Pieces by Igor Stravinsky (first movement)

OR

Any two Rose studies (one slow, one fast)
 
OR
 
Contrasting section of other pieces, etudes, or exercises that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.
 
 
For questions regarding clarinet audition repertoire, please contact Professor Nicholas Morrison at nicholas.morrison@usu.edu.
 
 
 
 
Bassoon
 
 
Scales
Two 2-octave major scales
Two 1-octave minor scales (melodic or harmonic)
Chromatic scale of at least two octaves
Literature

Two contrasting selections of the candidate's choice that demonstrate lyrical and technical proficiency, such as any of the following:

Any of the Fifty Advanced Studies – Weissenborn
Any of the Meliodic & Progressive Studies – Hawkins
Concertpiece, Op. 35 – Pierne
Sonata in F minor – Telemann
Any of the Six Sonatas – Galliard
Sonata – Hindemith

OR

Contrasting sections of other pieces, etudes, or exercises that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.
 
 
For questions regarding bassoon audition repertoire, please contact Professor Dennis Hirst at Dennis.Hirst@usu.edu.
 
 
 
 
Saxophone
 
 
Scales
Two 2-octave major scales
Two 1-octave minor scales (melodic or harmonic)
Chromatic scale of at least two octaves
Literature

Two contrasting selections of the candidate's choice that demonstrate lyrical and technical proficiency, such as any of the following:

Paule Maurice, Tableaux de Provence: Movement II or IV, contrasted with movement III or I.
Paul Creston, Sonata for Eb Alto Saxophone, Opus 19: movements I and II.
Any two etudes from the Ferling 48 Etudes; one odd-numbered and one even-numbered.

OR

Contrasting sections of other pieces, etudes, or exercises that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities
 

For questions regarding saxophone audition repertoire, please contact Dr. Jon Gudmundson at jon.gudmundson@usu.edu

 
 
 
Brass
 
 
Scales
All major scales -- one octave
Literature
Two contrasting etudes or solo pieces of the candidate's choice that demonstrate lyrical and technical proficiency.
 
 
For questions regarding brass audition repertoire, please contact Dr. Todd Fallis at todd.fallis@usu.edu or Dr. Thomas Rohrer at thomas.rohrer@usu.edu
 
 
 
 
 

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