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Brass

Prepare three contrasting pieces or movements from standard repertoire at a minimum RCM Grade 8 level.

Technique

B major, A minor (harmonic, melodic, and natural), two octaves, and arpeggios, various articulations.

Etudes

One etude showing the highest level of technical achievement.

Select two solos contrasting in tempo and style. Possible repertoire:

*Any solo repertoire by Clarke or Arban

  • Bissell: Little Suite
  • Coulthard: Fanfare Sonata
  • Haydn: Concerto
  • Jean-Jean: Capriccioso
  • Kennan: Sonata
  • Stanley: Voluntaries
  • Walters: Episode

This is a guide only. Teachers preparing students for an audition should use discretion and make appropriate choices that best reflect the candidate’s level, achievement and strengths.

*There will also be a sight-reading component to the audition.

Prepare three contrasting pieces or movements from standard repertoire at a minimum RCM Grade 8 level.

Technique

All major and minor scales and arpeggios, two octaves, various articulations

Etudes

One etude that demonstrates highest level of technical achievement.

Select two solos contrasting in style and tempo. Possible repertoire:

  • Barat: Andante & Allegro (tenor trombone)
  • Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
  • Rousseau: Piece Concertante
  • Max: Concert Piece
  • Galliard: Sonatas (transcribed for tenor trombone)
  • Marcello: Sonatas
  • Bouty: Tubaroque (bass trombone)
  • Lieb: Concertino basso
  • Galliard: Sonata No. 5 (transcribed for bass trombone)
  • Vivaldi: Cello Sonata

This is a guide only. Teachers preparing students for an audition should use discretion and make appropriate choices that best reflect the candidate’s level, achievement and strengths.

*There will also be a sight-reading component to the audition.

Prepare contrasting pieces or movements from standard repertoire at a minimum RCM Grade 8 level.

Technique

All major scales/arpeggios, two octaves, various articulations

Etudes

Select two contrasting etudes, one fast, one slow, showing the highest level of musical and technical achievement. A sample of appropriate etude books is listed below:

& Select two from the suggested repertoire list below. Prepare one fast and one slow contrasting movement from each:

  • Alphonse, M.: Maxime-Alphonse Etudes Book I, by A. Leduc
  • Kopprash: Sixty Selected Etudes for French Horn, Book I by C. Fisher
  • Pares, G.: Daily Exercises and Scales for French Horn by C. Fisher
  • Jones, M. (ed.): Solos for Horn Player (anything from this book) by G. Schirmer
  • Mozart, W.A.: Concerto No. 3 in E flat, 1st movement by International

This is a guide only. Teachers preparing students for an audition should use discretion and make appropriate choices that best reflect the candidate’s level, achievement and strengths.

*There will also be a sight-reading component to the audition.

Prepare contrasting pieces or movements from standard repertoire at a minimum RCM Grade 8 level.

Technique

All major and minor scales and arpeggios, one octave.

Etudes

One etude that demonstrates highest level of technical achievement. 

Select two solos contrasting in style and tempo. Possible repertoire:

Tuba

  • Masso: Suite for Louise, by Kendor
  • Beethoven/Bell: Variations on a Theme from Judas Maccabeus (Handel), by C. Fisher
  • Troje Miller: Sonatina Classica, by Belwin

Euphonium

Any two contrasting movements from a Galliard or Marcello Sonata, by International

This is a guide only. Teachers preparing students for an audition should use discretion and make appropriate choices that best reflect the candidate’s level, achievement and strengths.

*There will also be a sight-reading component to the audition.

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