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Undergraduate Euphonium
Be prepared to play any two-octave major scale and to be able to demonstrate the upper and lower extremities of your range.

Choose one etude from each group:

Group 1
Rochut- Melodious Etudes for Trombone, vol.1- #4, #23, or #19
Group 2
Voxman- Selected Studies for Baritone- Ab Major Allegro, F Major Allegro, C Minor Allegro

Please select one of these solos:
Barat- Andante and Allegro
Capuzzi- Andante and Rondo
Curnow- Rhapsody for Euphonium
Guilmant- Morceau Symphonique
Marcello- Sonata in F Major
Mozart - Bassoon Concerto, mvts 2 and 3

Undergraduate Tuba
Be prepared to play any two-octave major scale and to be able to demonstrate the upper and lower extremities of your range.

Choose one etude from each group:

Group 1
Rochut- Melodious Etudes for Trombone, vol.1- #4, #23, or #19 (down one octave)
Group 2
Blazevich- 70 Advanced Studies for Tuba, vol. 1- #32
Kopprasch- 60 Selected Studies for Tuba- # or #

Please select one of these solos:
Capuzzi- Andante and Rondo
Gregson- Concerto, mvt. 1
Haddad- Suite
Hartley- Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba
Hindemith- Sonata, any two movements
Marcello- Sonata in F Major

Graduate Euphonium
Please be prepared to play any major or minor scale two octaves.

Choose one solo from each group:

Group 1
Any Sonata by Marcello
Any Sonata by Galliard
Any one of the Telemann Flute Fantasies
Group 2
Casterede- Fantasia Concertante
David- Concertino for Trombone
Saint- Saens- Morceau du Concert
Group 3
Saint-Saens- The Swan
Puccini- Nessun Dorma
Paganini- Andante Cantabile
Group 4
Butterworth- Partita
Jacob- Fantasia
White- Lyric Suite
Group 5
Horovitz- Concerto
Sparke- Concerto
Wilhelm- Concertino

Please be prepared to play the following excerpts:
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture (slow section only)
Holst - First Suite (mvt.1)
Holst - Second Suite (mvt.1)
Holst - Planets (Mars and Jupiter)
Schoenberg - Theme and Variations (variation )
Schuman - When Jesus Wept
Shostakovich - Festive Overture

Graduate Tuba
Please be prepared to play any major or minor scale two octaves.

Choose one solo from each group:

Group 1
Bach- Sonata in E-flat
Handel- Sonata no. 6 in F Major
Any one of the Telemann Flute Fantasies
Group 2
Mozart- Horn Concerto #4
Schumann- Adagio and Allegro
Strauss- Horn Concerto no.1, opus 11
Group 3
Hindemith- Sonata
Koetsier- Sonatina
Stevens- Sonatina
Group 4
Gregson- Alarum
Penderecki- Capriccio
Persichetti- Serenade no. 12
Group 5
Ellerby- Concerto
Vaughan Williams- Concerto
Wilhelm- Concertino

Please be prepared to perform the following orchestral excerpts:
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique (mvt.4)
Berlioz - Hungarian March
Bruckner - Symphony 7 (mvt.4)
Mahler - Symphony 1 (mvt.3)
Prokofiev - Symphony 5 (mvt.1)
Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries