Prescreening required; must be video recording. Video should be shot from left side so mouthpiece is clearly visible.
Prescreening and audition unaccompanied.
Fall 2024 Audition Formats:
All applicants whose program requires an audition are asked to audition on campus. Virtual auditions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Applicants should wait to receive their prescreening results before contacting the Office of Music Admission about virtual audition options.
For Prescreening and Final Audition:
All repertoire required. No substitutions.
Orchestral Excerpts:
Berlioz, The Damnation of Faust “Hungarian March” (second trombone)
Mozart, Requiem “Tuba Mirum”
Ravel, Boléro
Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3
Schumann, Symphony No. 3, fourth movement
Wagner, Die Walküre “Ride of the Valkyries,” B Maj. section
Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra
Rossini, Overture to William Tell