Program Requirements

Master of Music: Trumpet

Prescreening required; must be video format. Video should be framed so that it is close enough to be able to see the applicant's face and embouchure. 

Prescreening and audition unaccompanied. If possible, prescreening repertoire should be separated into different video files. It is also acceptable to upload a single video file that contains all required prescreening repertoire. Please see the Graduate Application for more information. 

Fall 2025 Audition Dates:

February 9-10

    For Prescreening:

    • 1 étude of applicant’s choice from Charlier, Bitsch, or equivalent.
    • 1 short standard solo (Honegger Intrada or equivalent) or first movement from a standard concerto or sonata of applicant’s choice (Haydn, Hummel, Tomasi, Jolivet, or equivalent).
    • 2 contrasting standard orchestral excerpts:
      • Choose contrasting works that will display your highest level of achievement musically and technically.

    For Final Audition:

    All repertoire required. No substitutions.

    • 2 études of applicant’s choice from Charlier, Bitsch, or equivalent.
    • 1 movement from a standard concerto or sonata of applicant’s choice.
    • Honneger, Intrada 
    • 4 contrasting standard orchestral excerpts
    • 1 piccolo trumpet orchestral excerpt of J. S. Bach (Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio or B Minor Mass)
    • Adolphus Hailstork Variations for Trumpet