Audition for the Bachelor of
Music Degree in Performance (Trumpet)
To gain admission to the B.Mus. in Performance (Trumpet), a student
must pass an entrance audition before a faculty jury of three, to
be appointed by the chairperson. The audition will occur near the
end of the second semester of college and must demonstrate the student’s
ability to perform well challenging repertoire representing several
historical periods and styles. A student wishing to perform an entrance
audition must notify the chairperson in writing at least three weeks
prior to the audition. Only after passing the entrance audition
may the student declare as a major the B.Mus. in Performance (Trumpet).
A student who does not pass the entrance audition in the second
semester may have a second opportunity in the third semester. A
prospective candidate for the B.Mus. in Performance (Trumpet) may
declare a major in Music prior to the semesters stated above. The
student will be listed as a candidate for the B.A. Music until he
or she passes the audition or portfolio review.
Repertoire Requirements for the Audition
for the Bachelor of Music in Performance Trumpet)
During the four years of study toward the Bachelor of Music in
Performance (Trumpet), performance and study repertoire should include
works from the Baroque period through the present. Repertoire should
be at a level of technical attainment and musical expressiveness
comparable to, but not limited by, the examples given below. By
the time of preparation for the required Junior and Senior recitals,
candidates should be able to demonstrate performance proficiency
on the C, E-flat/D, and B-flat/A piccolo trumpets in addition to
the trumpet in B-flat. Repertoire for recitals should be chosen
accordingly. Candidates should be able to demonstrate proficiency
in fundamental skills such as lip slurs, multiple tonguing, major
and minor scales, sight-reading and transposition.
Candidates interested in jazz performance should demonstrate as
well:
1) memorization of several standard jazz tunes or ²headsÓ such
as those in the Charlie Parker Omnibook or the New
Real Book, Vol. 2, both listed below;
2) memorization of at least two choruses of one bebop solo by an
established jazz (trumpet) master;
3) knowledge of twelve-bar blues and standard harmonic progressions,
including minimal ability to play progressions or changes at the
keyboard;
4) demonstrated ability to transcribe in correct musical notation
improvised solo choruses illustrating the blues, ²Rhythm,Ó and standard
ii-V progressions.
Repertoire for the entrance audition for the Bachelor of Music
in Trumpet should include a minimum of one selection each from any
two of the following categories. If one of the selected
categories is ²Orchestral Excerpts,Ó please prepare a minimum of
two excerpts. (Note: Candidates specializing in jazz, please
prepare one selection each from any three of the following
categories.)
Studies and Etudes
Arban. 14 Characteristic Studies
Kopprasch. 60 Studies (Books I & II) [ed. Voisin; International]
Brandt. 34 Studies (ed. Nagel; International)
Smith. Top Tones: Thirty Modern Etudes (Carl Fischer)
Sachse. 100 Etudes (G. Schirmer)
Voxman (ed.). Selected Studies (Rubank)
Charlier. 36 Etudes Transcendantes (Leduc)
Foveau. Petite Trompette dans les Ouevres de J. S. Bach
(Leduc)
20th Century Orchestra Studies (G. Schirmer; compiled G.
Johnson)
Copland for Trumpet (Boosey & Hawkes)
B-flat Trumpet
Hindemith. Sonata
Stevens. Sonata (also C trumpet)
Artunian. Concerto
Peeters. Sonata
Kennan. Sonata
Ewazen. Sonata
Hummel. Concerto (ed. Ghitalla) [also E-flat trumpet]
Turrin. Caprice (also C trumpet); Psalm
Hovhaness. Prayer of St. Gregory (also C trumpet)
C Trumpet
Goedike. Concert Etude (ed. Glover)
Riisager. Concertino
Copland. Quiet City (also B-flat trumpet)
Enesco. Legende
Stevens. Sonata (also B-flat trumpet)
Planel. Concerto
Lovelock. Concerto
Hovhaness. Prayer of St. Gregory (also B-flat trumpet)
Turrin. Caprice (also B-flat trumpet)
Honegger. Intrada
Sculthorpe. Port Arthur: In Memoriam
E-flat Trumpet
Haydn. Concerto (Crown Music Press, ²with four famous cadenzasÓ)
Hummel. Concerto (Crown Music Press)
Neruda. Concerto
Piccolo Trumpet in A
Clarke. The Prince of Denmark's March
Stanley. Voluntary
Purcell. Sonata; Trumpet Tune
Mouret. Rondeau
Torelli. Concerto in D (²Etienne RogerÓ)
Fasch. Concerto in D
Tartini. Concerto in D
Vivaldi. Concerto in C for Two Trumpets
Handel. ²Let the Bright SeraphimÓ
Handel. The Trumpet Shall SoundÓ from The Messiah
Leopold Mozart. Concerto in D
Baldassare. Sonata No. 1 in F
Orchestral Excerpts
Beethoven. Leonore Overtures 2 and 3
Mussorgsky-Ravel. ²PromenadeÓ and ²Samuel Goldenburg and SchmuyleÓ
from Pictures at an Exhibition Respighi. The Pines
of Rome (offstage solo)
Stravinsky. Petrouchka (²Ballerina's DanceÓ), The Firebird,
l'Histoire du Soldat, Song of the Nightingale, Pulcinella, le Sacre
du Printemps
Mahler. Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 (²Posthorn SoloÓ), and 5 (opening solo)
Ravel. Concerto in G, Bolero
Dvorak. Symphonies 8 and 9
Tchaikovsky. Symphonies 4, 5 and 6; Romeo and Juliet; Capriccio
Italien; The Nutcracker (²Spanish DanceÓ) Shostakovich. Symphonies
Nos. 5, 8 and 10
Prokofiev. Symphony No. 5, Suite from Lieutenant Kije
Bartæk. Concerto for Orchestra
Hindemith. Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Copland. Outdoor Overture, Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo;
El Salon Mexico, Lincoln Portrait Debussy. ²FetesÓ from Three
Nocturnes; La Mer
Strauss. Ein Heldenleben, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel's Lustige
Streiche, Also Sprach Zarathustra
Wagner. Prelude to Die Meistersinger, Siegfried Idyll
Gershwin. An American in Paris, Piano Concerto in F
Rimsky-Korsakoff. Capriccio Espagnol, Scheherezade
Revueltas. Sensemaya
Handel. The Messiah
Bach. Magnificat; Christmas Oratorio; Mass in B Minor; Cantatas
51, 80 and 147;
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D
Verdi. Requiem
Franck. Symphony in D Minor
Bizet. Carmen
Kodaly. Hary Janos Suite
Holst. The Planets
Jazz
Charlie Parker Omnibook (ed. Aebersold)
Clifford Brown Complete (trans. Lewis)
The New Real Book, Vol. 2 (also Vols. 1 & 3)
Basie/Nestico Lead Trumpet Book (dist. Aebersold)
Thad Jones Lead Trumpet Book (dist. Aebersold)
The Best of Lee Morgan (trans. Redd)
Jazz Giants. Freddie Hubbard (Hal Leonard)
The Dizzy Gillespie Collection (dist. Aebersold)
Woody Shaw - Jazz Trumpet Solos (trans. Carle; dist. Aebersold)
Miles Davis - Standards; Originals, Vols. 1 & 2 (Hal Leonard)
Great Trumpet Solos of Louis Armstrong (trans. Ecklund)
Louis Armstrong. A Jazz Master (dist. Aebersold)
Blue Mitchell Solos (trans. Bunnell; pub. Aebersold)
Red Rodney Solos. Then and Now (dist. Aebersold)
The Artistry of Roy Eldridge (dist. Aebersold)
Wynton Marsalis. Standards (dist. Aebersold)
Jazz Conception Series. Trumpet (Snidero; dist. Aebersold)
Jazz Trumpet Solos.com (internet site)
Transcriptions and analyses at http://homepage.mac.com/tsosiek/transcriptions.html
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