No prescreening is required.

Candidates should prepare two contrasting selections from the standard repertoire for their instrument, which may include solos, etudes, and/or orchestral excerpts. It is critical that the audition material be thoroughly prepared and represent the candidate’s best playing. 

Audition material should be approximately 8 to 10 minutes in length.

No accompaniment required.

No technical requirements.

Tuba solos:

• Vaughan Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba
• Hindemith Sonata for Tuba and Piano
• Gregson Tuba Concerto
• Bach/Bell Air and Bouree
• Hartley Unaccompanied Tuba Sonata
• Persichetti Serenade No. 12
• Barat Introduction and Dance
• Lebedev
• Haddad Suite for Tuba
• Nelhybel Suite for Tuba

Tuba Etudes:

• Bordogni/Rochut
• Blazevich
• Kopprasch

• Tone quality
• Musicianship
• Overall control
• Competency
• Technique

1. When am I considered for scholarship?
   • You are considered for scholarship at the time of audition. You will be notified via formal letter about your audition results and music scholarship results in early March.
2. When will I hear about my results?
   • You will be notified via formal letter about your audition results and music scholarship results in early March

No prescreening required, but it is strongly recommended that you contact Professor Manning for a sample lesson before your audition.

Auditionees are requested to bring four copies of their prepared pieces. 

Two solos, selected from different historical periods of music, and of difficulty and quality appropriate for performance at the graduate level

• Two Etudes 

• Three to Five standard orchestral or band excerpts 

No length requirement.

No accompaniment required.

No technical requirements.

Solos:

• Vaughan Williams - Concerto for Bass Tuba
• Hindemith - Sonata for Tuba and Piano
• Plog - Three Miniatures
• Penderecki - Capriccio
• Broughton - Sonata
• John Williams - Tuba Concerto

Orchestral Excerpts:

• Berlioz - Hungarian March
• Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
• Brahms - Symphony No. 2
• Bruckner - Symphony No. 7
• Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5
• Stravinsky - Pertrouska
• Strauss - Til Euelenspiegel
• Respighi - Fountains of Rome
• Wagner - Ride of the Walkyries
• Wagner - Overture to Die Meistersinger

Etudes:

• Bordogni 43 Bel Canto Studies
• Kopprasch 60 Selected Studies 

• Tone quality
• Musicianship
• Overall control
• Competency
• Technique

1. When will I hear about my results?
   • You will be notified via formal letter about your audition results in early March