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, approximately 8 to 10 minutes in length, and represents the candidate’s best playing. Auditions may also include scales and sight-reading.

For more information and to register for an audition, please see Undergraduate Auditions.

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

Euphonium Solos:

• White Lyric Suite
• Haddad Suite for Baritone
• Marcello (any) Sonata
• Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folk Song
• Capuzzi Andante and Rondo
• Jacob Fantasia
• Horovitz Euphonium Concerto

Euphonium Etudes:

• Arban (Characteristic Studies)
• Rochut
• Voxman Selected Studies

Questions? 

Contact John Manning, associate professor of tuba/euphonium