Join us for tuba auditions
Undergraduate audition days
- Friday, Feb. 14, 2025
- Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025
- Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
- Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Graduate audition days
- Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
- Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Undergraduate Auditions
Prescreening
No prescreening is required.
Preparation requirements
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.
Time requirement
Audition material should be approximately 8 to 10 minutes in length.
Accompaniment
No accompaniment required.
Technical requirements
No technical requirements.
Suggested repertoire
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
Judging criteria
- Tone quality
- Musicianship
- Overall control
- Competency
- Technique
FAQs
- 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.
- 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
Graduate Auditions
Prescreening
No prescreening required, but it is strongly recommended that you contact Professor Manning for a sample lesson before your audition.
Preparation requirements
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
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Two Etudes
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Three to Five standard orchestral or band excerpts
Time requirement
No length requirement.
Accompaniment
No accompaniment required.
Technical requirements
No technical requirements.
Suggested repertoire
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
Judging criteria
- Tone quality
- Musicianship
- Overall control
- Competency
- Technique
FAQs
- When will I hear about my results?
- You will be notified via formal letter about your audition results in early March
Questions?
