Large Ensemble Audition Material, Fall 2021
Everyone will perform:
Solo: Solo or etude of choice
Band Excerpts: Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite, Intermezzo, “My Bonny Boy” Hindemith - Symphony in Bb, Mvt 1, Trumpet 1 in Bb, beginning to A
Students interested in auditioning for Wind Symphony and Orchestra must also perform:
Orchestra Excerpts:
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade, Trumpet 1 in C Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis, Mvt. 2, Trumpet 1 in Bb, N - 5m after P Sibelius - Symphony No. 2
To be considered for Principal Trumpet on Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, students must also perform:
Optional excerpt:
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Samuel Goldberg and Schmuyle, Trumpet 1 in C, 58-62
BAND EXCERPTS - ALL STUDENTS PLAY
Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite, Intermezzo, “My Bonny Boy”, Cornet in Bb
Hindemith - Symphony in Bb, Mvt. 1, Trumpet 1 in Bb, beginning to A
2 USMB Trumpet/Cornet Audition Excerpts
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WIND SYMPHOHY/ORCHESTRA EXCERPTS - STUDENTS WHO WISH TO PLAY IN WIND SYMPHONY AND/OR ORCHESTRA MUST ALSO PLAY:
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade, Trumpet 1 in C
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis, Mvt. 2, Trumpet 1 in Bb, N - 5m after P
Sibelius - Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 1, Trumpet 1 in F, 3m before N - 10m before O
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRINCIPAL TRUMPET ON MUSSORGSKY PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, STUDENTS MUST PERFORM:
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Samuel Goldberg and Schmuyle, Trumpet 1 in C, 58-62