Bachelor of Music in Performance
- Perform major and minor scales, 2 octaves.
- Perform three compositions which demonstrate contrasting styles.
- Sight read a short piece.
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Science in Music Education and Music Minor
- Perform major scales 2 or more octaves
- Perform two compositions or movements which demonstrate contrasting styles.
- Sight read a short piece.
Specific Technique Requirements and Suggested Repertoire
Trumpet
- Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in Eb
- Hummel, Concerto in Eb
- Clarke, The Debutante
- Balay, Petite Piece Concertante
- Arban, any characteristic etude
- Voxman, Selected Studies, any etude
French Horn
Techniques
- Scales tongued in eighth notes, quarter note = 72.
- Lip slurs, quarter note pattern from Farkas "The Art of French Horn Playing"
- 1 octave scale in notes, crescendo/diminuendo on each no.
Suggested Repertoire
- Mozart, Concerto
- Strauss, Concerto
- Saint-Saens, Morceau de Concert
- Beethoven, Sonata
- Saint-Sans, Romance
Tenor Trombone
- Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique
- Barat, Andante et Allegro
- Marcello, Sonatas in F or E
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Concerto
Bass Trombone
- Gillis, 70 Progressive Studies for the Modern Bass Trombonist
- Muller, Praeludium, Chorale, Variations and Fugues
Euphonium
- Arban, The Famous Arban's Book for Trombone
- Marcello, Sonatas in F Major or e minor
- Mead, Badinerie from Performance Studies
- Curnow, Rhapsody
Tuba
- J.S. Bach, Air and Bouree
- Haddad, Suite for Tuba
- Catozzi, Sonatina
- Tcherephinin, Andante, OP. 64
- Strauss, Nocturne for Tuba and Piano
To schedule an audition or an interview with faculty members please contact Diane MacBeth (or 717-337-6131). For all other inquiries regarding the music program and audition requirements, please contact Dr. Teresa Bowers (or 717-337-6134).