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  • Bass
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    • A short piece or a movement from a sonata or concerto
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    • w88 casino pieces of contrasting character, approximately five minutes in total duration. One should contain lyrical, melodic material primarily in the range just above the bass clef. The other should demonstrate your finger agility and articulation.

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    Your audition material from Honor Band or All-State, pieces you prepared for Solo and Ensemble competitions, or other pieces you feel best demonstrate your current abilities, material from your current school band or orchestra pieces — if you haven’t yet studied any solo works.

  • Cello
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    • One movement from a J. S. Bach Suite for Solo Cello
    • A contrasting short piece or a movement from a sonata or concerto
  • Clarinet

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    • D'Rivera - Cape Cod Files
    • Larsen - Dancing Solo
    • Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
    • Rose - 32 Etudes
    • Weber - Concertino
  • Composition

    Undergraduate students wishing to focus a Bachelor of Arts in w88 casino towards composition should submit at least one sample composition. All compositions, unless totally electronic in medium, must be submitted in score form. Recordings or computer-generated representations of scores are appreciated, but not required.

    In addition to submitting a sample composition, students must also complete an audition on their primary instrument or voice type.

    Portfolios and recordings can be sent to:

    Jean-Paul Perrotte
    jperrotte@unr.edu
    Assistant Professor of Electro-Acoustic Composition
    Director of Electro-Acoustic Lab

  • Euphonium
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    • A Chromatic scale (encompassing your full range, slurred or tongued)
    • w88 casino contrasting musical selections from a sonata, concerto or etude that highlight your technical proficiency and melodic lyricism

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    • Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
    • Barat: Andante and Allegro
    • An etude from Tyrell 40 progressive studies for Trombone (Euphonium), an etude from Borgdoni (Rochut) Melodious Etudes, an etude from Voxman Selected Studies)
  • Flute
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    • Mozart: Concerto in G
    • Faure: Fantasie
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    • Standard Orchestral Flute Excerpts
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    • Any standard repertoire orchestral excerpt
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    • Strauss: Horn Concerto 1 , Gliere: Concerto op. 91
    • Saint-Saens: Morceau de Concert
    • F. Strauss: Nocturno or Concerto op. 8
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  • Jazz

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    • Snare drum solo or etude. (Concert style is required, but an additional marching/rudimental style solo is encouraged).
    • Timpani solo or etude (2, 3, or 4 drum).

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    1. Portraits in Rhythm by Anthony Cirone
    2. Intermediate Snare Drum Studies by Mitchell Peters
    3. 14 Modern Contest Solos by John S. Pratt
    4. The All-American Drummer by Charley Wilcoxon

    Examples of timpani etudes/solos found in the following method books:

    1. Fundamental Method for Timpani by Mitchell Peters
    2. Timpani Method by Alfred Friese and Alexander Lepak
    3. Modern Method for Timpani by Saul Goodman
    4. The Solo Timpanist by Vic Firth
  • Piano

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    Students auditioning in person should prepare a program of at least 15 minutes of stylistically diverse, musically and pianistically challenging music comparable to the examples below. Those submitting video w88 casino should submit at least 20 minutes of music.

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    • A sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Beethoven, Hummel, or Schubert
    • Works by Romantic, Impressionist and/or 20th/21st century composers

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    • Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
    • Barat: Andante and Allegro
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto, David: Concertino
    • Grondahl: Concerto
    • An etude from Tyrell 40 progressive studies for trombone, an etude from Borgdoni (Rochut) Melodious Etudes for Trombone, an etude from Voxman Selected Studies
  • Trumpet
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    • w88 casino contrasting musical selections to be chosen from a movement of a concerto, sonata, etude, or ensemble excerpt. These selections should highlight your technical proficiency and melodic lyricism

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    • Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto in Ab Major
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    • Balay: Petite Piece Concertante
    • Geodecke: Concert Etude
    • Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major
    • Hummel: Trumpet, Concerto in Eb Major
    • Kennan: Sonata for Piano and Trumpet
    • Ropartz: Andante et Allegro
    • Turrin: Caprice, Voxman: Etude from the Selected Studies for Cornet or Trumpet, All-State Etudes)

  • Tuba
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    • A technical solo or etude
    • A lyrical solo or etude

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    • Grigoriev: Studies for Tuba
    • Bordogni: Legato Etudes Vol. 1
    • Blazhevich: 70 Studies for Tuba
    • Tyrell: 40 Advanced Studies for Tuba
    • Hofmeister: 60 Studies for Tuba
    • Woodruff: 24 Artistic Studies for Tuba
    • Haddad: Suite for Tuba
    • Hindemith: Sonata for Bass Tuba
    • Vaughn Williams: Concerto for Bass Tuba, Mvmt. 1
    • Holmes: Lento, Wilder: Suite No. 1 for Tuba
    • Marcello: Sonata in F–Major
    • Bach: Air and Bourree
    • Dowling: His Majesty the Tuba)

  • Violin and Viola
    • Major, melodic and harmonic minor scales and major and minor arpeggios (2 or 3 octaves - your choice) Choose 2 keys, one from List A and one from List B:
    • Violin:
      • List A: G, A, B-flat, B, C, D
      • List B: A-flat, D-flat, E-flat, E, F, F#
    • Viola:
      • List A: C, D, E-flat, E, F, G
      • List B: D-flat, F#, A-flat, A, B-flat, B
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  • Voice

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    • First book, First Book Part II, and First Book Part III of (Soprano0Bass) Solos; Hal Leonard
    • Standard Vocal Literature (Soprano-Bass); Hal Leonard
    • Gateway to German Lieder; Alfred Publishing
    • French Song Anthology; Hal Leonard
    • 26 Italian Songs and Arias; Alfred Publishing
    • Twenty-four Italian Songs and Arias; G. Schirmer
    • Folk songs for Solo Singers; Althouse
    • The Singer's Anthology of American Standards/Musical Theatre/Pop Rock Ballads; Hal Leonard

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