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2011-2012 Colorado All State High School Orchestra

Audition Information for: Brass

Orchestral brass required will be — French Horns, Trumpets, Trombones, Bass Trombone and Tuba. Trombonists who double on Bass Trombone, please note that fact on your audition form and select a solo to perform in conjunction with your audition on your primary instrument. Students may audition only on Bass Trombone. Students auditioning on two instruments should pay one fee of $20.00 if auditioning within one family of instruments, i.e. Trombone and Bass Trombone. Students auditioning on two or more instruments, such as Trumpet/French Horn must pay the $20.00 audition fee per instrument. Please prepare your audition using the guidelines listed below. Minimum requirements of octaves and tempi for scales are those listed.  Brass students auditioning for All-State Orchestra will perform scales, the required excerpt(s) and a solo.  Please note the required solos for all wind instruments!

 Please read the taping procedures carefully and complete the audition form clearly and correctly. CDs/tapes, materials and fees (payable to Colorado Music Educators Association) must be postmarked by November 4^th, 2011. No CD/tape will be accepted for adjudication thereafter.

 CDs/Tapes should contain the following material:       (Do not announce the student’s name on the recording!)

 French Horn:

1.        Scales:      Concert G Major – 2 Octaves in Sixteenth Notes (Quarter = 112)

                           Concert G Harmonic minor scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter = 120)

                           Chromatic Scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter Note = 80)

2.         Excerpt:  Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36, Mvt. I by Peter Tchaikovsky

3.         Solo:      Concerto for Horn, Op. 8 by Franz Strauss, Mvt. III

Trumpet:

1.         Scales:       Concert G Major – 2 Octaves in Sixteenth Notes (Quarter = 112)

                              Concert G Harmonic minor scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter = 120)

                              Chromatic Scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter Note = 80)

2.          Excerpt:    Petrouchka, Ballerina’s Dance by Igor Stravinsky

3.          Solo:         Concert Etude, Op. 49 by Alexander Geodicke

Trombone:

1.         Scales:       Concert A Major – 2 Octaves in Sixteenth Notes (Quarter = 112)

                              Concert A Harmonic minor scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter = 120)

                              Chromatic Scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter Note = 80)

2.          Excerpt:    Tuba Mirum from Requiem by Wolgang Amadeus Mozart

3.          Solo:         Andante and Allegro by Joseph Eduardo Barat

Bass Trombone:

1.         Scales:        Concert A Major – 2 Octaves in Sixteenth Notes (Quarter = 112)

                              Concert A Harmonic minor scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter = 120)

                              Chromatic Scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter Note = 80)

2.          Excerpt      Háry János Suite, Mvt. 4 by Zoltán Kodály

3.          Solo:          Three Easy Pieces, (Drei Leichte Stuecke) Mvt. 3 (originally for Cello) by Paul Hindemith
 

Tuba:

1.         Scales:         Concert A Major – 2 Octaves in Sixteenth Notes (Quarter = 112)

                                Concert A Harmonic minor scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter = 120)

                                Chromatic Scale – 2 Octaves in Eighth Notes (Quarter Note = 80)

2.          Excerpt:      Ride of the Walküre by Richard Wagner

3.          Solo:           Suite for Tuba, Mvt. III by Don Haddad

PLEASE NOTICE THE REQUIRED SOLOS FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS!

DO NOT ANNOUNCE THE STUDENT’S NAME ON THE RECORDING!
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ALL STATE ORCHESTRA   2012

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