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How your audition will be assessed
Each faculty member from UNC creates their own scoring system and is consistent for each auditionee. Be assured the judges are listening for the following musical criteria: tone quality, rhythm, intonation, technique and musicality. Focus appropriate attention on the scales; they are essential. Click HERE for complete recording instructions (Woodwinds and Brass)
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Audition Materials
2022-2023...
Scales
Major Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 16th notes, quarter-note = 112
Harmonic Minor Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 8th notes, quarter-note = 120
Chromatic Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 8th notes, quarter-note = 80
Major Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 16th notes, quarter-note = 112
Harmonic Minor Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 8th notes, quarter-note = 120
Chromatic Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 8th notes, quarter-note = 80
Flute/Piccolo
Students proficient on piccolo are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both flute and piccolo - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
Köhler – 25 Romantic Etudes for Flute, Op. 66 (Kalmus)
Students proficient on piccolo are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both flute and piccolo - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
Köhler – 25 Romantic Etudes for Flute, Op. 66 (Kalmus)
- p. 7, No. 6, All (dotted quarter note = 76)
- p. 6, No. 6, last four lines (21 bars) (quarter-note= 46)
Oboe/English Horn - Voxman - Selected Studies (Rubank)
Students proficient on English horn are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both Oboe and English horn - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
Students proficient on English horn are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both Oboe and English horn - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
- p.42, measures 1-32 (dotted quarter-note = 55-60)
- p.14, measures 1-20 (quarter-note = 76)
Bassoon - Voxman-Gower - Advanced Method, Vol. 1 (Rubank)
- p.39, No. 26, all (take second ending, no repeats), (quarter-note = 96)
- p.31, No. 17, mm 1 - 12, no repeat (quarter = 60)
E-Flat/B-Flat Clarinet
Students proficient on E-Flat clarinet are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both B-flat and E-flat clarinet - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
Rose - 32 Etudes (C. Fischer)
Rose – 32 Etudes for Clarinet (C. Fischer) Revised Edition
Students proficient on E-Flat clarinet are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both B-flat and E-flat clarinet - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
Rose - 32 Etudes (C. Fischer)
- p.21, No. 21, 1st 6 lines plus one bar (quarter-note = 69)
- p.26, No. 26, beginning through m.20 [no repeats] (quarter-note = 100)
Rose – 32 Etudes for Clarinet (C. Fischer) Revised Edition
- p.25, No. 21, first 7 lines plus one bar (quarter-note = 69)
- p.30, No. 26, beginning through m.20 [no repeats] (quarter-note = 100)
Low Clarinet - Weissenborn/Rhoads - Advanced Studies (Southern)
Students proficient on more than one low clarinet (i.e.bass clarinet and contra-alto clarinet) are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both instruments - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
Students proficient on more than one low clarinet (i.e.bass clarinet and contra-alto clarinet) are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both instruments - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
- p.5, No. 7, 1st 5 lines [no repeats or D.C.] (dotted-quarter-note = 100)
- p.18, No. 23, top – 1st note in 4th line (quarter-note = 72)
Saxophone - Voxman - Selected Studies (Rubank)
Students proficient on more than one saxophone (i.e. alto and tenor) are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on each instrument - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do one, two or three saxophone auditions.
Students proficient on more than one saxophone (i.e. alto and tenor) are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on each instrument - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do one, two or three saxophone auditions.
- p.41, beginning through measure 16 (eighth-note = 92)
- p.42, all (dotted quarter-note = 69-76)
Trumpet/Cornet - Snedecor – Lyrical Etudes (PAS Music)
Students proficient on trumpet and euphonium are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both instruments - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
p.12, Etude IX, beginning through m. 16 (quarter-note = 76)
Students proficient on trumpet and euphonium are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both instruments - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
p.12, Etude IX, beginning through m. 16 (quarter-note = 76)
- p.21, Etude XV, beginning through m.24 [repeat is good] (quarter-note = 144-168)
Horn - Pottag - Preparatory Melodies (Belwin-Mills)
- p.11, No.29, all (quarter-note = 72)
- p.29, No.74, all (half-note = 96)
Trombone - Voxman - Selected Studies for Trombone (Rubank)
Students proficient on trombone and euphonium are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both instruments - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
Students proficient on trombone and euphonium are encouraged to submit a recording of the same excerpts on both instruments - there is only one fee of $25.00 to do both auditions.
- p.2, top – m.25, downbeat (quarter-note = 104)
- p.13, top – m.24 (quarter-note = 92)
Bass Trombone - Ostrander - Method for Bass Trombone (C. Fischer)
- p.30-31, No.14, all [no D.C.] (quarter-note = 112-120)
Euphonium
Students may choose to audition using either the trumpet/cornet or the trombone audition. If you typically play euphonium in treble clef, play the trumpet/cornet audition. If you play euphonium in bass clef, play the trombone audition.
Students may choose to audition using either the trumpet/cornet or the trombone audition. If you typically play euphonium in treble clef, play the trumpet/cornet audition. If you play euphonium in bass clef, play the trombone audition.
Tuba - Sheridan – Performance Studies for Tuba (De Haske)
- p.12-13, all (“Capricious”) (Allegro: quarter-note = 116, Poco meno mosso: quarter-note = 104)
String Bass
- Piece(s) of your choice, demonstrating technique and musicality.
Percussion - You must audition in all three areas on the music listed below.
Mallets - Whaley - Recital Pieces for Mallets (J. R. Publications)
Mallets - Whaley - Recital Pieces for Mallets (J. R. Publications)
- p.25, all [no repeats] (half-note = 80)
- p.12, No. 10, all (dotted-quarter-note = 69)
- p.17, all (quarter-note = 60-72)