Tuba

MM Pre-screening Requirements: All MM Tuba applicants must upload a pre-screening video containing the following material within their application by December 1st:

• One complete lyrical etude from Snedecor, Low Etudes for Tuba Volume 1
• One complete technical etude from Kopprasch, 60 Selected Studies
• Two contrasting band or orchestral excerpts from the standard literature
• A three-minute excerpt from any solo work (piano optional)

DMA Pre-screening Requirements: All DMA Tuba applicants must upload a pre-screening video containing the following material within their application by December 1st:

• Two contrasting solo movements/works (one from the standard repertoire and one transcription) (totaling 15 minutes)
• Three contrasting band or orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire
• A short demonstration of the applicant’s one-on-one teaching ability (totaling 10 minutes)

MM and DMA Final Audition Requirements::

• One etude from Snedecor, Low Etudes for Tuba Volume 1: Etude #5 or Etude #6
• One solo work from the following list:

           Broughton, Sonata for Tuba and Piano

           Daugherty, Reflections on the Mississippi

           Kraft, Encounters

           Penderecki, Capriccio

           Plau, Concerto for Tuba

           John Williams, Concerto for Tuba

• One Baroque, Classical, or Romantic transcription
• Three contrasting band or orchestra excerpts from the following list:

           Berlioz, Hungarian March

           Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique

           Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy

            Hindemith, Symphony in B flat

            Holst, First Suite for Military Band

            Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5

            Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever

            Vaughan Williams, Toccata Marziale

            Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger

            Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries