Trumpet | Jazz Trumpet | Horn | Trombone | Jazz Trombone | Baritone Horn | Tuba

Auditions will be conducted using the following format. Some substitutions may be allowed with the permission of the University of Miami Trumpet Professor.

All major scales - 2 octaves when possible
One (1) etude of the applicant's choice that demonstrates the student's complete musical and technical abilities.

A minimum of one (1) movement of the applicant's choice from the following solos: 
o Haydn Concerto
o Hummel Concerto
o Hindemith Sonata
o Kennan Sonata
o Stevens Sonata

A short sight reading exercise

Applicants for the Instrumental Performance program should also perform the following orchestral excerpts:
o Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade
o Stravinsky - Petrushka; Ballerina's Dance
o Respighi - Pines of Rome; offstage solo

• Two or three short tunes in a small group setting with drums, bass, guitar, and/or piano that demonstrate your improvisational skills. Include a variety of rhythmical feels or tempos (swing, Latin, rock, ballad, etc.). You may include big band selections in which you are a featured soloist (tape only).
• Optional - Original compositions or arrangements.

On-Campus Audition: In addition to prepared selections you may be asked to demonstrate technical devices (scales, articulations), theoretical knowledge (chord scales) and sight-read for rhythmical accuracy, time feel, and phrasing

Regional auditions: Bring your accompaniment prerecorded and a play back unit. The Jamey Aebersold accompaniment recordings are acceptable.

Select two to three contrasting études or solos (or movements from a concerto or sonata) which best demonstrate your tone, range, technique, and lyric ability. The following repertoire is recommended but similar works may be substituted.

• Performance Major
  Etudes:
  • Gallay, "12 Etudes"
  • Kopprasch, "Book 2"
  • Kling, "40 Characteristic Etudes"
  Solos:
  • Hindemith, "Sonate"
  • Mozart, "Concerti"
  • F. Strauss, "Nocturno"
  • R. Strauss, "Concerto #1" - Any movement
• All other majors
  Etudes:
  • Kopprasch, Book I
  Solos:
  • Chabrier, "Larghetto"
  • Glazounov, "Reverie"
  • Mozart, "Concerti" #1 or 3
  • R. Strauss, "Concerto #1" - 1st Movement

On-Campus Audition
In addition to the above requirements, you may be expected to sight-read, and to demonstrate familiarity with two octave major scales.

Select three contrasting études or solos (or movements from a concerto) which best demonstrate your tone, range, technique, and lyric ability. The following repertoire is recommended but similar works may be substituted.

• Performance Major
  Etudes:
  • Bordogni-Rochut, Etude, Books II or III
  • Blazhevich, Clef Studies
  • Tyrrell, 40 Progressive Studies
  Solos:
  • Bozza, "Ballade"
  • Hindemith, "Sonate"
  • Guilmant, "Morceau Symphonique"
• All other majors
  Etudes:
  • Bordogni-Rochut, Melodious Etudes, Book I
  • Kopprasch, Book I
  • Arban, Characteristics Studies
  Solos:
  • Galliard-Brown, "Sonatas"
  • Marcello, "Sonatas"
  • Rachmaninoff, "Vocalise".
• Sight Reading

On-Campus Audition & Regional auditions:
In addition to the above requirements, you will be expected to sight-read.

• Two or three short tunes in a small group setting with drums, bass, guitar, and/or piano that demonstrate your improvisational skills. Please include a variety of rhythmical feels or tempos (swing, Latin, rock, ballad, etc.) You may include big band selections on which you are a featured soloist (tape only).
• Optional - Original compositions or arrangements.

On-Campus Audition: In addition to prepared selections you may be asked to demonstrate technical devices (scales, articulations), theoretical knowledge (chord scales) and sight-read for rhythmical accuracy, time feel, and phrasing

Regional auditions: Bring your accompaniment prerecorded and a play back unit. The Jamey Aebersold accompaniment recordings are acceptable.

Select two or three contrasting études or solos (or movements from a concerto or sonata) which best demonstrate your tone, range, technique, and lyric ability. The following repertoire is recommended but similar works may be substituted.

• All majors
  Etudes:
  • Bordogni-Rochut, Melodious Etudes, Book I
  • Kopprasch, 60 Selected Studies, Book I
  • Gower & Voxman, Rubank-Advanced Method
  • Tyrrell, 40 Progressive Studies
  Solos:
  • Galliard-Brown, "Sonatas - Books I & II"
  • Marcello, "Sonatas"
  • Capuzzi, "Andante & Rondo"
  • Rachmaninoff, "Vocalise"

  All the above are for trombone unless otherwise marked.

On-Campus Audition
In addition to the above requirements, you will be expected to sight-read.

Select two or three contrasting études or solos (or movements from a concerto or sonata) which best demonstrate your tone, range, technique and lyric ability. The following repertoire is recommended but similar works may be substituted.

• Performance Major
  Etudes:
  • Blazhevich, 70 Studies, Book II
  • Bordogni-Roberts, 43 Bel Canto Studies
  • Kopprasch, 60 Selected Studies, Book II
  • Maenz, 12 Spezialstudien
  • Sear, Etudes
  Solos:
  • Bach-Bixby, "Bach for Tuba"
  • Hindemith, "Sonate"
  • Persichetti, "Serenade #12"
  • Swann, "Two Moods"
  • Vaughan Williams, "Concerto"
  • Wilder, "Suite #1 (Effie)"
• All other majors
  Etudes:
  • Blazhevich, 70 Studies, Book I
  • Bordogni-Roberts, 43 Bel Canto Studies
  • Tyrrell, Advanced Studies
  • Kopprasch, 60 Selected Studies
  Solos:
  • Bach-Bell, "Air & Bourree"
  • Beethoven-Bell, "Variations on a Theme by Handel (Judas Macabeus)"
  • Haddad, "Suite"
  • Hartley, "Suite"
  • Holmes, "Carnival of Venice"
  • Ernest Williams, "Second Concerto"

On-Campus Audition
In addition to the above requirements, you will be expected to sight-read.