French Horn

• 4th & 5th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, F major scale

  • Sample repertoire: Sigmund Hering Forty Progressive Etudes, 9-32; Saint Saens, Romance, Op. 36

  • Scale requirements: F major (B-flat concert pitch)

• 6th & 7th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

  • Sample repertoire: Richard Strauss Nocturne op. 7; Mozart Concerto No. 3, Mvt. 2; Sigmund Hering Forty Progressive Etudes 33-40; Sigmund Hering 32 Etudes

  • Scale requirements: Major scales in the keys of G major (C concert), A-flat major (D-flat concert), A major (D concert), B-flat major (E-flat concert), C major (F concert), D major (G concert), E-flat major (A-flat concert), F major (B-flat concert)

• 8th & 9th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

  • Sample repertoire: Mozart Concerto No. 3, Mvt. 1 or 3; Mozart Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 2; Mozart Concerto No. 4, Mvt. 2; Beethoven Sonata Op. 17

  • Scale requirements: All major scales

• 10th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

  • Sample repertoire: Mozart Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 1 or 3; Mozart Concerto No. 4, Mvt. 1 or 3; Bozza, En Foret; Strauss Concerto No. 1; Gliere Concerto; Hindemith Sonata

  • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

• 11th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

  • Sample repertoire: Strauss Concerto No. 2; Dukas Villanelle

  • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales