Tuba

• 4th & 5th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, B-flat major Scale

  • Sample repertoire: Essential Elements 2000

  • Scale requirements: B-flat major Scale

• 6th & 7th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

  • Sample repertoire: 6 Studies in English Folksong; Marco Bordogni 43 Bel Canto Studies for Tuba/Bass Trombone

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

• 8th & 9th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

  • Sample repertoire: Hadad Suite for Tuba; Capuzzi Andante and Rondo; Kopprasch 60 Studies; Arban Complete Method for Tuba; Snedecor Low Register Studies

  • Scale requirements: All major scales

• 10th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

  • Sample repertoire: Walter S. Hartley Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba; Vaughn Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba (Starting with either F or Eb Tuba)

  • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

• 11th Grade:

  • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

  • Sample repertoire: Penderecki Cappriccio for Solo Tuba

  • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales