2011
CLARION UNIVERSITY HONORS BAND FESTIVAL
AUDITION LIST
Auditions for the CU Honors Band Festival membership will include performance of the indicated solo/etude from
the list below AND the chromatic scale ascending and descending. The chromatic scale should be from the
student’s lowest note to their highest note and back to their lowest note.
PICCOLO
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Publisher/Collection
Arioso and Presto
J. J. Quantz
24 Short Concert Pieces; Southern Music
 Arioso: Sections B & C, mm. 27-50
 Presto: Pick-Ups to I-End, mm. 82-108
Piccolo players must play flute using the flute audition music. After they have demonstrated their technical and
pitch skills on flute, then they are to play the excerpt on the piccolo.
FLUTE
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Arioso and Presto
J. J. Quantz
 Arioso, Quarternote = 66 bpm
 Presto: Quarternote = 112 bpm
OBOE
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Legende Pastorale
B. Goodard
 Dotted quarternote = 60 bpm
BASSOON
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Arioso and Humoreske Julius Wiessenborn;
 Mvt. I-Adagio; Eighthnote = 80
 Mvt. II-Allegro e Spiritoso; Quarternote = 126
Publisher/Collection
24 Short Concert Pieces; Southern Music
Publisher/Collection
Oboe Solos; Arr. & Edited by Jay Arnold; Amsco Music
Publisher/Collection
Master Solos; Inter. Level; Hal Leonard
CLARINET
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Publisher/Collection
Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 Johannes Brahms
Masterworks; Solo; B-Flat Clarinet Solo. Kalmus Edition
 Mvt. II, Andante un poco Adagio; Beg. – to A; mm. 1-22;
 Mvt. IV, Vivace; mm. 25-61; Halfnote = 88
BASS CLARINET
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Publisher/Collection
Sarabanda & Gavotte Arcangelo Corelli
Concert and Contest Collection for B. Clar., H. Voxman, Rubank/HL
Andante, Quarternote = 72
Lively, Quarternote = 126
CUHBF Audition Materials
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ALTO, TENOR, & BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Publisher/Collection
Sonata for Alto Saxophone
Jacobi
Bourne Music (IM.121009)
Mvt. I, Allegro, ma non troppo, Beg. - 3, mm. 1-29, quarternote = 96-120
Mvt. II, Sarabande, Beg. – one measure after 3; mm. 1-31; Quarternote = 82
TRUMPET
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Petite Piece Concertante Guillaume Balay
Publisher/Collection
Alfred/Belwin; Inter.
Inter. Trpt Solos, Vol. I, Schwartz; Music-1;
Concert and Contest collections by H. Voxman
Mouvl modere, Quarternote = 72
Marche, Quarternote = 104
HORN
Composition
Il Romance
Quarternote = 60
Composer/Arranger
Alexander Scriabin
Publisher/Collection
Inter. French Horn Solos; Dale Clevenger; Music Minus One 3513
TROMBONE
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Publisher/Collection
Sonata
P. Whear (Contemporary)
Ludwig Music Publishing Company
 Mvt. I, Moderately Fast-Moving, mm. 57-92; Quarternote = 78 Pick-ups; 108- m. 58
 Mvt. II, Slow-Expressive, mm. 11-35; Quarternote = 52
EUPHONIUM B.C. & T.C.
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Publisher/Collection
Morceau De Concours Giulio Alary
*Concert and Contest Collection for Baritone, H. Voxman,
Rubank/HL
*This collection has two separate books for the Euphonium B.C. and Euphonium T.C.
 Mvt. I Andante; Quarternote = 84
 Mvt. II Allegro energico; Quarternote = 116
TUBA
Composition
Composer/Arranger
First Movement from Concerto for Horn W. A. Mozart
Rubank/HL
 Allegro, Quarternote = 104
Publisher/Collection
Concert and Contest Collection for Tuba, H. Voxman,
SNARE DRUM
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Publisher/Collection
Old Flam, Ruff and Ready
Murray Houllif Contest Solos For The Intermediate Snare Drummer, Kendor
Music Inc (KN.13509)
 Dotted Quarternote = 72-80; No Repeat
XYLOPHONE and MARIMBA
Composition
Composer/Arranger
Publisher/Collection
A Bluegrass Waltz
Murray Houllif
Contest Solos For The Intermediate Mallet Player, Kendor Music
Inc (KN.13959)
 Quarternote = 100; With a Country Swing; Roll on Quarternotes or larger note values.
CUHBF Audition Materials
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TIMPANI
2011
Jungle Jim
Murray Houllif
Contest Solos For The Intermediate Timpanist, Kendor
Music Inc (KN.13734)
 Quarternote = 120; Jazzy style with medium or hard mallets; No Repeats
* All percussion students must audition on ALL of the areas above.
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Timpani: Also must demonstrate skills on long and short rolls, evidence of good ear, knowledge of simple intervals
(3rds, 4ths, 5ths) and tuning ability.
Snare Drum: Also must demonstrate skills of rolls and rudiments.
Mallet Percussion: Must also demonstrate facile performance of the three-octave B major scale and arpeggio.
Please, communicate to your students that they must attend all rehearsal sessions. Students who are absent for
any reason other than the SAT or ACT exams will be removed from the ensemble. Students who are taking the
SAT (12/3/11) or ACT (12/10/11) should mark this on their application during registration and should report
to the rehearsal immediately after the SAT/ACT exam is completed.
CUHBF Audition Materials
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