Recommended Audition Repertoire

The list below is simply meant to provide recommendations for audition material, none of these pieces are required. If you have specific questions about audition repertoire, please contact Dr. Hightower.

Recommended Studies-Tuba

  • Marco Bordogni : 43 Bel Canto Studies
  • Concone/Shoemaker Legato Etudes for tuba/bass trombone
  • Clarke Technical Studies
  • Reginald Fink Studies in Legato
  • Vladislav Blazehvich: 70 Tuba Studies Vol I
  • Vladislav Blazehvich: 70 Tuba Studies Vol II
  • C. Kopprash 60 Selected Studies for Tuba
  • H.W. Tyrell 40 Advanced Studies for Tuba
  • Phil Snedecor Low Etudes for Tuba Vol I
  • Phil Snedecor Low(er) Etudes for Tuba Vol II
  • The Brass Gym
  • Michael Davis 20 Minute Warm Up
  • Full Range Major/Minor Scales & Arpeggios

Recommended Studies-Euphonium

  • Rochut Melodius Etudes
  • Concone/Shoemaker Legato Etudes for Trombone
  • Clarke Technical Studies
  • Bousquet 36 Celebrated Studies for Baritone or Trombone
  • Steven Mead New Concert Studies Vol. I
  • Reginald Fink Studies in Legato
  • Vladislav Blazehvich: 70 Tuba Studies Vol I (low register training)
  • C. Kopprash 60 Selected Studies for Trombone Book 1
  • C. Kopprasch 60 Selected Studies for Trombone Book II
  • Voxman Selected Studies for Baritone
  • H.W. Tyrell 40 Progressive Studies for Trombone
  • The Brass Gym
  • Michael Davis 20 Minute Warm Up
  • Full Range Major/Minor Scales & Arpeggios
  • Clef Studies (treble, bass, tenor) Blazevich, Fink etc.

Recommended undergraduate Solo Repertoire-Tuba

  • Fantasy for Solo Tuba-Malcolm Arnold
  • Air & Bouree-Arr. William Bell
  • Introduction & Dance-J.E. Barat
  • Andante and Rondo-Capuzzi
  • Sonata No. 1-Marcello Arr. Little
  • Sketches for Tuba & Piano-Martin McFarland
  • Sonata for Tuba-Thomas Beversdorf
  • Concerto for Tuba-Edward Gregson
  • Sonata for Tuba-Walter Hartley
  • Sonata fur Tuba und Klavier-Paul Hindemith
  • Concerto in One Movement-Lebedev
  • Serenade No. 12-Persechetti 
  • Impromptus-Robert Muczynski

Recommended Undergraduate Solo Repertoire-Euphonium

  • Rhapsody for Euphonium-James Curnow
  • Beautiful Colorado-DeLuca
  • A Walk in the Woods-Jiro Censhu
  • Fantasy Variations-Ito Yasuhide
  • Sonata for Euphonium and Piano-Eric Ewazen
  • Concert Piece-P.V. De La Nux
  • Andante and Rondo-Capuzzi
  • Bassoon Concerto-W.A. Mozart
  • Mirror Lake-Edward Montgomery
  • Sonata for Unaccompanied Euphonium-Clinard
  • Fantasy-Philip Sparke
  • Lyric Suite-Donald White
  • Variations for Ophicleide-Kummer
  • Fantasy Pieces for Euphonium-Derek Bourgeois
  • The Green Hill-Bert Appermont

Recommended Graduate Solo Repertoire-Tuba

  • Concerto-Darrol Barry
  • Reflections on the Mississippi-Daugherty
  • Sonata-DiLorenzo
  • Concerto-Ewazen
  • Concerto-Vaughan Williams
  • Concerto-John Williams
  • Alarum-Gregson
  • Flute Partita in A minor-JS Bach/Tinkham
  • Concerto-Alexandre Arutiunian
  • Concertino-Bozza
  • Three Furies-James Grant
  • Encounters II-Kraft
  • Capriccio-Penderecki
  • Sonatine-Casterede 
  • Concertino-Jan Koetsier 

Recommended Graduate Solo Repertoire-Euphonium

  • Cello Suites-JS Bach
  • Fantasia di Concerto-Boccalari
  • Partita-Butterworth
  • Fantasie Originale-Picchi
  • Harlequin-Spark
  • Pantomime-Sparke
  • Soliloquies-John Stevens
  • Concerto-John Stevens
  • Concerto-Philip Wilby
  • Concerto-Jan Bach
  • Euphoria-Derek Bourgeois
  • Concerto-Cosma
  • Symphonic Variants-Curnow
  • Blue Lake Fantasies-Gillingham 
  • Pearls II-Szentpali

Recommended Excerpts-Euphonium

  • Stars & Stripes-Sousa
  • Colonial Song-Grainger
  • Molly on the Shore-Grainger
  • When Jesus Wept-Shuman
  • Festive Overture-Shostakovich/Hunsberger
  • Toccata Marziale-Vaughan Williams
  • Second Suite in F-Holst
  • The Planets-Holst
  • Bydlo-Mussorgsky/Ravel
  • Theme and Variations-Shoenberg
  • Roman Carnival Overture-Berlioz/Godfrey III
  • Pinapple Poll-Sullivan/Mackerras 
  • Ein Heldenleben-Strauss
  • Don Quixote–Strauss

Recommended Excerpts-Tuba

  • Stars & Stripes-Sousa
  • Toccata Marziale-Vaughan Williams
  • The Planets-Holst
  • Ein Heldenleben-Strauss
  • Ride of the Valkyries-Wagner
  • Die Meistersinger Overture-Wagner
  • Ein Faust Overture-Wagner
  • Symphony No. 5-Prokofiev
  • Hungarian March-Berlioz
  • Symphony No. 1-Mahler
  • Symphony No. 5-Mahler
  • Pertroushka-Stravinsky
  • Fountains of Rome-Resphigi
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis-Hindemith
  • Symphony Fantastique-Berlioz