Orchestral excerpts and college auditions

daktx2 · Post by **daktx2** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:04 pm

I am a high school senior, and i hope to major in music ed or performance at University of Houston. To audition there, I will need to perform 3 orchestral excerpts. I already can play Hungarian march well, so that is number one. If I can pull off "the trill," i would love to do Die Meistersinger. What should my third excerpt be? and just in case i can't work up the flexibility, what is a good backup for Die Meistersinger? Thanks a bunch.

clagar777 · Post by **clagar777** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:36 pm

Is that where Yutaka Kono is teaching now? (U of H)

Biggs · Post by **Biggs** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:38 pm

I used Symphonic Metamorphasis, Prok 5, and Prok R&J

Alex Reeder · Post by **Alex Reeder** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:43 pm

The Ride of the Walkyries is always a welcome standard. Since the other two excerpts you mentioned both feature the high range, I would suggest a low excerpt like the Ride also.

daktx2 · Post by **daktx2** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:27 pm

i cannot quite give ride of the valkyries the just it deserves. I dont have that instant response in the low range yet. How would i be able to get my hands on the parts for Symphonic Metamorphasis, prokofiev's 5th, or romo and juliet?
And the current tuba professor is Mark Barton.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:21 pm

clagar777 wrote:Is that where Yutaka Kono is teaching now? (U of H)

I heard he is going to Texas A&M Kingsville.

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:45 pm

do The Ride man. if it's not good, you could always try the Prokofiev 5 excerpt or Fountains of Rome

porkchopsisgood · Post by **porkchopsisgood** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:34 pm

You have approximately 5-6 months.....

Do the ride.

TexTuba · Post by **TexTuba** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:33 am

Well depending on what you decide to major, you may not have to use orchestral excerpts. When I auditioned there as an Ed. major I used the first mvmt. of Gregson and the second mvmt. of the Broughton. I do seem to recall though that excerpts are required for performance. And if you do get in they are mandatory for auditions for chair placement. Here is what was required for this year:

Hungarian March
Prokofiev 5th
Meistersinger
Ride
Arutunian Tuba Concerto Mvmt. 1&2

So to do any of those excerpts for your audition would be quite good considering that they asked for them this year. Good luck!

Ralph

P.S.
Yes, Dr. Kono is at A&M-Kingsville

daktx2 · Post by **daktx2** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:28 pm

thanks for all the help guys. where is the best place to buy the prokofiev excerpts? both the Romeo and juliet and the 5th symphonies? i already have everything thats on the gordon cherry cd.

TexTuba · Post by **TexTuba** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:41 pm

T-brick woody wrote:Ok, who here studied with Kono. I did for two years. I hear the old tuba player from Pittsburg is teaching at UTSA now.

Michael Woods

I did for a little while. And yes, Sumner Erickson is teaching at UTSA now. I know all of this because I'm at UTSA right now.

Ralph

Yutakatuba · Post by **Yutakatuba** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:22 pm

I would avoid The Ride. A friend of mine did it for a conservatory audition. The school had three trombonists from a major orchestra teaching, and all three of them told him to play the excerpts three completely different ways.

I personally like to hear Meistersinger, Tchaikovsky #4 and Mahler 1 from younger players. They all focus more on fundamentals.

p.s. I am at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Mike and Ralph, email me sometime!

Yutaka Kono

Tubadan · Post by **Tubadan** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:07 pm

Dr. Kono was my teacher here for 3 years at University of Mary Hardin- Baylor. Sumner Erickson also teaches here now. We need tuba/euph players here if anyone is interested.