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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Do the ride.

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

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.

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

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

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.