What piece of music did you win your college scholarship on?

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Gregson Mvmt. 1
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For IC:
first Mvt of the VW on a Cerveny BBb
missed alot of the notes, but Prof. Unland saw potential in an 18 year old kid with a high F on a BBb tuba :shock:
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tubop wrote:Hmm should I choose the 1rst movement over the third? Seems many others did.

If you can pull off the third, play it. The 2nd and 3rd movements are what make the piece, in my mind anyway.

I know romanza was stolen from another VW piece, but I LOVE THAT MOVEMENT.
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I'd offer the 2nd mvmt for an audition piece; show the committee what music you can make! :shock:
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For University of Oregon,
Euphonium,
fourth mov. of Blue Lake Fantasies and Hijacker Longa
Tuba,
Sonata for tuba(don't remember composer) and Hungarian March
For University of North Texas,
Euphonium,
First and second mov. of Euphonium Concerto by Horovits
Tuba,
Concerto in one mov.(blanking on name again)
Bass trombone,
First and second mov. of Vaughn William
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Post by Sandman333 »

I played some Kopprasch etudes (the Florida All-state audition material) in my formal audition at the university.

What really won me the scholarship, however, was having my now-professor hear me play at solo and ensemble. She judged a brass ensemble I played in, a brass ensemble that I conducted, and a tuba-euphonium quartet that I sat in on when their second tuba didn't show. It turned out that she had arranged that piece.
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for Biola University - Broughton Mvt.1 and a Blazhevich Etude (no.9? slow one in D minor)
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It's not what you play, It's how you play it.

I played His Majesty the Tuba while getting over bronchitis and I got enough money to make my first year at the Lawrence Con happen.

I left after my first year because the tuba professor ended up moving to Oberlin to be an assistant dean.

After that I used the 1st movements of the Hindemith and the Vaughan Williams to get into Baldwin Wallace College (got bunch of cash) & Northern Illinois University (tuition free). I know I used at least the VW to get into Chicago College of Performing Arts for Grad School (half ride).

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