EKU LARGE ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS SPRING 2021

INSTRUMENT EXCERPTS & NOTES Flute Honegger, Rhapsody (all) 

Gershwin: m.15–80 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.115–130 Gershwin: m.158–172 

Piccolo (optional) Gershwin: m.20–81 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.158–172 

 Oboe Bach, Cantata No. 202 (all) 

Rossini, La Scala Di Seta (all) Gershwin: m.72–80 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.115–130 Gershwin: m.461–487 

 Bassoon Gershwin: m.20–24 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU 

Gershwin: m.91–99 Gershwin: m.154–172 

 Clarinet “Andante con moto” Etude (all)  

Gershwin: m.1–24 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.93–126 Gershwin: m.158–172  

 Bass Clarinet “Andante con moto” Etude (all) 

Gershwin: m.20–48 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.91–99 Gershwin: m.145–158

 Saxophone EKU Jazz Saxophone Etude 

EKU “Classical” Saxophone Etude Gershwin: m.115–138 (play on alto)  https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.227–242 (play on alto) Gerswhin: m.475–487 (play on alto) 

 Trumpet “48-Hour” Piece: This will be released/posted 48 hours before the audition 

deadline at 6:00p EST, on Wednesday, January 13 at: https://ekubands.eku.edu Gershwin: m.16–24 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.115–138 (with mute @ m.132 if possible) Gershwin: m.433–End 

 Horn Shoemaker Etude (all) 

Gershwin: m.11–24 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.81–91 

EKU LARGE ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS SPRING 2021

Gershwin: 448–460 (start on the pick-ups to m.449) 

Trombone Bordogni/Rochut #42 (m.1-28) Gershwin: m.153–158 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.114–123 (start on the pick-ups to m.115) Gershwin: m.134–137 (with mute if possible) Gershwin: m.433–489  

 Bass Trombone Bordogni/Ostrander #17 (last 21 measures) 

Sousa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7XWhyvIpE Wagner: Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy2k_xnE2XQ 

 Euphonium Borgdoni #2 (all)  

Jacob, Earle of Oxford’s Marche: m.73–End https://youtu.be/NcuBSp8MkGY Jacob, Jhon come kisse me now: m.29–End https://youtu.be/PpquhoQBFO4  Jacob, Wolsey’s Wilde: m.29–End (go straight to second ending) https://youtu.be/pQVJendvHik 

 Tuba Borgdoni #2 (all) 

Gershwin: m.20–24 https://youtu.be/y33emJSdivU Gershwin: m.138–166  Gershwin: m.425–489  

 Percussion  1. SNARE DRUM etude #5 (Mitchell Peters) 

2. TOM TOM excerpt (4 timpani, drums or surfaces) - from L’ Histoire Du Soldat rehearsal 8 to the end (soft mallets; quarter note = 112 bpm) taper at the end to pianissimo 3. KEYBOARD Bach Gigue - 1st section (don’t repeat - dotted quarter note = 60 BPM) learn on any keyboard instrument (including piano). 2 - mallets/hands