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College of Arts and Sciences School of Music

NAfME All-Northwest 2023

Wind and Percussion Audition Materials

Flute- Sophia Tegart

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Etude – Joachim Andersen, 24 Etudes for Flute, Op. 15, No. 24

Track 3: Excerpt – Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 94, Mvmt. 4

Track 4: Excerpt – Johann Sebastian Bach, Flute Sonata in Eb Major, BWV 1031, Mvmt. 3

Oboe – Keri McCarthy

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Etude – Henri Brod, Methode de Hautbois, No. 26

Track 3: Excerpt – Johann Sebastian Bach, Aria: Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen,
from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Track 4: Excerpt – Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonata for Oboe in D Major, Op. 166, Mvmt. II

Bassoon-Jacqui Wilson

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Etude – Julius Weissenborn, Bassoon Studies, Op. 8, Book II, No. 13

Track 3: Excerpt – Johann Ernst Galliard, Six Sonatas for Bassoon, Sonata No. 3, Mvmt. I

Track 4: Excerpt – Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Clarinet- Shannon Scott

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Etude – Cyrille Rose, 40 Studies for Clarinet, No. 23

Track 3: Excerpt – Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Op. 73, Mvmt. II

Track 4: Excerpt – Camille Saint-Saëns, Clarinette Sonate, Op. 167, Mvmt. II

Bass Clarinet-Shannon Scott

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Excerpt – Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 1, Gigue, Mvmt VII

Track 3: Excerpt – Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120, Mvmt. II

Track 4: Excerpt – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in Eb for Horn, K.417, Mvmt. II

Alto – Tenor Saxophone- Austin Cebulske

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Etude – W. Ferling , Famous Studies for Oboe or Saxophone, No. 14

Track 3: Excerpt – Claude Debussy, Rapsodie pour Orchestre et Saxophone

Track 4: Excerpt – Alexander Glazunov, Saxophone Concerto, Op. 109

Soprano Saxophone- Austin Cebulske

Track 5: Excerpt – Molly on the Shore, Percy Aldridge Grainger

Trumpet- David Turnbull

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Etude – J.B. Arban, Characteristic Study No. 1, Complete Conservatory Method

Track 3: Excerpt – J.B. Arban, Blue Bells of Scotland

Track 4: Excerpt – Franz Joseph Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major, Mvmt. III

Horn-Martin King

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Etude – G. Kopprasch, 60 Selected Studies for Horn, Op. 6, No. 21, mm.38-end

Track 3: Excerpt – Alexander Glazunov, Reverie, Op. 24, mm.1-14

Track 4: Excerpt – Luigi Cherubini, Sonata No. 2, mm. 79-97

Trombone-Sarah Miller

Track 1: Chromatic Scale

Track 2: Etude – J. B. Arban, Etude #26, Complete Method for Trombone and Euphonium

Track 3: Excerpt – Johann Ernst Galliard, Six Sonatas for Bassoon, Sonata No. 1, Mvmt. I

Track 4: Excerpt – Georg Philipp Telemann, Bassoon Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1, Mvmt. II

Euphonium-Chris Dickey

Track 2: Etude – J.B. Arban, Characteristic Study No. 1, Complete Conservatory Method

Track 3: Excerpt – Johann Ernst Galliard, Six Sonatas for Bassoon, Sonata No. 1, Mvmt. I

Track 4: Excerpt – Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1, Mvmt. II

Tuba-Chris Dickey

Track 2: Etude – J.B. Arban, Complete Method for Tuba, Etude 19

Track 3: Excerpt – Gustav Holst, First Suite in Eb, Mvmt I. Chaconne

Track 4: Excerpt – Richard Wagner, Vorspiel, Die Meistersinger

Mallet Percussion-Chris Wilson

Track 1: Excerpt – Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BMV 1001, Mvmt. 4

Track 2: Excerpt – Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 1, Mvmt. I

Snare Drum-Chris Wilson

Track 3: Etude – Brian Yarkosky, Rudimental Style Snare Drum Solo

Track 4: Etude – Brian Yarkosky, Orchestral Style Snare Drum Solo

Timpani-Chris Wilson

Track 5: Etude – Don Neptun, Timpani Etude No. 1 from ALL HANDS Percussion Curriculum

Track 6: Etude – Don Neptun, Timpani Etude No. 3 from ALL HANDS Percussion Curriculum

NAfME All-Northwest 2023
Wind Symphony Audition Materials
NAfME All-Northwest Wind Symphony Audition

Flute- Sophia Tegart

Exercise 1 Chromatic Scale

Exercise 2 Etude Espressivo

Exercise 3 Etude Technical

NAfME All-Northwest Wind Symphony Audition

Trumpet-David Turnbull

Exercise 1 Chromatic Scale

Exercise 2 Etude Espressivo

Exercise 3 Etude Technical

2023 NAfME All-Northwest
Jazz Audition Materials

Drums-Darryl Singleton

Track 1 Play 16 measures of medium swing. (Quarter note = 120)

Track 2 Play 16 measures of fast swing. (Quarter note = 200)

Track 3 Play 16 measures of shuffle (Quarter note = 152)

Track 4 Play 16 measures of Bossa Nova (Quarter note = 152)

Track 5 Play 16 measures contemporary straight 8th (ECM/fusion) (Quarter note = 100)

Track 6 Play “Big Band Excerpt — #1” as instructed on the separate Drum Set page. (Quarter note = 200)

Track 7 Play 16 measures of jazz waltz. (Quarter note = 144)

Track 8 Play 16 measures of funk or funk shuffle. (Quarter note = 176)

ALTO SAXOPHONE- Austin Cebulske

Swing Excerpt – #1

Ballad Excerpt – #2

Latin/Straight 8th Excerpt – #3

Tenor SAXOPHONE- Austin Cebulske

Swing Excerpt – #1

Ballad Excerpt – #2

Latin/Straight 8th Excerpt – #3

Trumpet-David Turnbull

Swing Excerpt – #1

Ballad Excerpt – #2

Latin/Straight 8th Excerpt – #3

Lead Trumpet Excerpt – LT #1

Trombone-Sarah Miller

Swing Excerpt – #1

Ballad Excerpt – #2

Latin/Straight 8th Excerpt – #3

WMEA Junior All-State
Band Audition Materials

Flute- Sophia Tegart

Track 1 – Scale Etude

Track 2 – Dance Etude

Track 3 – Song Etude

Track 4 – Rhythmic Etude