<p>At Juilliard, my audition was about 7-10 min</p>
<p>I played the Kennan sonata(on C trumpet)
movement 1; beginning-F and O-end<br>
Charlier 1 beginning till the section in D
Charlier 2 beginning till the Meno mosso
and the opening of Mahler 5</p>
<p>-They choose what parts of the prepared literature you play i.e. I prepared all of the Kennan Sonata and they had me play the parts listed above.<br>
-You get to choose what you start with (most start with the accompanied piece is what I understand). Then they control what order you play the rest of the music.
-It is a very stressful audition.</p>
<p>At Northwestern my audition was about 15min if i remember correctly.</p>
<p>I played the beginning of the first movement of the Fasch (this went quite poorly, but I turned my audition around after this blunder)
Legende from the beginning till the muted part
Charlier 2 from the beginning to the 6/8 section
the dance and waltz from Petrouchka
and some quite difficult sightreading</p>
<p>-Like Juilliard, You choose what you start with (I recommend against starting with picc, Legend would be good or getting Charlier 2 out of the way if it causes endurance issues for you) then they have you play what they ask in the order they choose.</p>
<p>Twill if you still read here, I would appreciate any information on what reasons schools made your initial list and why you ended up dropping them. </p>
<p>I certainly understand not continuing to audition after a Julliard acceptance.</p>
<p>In general any reflections on those schools would be appreciated. Even though classical is of secondary importance it would still help.</p>
<p>It also bumps this topic up to where we might get additional responses.</p>
<p>A question that just popped into mind, did anyone find out that there was a need for a flugel, C Trumpet or Cornet to get into a college? Or is a standard trumpet enough at least for the audition process?</p>
<p>A standard Bb trumpet will suffice for the auditions. If your trumpet player plans to play in the orchestra, he will want a C trumpet too. By the time my kid got out of undergrad school, he owned a Bb, C and piccolo trumpet (he entered with a Bb and C…but he played in a youth orchestra for four years and needed that C trumpet). By the end of grad school, he had added an Eb/D trumpet to the mix. He has never owned his own flugelhorn, but the colleges both had one to use when needed.</p>
<p>I realize that this is a very old thread, but I did want to add an overlooked university to the list as far as trumpet performance is concerned…Western Illinois University in Macomb. The head of the trumpet studio is Bruce Briney. Dr. Briney studied under Vincent Chicowitz at Northwestern and David Hickman when Hickman was at the University of Illinois. Briney served as a conductor of the Millar Brass Ensemble while at Northwestern. His students are frequent finalists and winners in the National Trumpet Competition, International Trumpet Guild Orchestra Competition, MTNA state and regional solo competitions.</p>
<p>I’m going to put in a plug for Judith Saxton at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is fabulous…an accomplished teacher, orchestral player, soloist and master class instructor. If you renew your ITG subscription this year, you will get a copy of her CD when you renew. She is terrific. UNCSA is a small conservatory environment with music, drama, dance, design and production, and film making. It’s a great school.</p>
<p>This is a really old thread, but I’m going to reply for the sake of people who find it through a web search… like me.</p>
<p>Both University of Massachusetts at Amherst and University of Connecticut are schools that are not considered to have a particularly well-known music program but do have really good teachers: Eric Berlin at UMass and Louis Hanzlik at UConn. I have had lessons with both of them and am planning to audition in both places. I think these are good choices for students who want to attend a good school but still want to leave some safe choices.</p>
<p>I think anyone planning on a performance degree should have the studio teacher as their most important consideration for choosing the schools. If you are going to study with someone for four years, you should probably have a good relationship with them.</p>