Audition Format, Date, Time, and Location:

Format: Trombone auditions for large ensembles (bands and orchestras) will take place in person. The audition format will be blind (behind a screen with a proctor).

Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Time: 9am-11am

Location: Recital Hall, Music Building

Audition Materials:

Below is the list of the audition materials. Please prepare all the material for your instrument (tenor or bass), although you will only be asked to play 3 or 4 excerpts at the actual audition. You can find all of the music in the pdf at the beginning of each list. Prepare the portion of the music included in the pdf. Non-majors may elect to prepare a solo of their choice instead of the below excerpts.

TENOR TROMBONES—BYU_Tenor_Trombone_Audition_Packet_Fall_2026

1) Berlioz, Hungarian March

2) Brahms, Symphony No. 1

3) Brahms, Symphony No. 4

4) Mahler, Symphony No. 3

5) Mozart, Requiem

6) Ravel, Bolero (optional excerpt, but necessary if you want to be considered for first chair in Philharmonic Orchestra or Wind Symphony)

7) Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture

8) Rossini, La Gazza Ladra

9) Rossini, William Tell

10) Saint-Saens, Symphony No. 3

11) Schumann, Symphony No. 3 (optional excerpt, but necessary if you want to be considered for first chair in Philharmonic Orchestra or Wind Symphony)

12) Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel

13) Wagner, Ride

14) Wagner, Tannhauser

BASS TROMBONES—BYU_Bass_Trombone_Audition_Packet_Fall_2026[1]

1) Haydn, Creation

2) Wagner, Ride

3) Berlioz, Hungarian March

4) Kodaly, Hary Janos