Wind Symphony (WS): Wind ensemble featuring woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments, suggested ages 14-18. For more information about Wind Symphony, please visit the Wind Symphony page.
Flute/Piccolo – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- All major scales in 2 octaves
- Two minutes from a solo piece such as a Mozart concerto or a piece of comparable difficulty OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
Please note: Piccolo is optional but encouraged. Please indicate on audition form which instruments you will be bringing to your audition (Flute only, Flute + Piccolo).
Oboe/English Horn – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- Major scales through 4 sharps and 4 flats
- Handel or Marcello Sonata, two contrasting movements (no more than two minutes excerpt from each movement if submitting a video audition), or a piece of equal or greater difficulty OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
Please note: English Horn is optional but encouraged. Please indicate on audition form which instruments you will be bringing to your audition (Oboe only or Oboe and English Horn).
Clarinet – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- All major scales
- Two minutes from Concertino by Weber or Adagio and Tarantella by Ernesto Cavallini, or a piece of equal or greater difficulty OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
Please note: TRYPO clarinetists perform regularly on Bb and A clarinets. We also have some instruments to lend to incoming students, so if you do not currently own an A clarinet, you may play the Rachmaninoff on the Bb for your audition. Please indicate on audition form which instruments you will be bringing to your audition (Bb, A, Bass and/or Eb). A, Bass, and Eb are optional but encouraged. If bringing Bass and/or Eb, please be prepared to play something of your choice on those instrument(s).
Bassoon – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- Major scales through 4 sharps and 4 flats
- Choose one of the 50 Advanced Studies from Weissenborn Practical Method for the Bassoon or comparable etude OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
Saxophone – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- Two excerpts from an etude(s) or Solo work showing technical skills as well as lyrical expression (each excerpt must be at least a minute in length) – you may also use your district’s PMEA audition solo.
- Major and minor scales through 3 sharps and 3 flats
Please note: Please indicate on audition form which instrument(s) you will be bringing to your audition (Alto, Tenor, Bari, etc).
French Horn – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- Major and minor scales through 3 sharps and 3 flats
- Two minutes from Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3, Mvt. 1 (only the exposition), or standard solo work of similar level difficulty OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
Trumpet – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- Major and minor scales through 3 sharps and 3 flats
- Two minutes from Haydn Trumpet Concerto or standard solo work of similar level difficulty OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
Please note: Please indicate on audition form which instruments you will be bringing to your audition (Bb only, Bb and C).
Trombone/Bass Trombone – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- Major and minor scales through 3 sharps and 3 flats
- Two minutes from Morceau Symphonique by Guilmant or standard solo work of similar level difficulty OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
Please note: Please indicate on audition form which instruments you will be bringing to your audition (Tenor or Bass).
Euphonium – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- Two excerpts from an etude(s) or Solo work showing technical skills as well as lyrical expression (each excerpt must be at least a minute in length) – you may also use your district’s PMEA audition solo.
- Major and minor scales through 3 sharps and 3 flats
Tuba – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- Major and minor scales through 3 sharps and 3 flats
- Two minutes from Larghetto and Allegro by Handel/Little (Belwin Mills) or standard solo work of similar level difficulty OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
Percussion – Wind Symphony (current for the 2023-24 season auditions)
- An etude of your choice on snare, timpani or mallets OR you may use PMEA audition excerpts.
- Rudiments and sight reading
Note: Bring your own sticks