Lists of Typical Audition Pieces:

• Trumpet
• Trombone
• Tuba and Eupho
• French Horn
• Flute, Piccolo
• Oboe, Cor Anglais
• Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Eb Clarinet
• Bassoon, Contra
• Saxes
• Timpani, Percussion

Trumpet

• Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.2
• Bach, Mass in b minor
• Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
• Brahms, Symphony No. 2
• Copland, Quiet City
• Debussy, La Mer (Cornet)
• Gershwin, Concerto in F
• Mahler, Symphony No. 3 (posthorn solo)
• Mahler, Symphony No. 5 Mahler, Symphony No. 7
• Mendelssohn, Fingal's Cave
• Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
• Ravel, Alborada del Gracioso
• Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
• Respighi, Pines of Rome
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
• Strauss, Symphonia Domestica
• Strauss, Bourgeois Gentilhomme
• Stravinsky, Petroushka
• Stravinsky, Rite of Spring
• Wagner, Siegfreid's Funeral Music
• Wagner, Siegfreid Idyll

Trombone

• Berlioz, Hungarian March
• Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique
• Brahms, Symphony No.1
• Brahms, Symphony No.2
• Delibes, Coppelia
• Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis
• Holst, Perfect Fool
• Mahler, Symphony No.3
• Mozart, Requiem: Tuba Mirum (tenor)
• Ravel, Bolero
• Rimsky Korsakoff, Russian Easter Festival Ov.
• Rossini, William Tell Overture
• Saint Saens, Organ symphony
• Shostakovich, Symphony 15
• Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra
• Stravinsky, Firebird Suite
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite
• Strauss, Till Eulenspeigel
• Wagner, Die Meistersinger Prelude
• Wagner, Lohengrin Prelude to Acts I & III
• Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries
• Wagner, Tannhauser Overture

Tuba & Euphonium

Tuba

• Wagner, Ein Faust Overture
• Wagner, Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
• Wagner, Die Meistersinger Prelude
• Wagner, Siegfried's Funeral Music from "Götterdämmerung"
• Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries
• R. Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra
• R. Strauss, Til Eulenspiegel
• R. Strauss, Ein Heldenleben
• Bruckner, Symphonies No.4, No.7, No.8
• Mahler, Symphonies No.1 & No.6
• Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique
• Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet
• Berlioz, King Lear
• Berlioz, Hungarian March
• Stravinsky, Petrouchka
• Moussourgsky/Ravel, Bydlo
• Gershwin, American in Paris, solo
• Respighi, Fountains of Rome
• Prokofieff, Symphony Nr.5
• Prokofieff, Lieutenant Kije
• Vaughan-Williams, Tuba Concerto

Euphonium (Tenor Tuba)

• Holst, The Planets [Tenortuba in Bb, T.C.]
• Moussourgsky/Ravel, Bydlo (from 'Pictures at an Exhibition')
• Shostakovich - Age of Gold - Baritone part (Euphonium)
• Strauss, Ein Heldenleben [Tenortuba in Bb]
• Strauss, Don Quixote [Tenortuba in Bb]

French Horn

• Beethoven, Symphonies No. 2, 6, 7
• Brahms, Symphonies No.1, 2, 3
• Franck, Symphony in D minor
• Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphoses
• Mahler, Symphonies No.1, 5
• Ravel, Pavane pour une Infante défunte
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5
• Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel
• Strauss, Don Juan
• Strauss, Don Quixote (4.Horn)
• Tchaikowsky, Symphonies No.4, 5

Flute & Piccolo

Flute

• Bach, St Matthew Passion
• Bach, Mass b minor
• Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
• Bellini, I Puritani
• Beethoven, Leonore Overture No.3
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, 7
• Bizet, Entracte Carmen
• Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 4
• Debussy, L'Apres-midi
• Debussy, La Mer
• Dvorak, Symphony No. 9
• Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphoses
• Ibert, Divertissement
• Hindemith, Nobilissima Visione
• Kodaly, Dances of Galanta
• Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite
• Mendelssohn, Midsummernight's Dream: Scherzo
• Prokofiev, Classical Symphony
• Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
• Ravel, Daphnis & Chloe
• Ravel, Bolero Opening
• Reznicek, Donna Diana overture
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol cadenza
• Rossini, William Tell ov.
• Saint-Saens, Voliere (Carnival of the Animals)
• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, 6, 10
• Smetana, Bartered Bride
• Smetana, The Moldau opening [Flute 2]
• Strauss, Ein Heldenleben
• Strauss, Salome's Dance
• Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel
• Strauss, Domestic Symphony
• Stravinsky, Firebird
• Stravinsky, Petrouchka
• Stravinsky, Song of the Nightingale
• Tchaikovsky, Danse des Mirlitons [Flute 3]
• Thomas, Overture Mignonli>
• Verdi, Requiem

Piccolo

• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, 9
• Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique
• Brahms, Variations on Haydn Theme
• Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
• Kodaly, Marosszeker Tanze
• Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe
• Ravel, Mother Goose
• Rossini, Semiramide
• Rossini, Thieving Magpie
• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, 6, 8, 10
• Strauss, Pertetuum Mobile
• Stravinsky, Firebird
• Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Chinese Dance
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 Scherzo

Oboe & Cor anglais

Oboe

• Bach, Cantata No. 56
• Bach, Cantata No. 82
• Beethoven, Symphonies No. 3, 6
• Brahms, Violin Concerto
• Brahms, Symphonies No. 1, 2, 3
• Debussy, La Mer
• Mahler, Symphony No. 3
• Mozart, Oboe Concerto
• Ravel, Tombeau de Couperin
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
• Rossini, Silken Ladder
• Rossini, L'Italiana in Algieri
• Schubert, Symphony No.9
• Strauss, Don Juan
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella
• Tchaikowsky, Symphony No. 4

Cor Anglais

• Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture
• Debussy, Nocturnes
• Shostakovich, Symphonies No. 8, 11
• Franck, Symphony in D minor
• Berlioz, Rob Roy Overture
• Dvorak, Symphony No. 9
• Rossini, William Tell Overture
• Strauss, Heldenleben
• Sibeilus, Swan of Tuonela
• Respighi, Pines of Rome

Clarinet, Eb Clar, Bass Clar

Clarinet

• Bartok, Miraculous Mandarin
• Beethoven, Symphonies No.4, 6, 8
• Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
• Ginastera, Variaciones Concertantes [ ! ]
• Mendelssohn, Midsummernight's Dream
• Mozart, Symphony No.39
• Ravel, Daphnis & Chloe: suite No.2
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol
• Schubert, Symphony No.8 "Unfinished"
• Sibelius, Symphony No.1
• Smetana, The Moldau
• Schoenberg, Op31 Variations for Orchestra
• Strauss, Don Juan
• Stravinsky, Petrushka
• Tchakiowsky, Symphonies No.4, 5, 6
• Tchaikowsky, Francesca da Rimini

Eb Clarinet

• Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique
• Copland, El Salon Mexico
• Mahler, Symphonies No.1, 6, 9
• Shostakovich, Symphonies No.5, 6
• Mahler, Symphony No.9
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5, 6
• Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel
• Stravinsky, Rite of Spring

Bass Clarinet

• Charles Ives Symphony no.2
• Stravinsky, Rite of Spring
• Ravel, La Valse
• Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier
• Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe
• Mahler, Symphony No.6
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.8

Bassoon/Contra

Bassoon

• Beethoven, Symphonies No.4, 6
• Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique
• Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture
• Ravel, Bolero
• Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
• Rossini, La Gazza Ladra Overture
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.10
• Sibelius, Symphony No.1
• Strauss, Til Eulenspiegel
• Tchaikovsky, Symphonies No.4, 6
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 (2.Bassoon)
• Bach, Mass in B minor
• Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
• Brahms, Symphony No.3
• Sibelius, Symphony No.2
• Wagner, Tannhauser Overture

Contrabassoon

• Beethoven, Symphony No.9
• Brahms, Symphony No.3
• Mahler, Symphony No.9
• Ravel, Mother Goose Suite
• Ravel, Concerto for Left Hand
• Schoenberg, Chamber Symphony, Op.9
• Strauss, Death & Transfiguration
• Strauss, Salome
• Beethoven, Symphony No.5
• Brahms, Symphony No.1
• Mahler, Symphony No.5
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5

Saxes

• Vaughan Williams, Symphony No.6 (tenor sax), No.9 (2 alto saxes, tenor sax)
• Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances (alto sax)
• Ravel, Bolero (soprano, tenor saxes)
• Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition (alto sax)
• Bizet, L'Arlesienne Suite No1 (alto sax)
• Villa-Lobos, Uirapuru (soprano sax)
• Mark-Anthony Turnage, Three Screaming Popes (2 soprano saxes doubling 2 alto saxes) - much altissimo work!

Timpani

• Barber, Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
• Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
• Beethoven, Symphonies No.1, 5, 7, 9
• Brahms, Symphony No.1
• Elgar, Enigma Variations
• Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis
• Martin, Concerto for Seven Winds, Strings,Timp
• Mozart, Symphony in E-flat, K543
• Schuman, New England Triptych
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.1
• Strauss, Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
• Stravinsky, Rite of Spring
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.4
• Wagner, Siegfried's Funeral Music from "Götterdämmerung"

Percussion

Xylophone

• Copland, Appalachian Spring
• Gershwin, An American in Paris
• Gershwin, Porgy & Bess
• Hayman, "Pops" Hoedown
• Kabalebsky, Colas Breugnon Overture
• Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1911)

Glockenspiel

• Debussy, La Mer
• Dukas, Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Glazunov, Violin Concerto
• Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No.1
• Respighi, Pines of Rome
• Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1911)

Vibraphone

• Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Snare Drum

• Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
• Goldenberg, 7/4 Etude
• Prokoviev, Lieutenant Kiji
• Ravel, Bolero
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade

Tambourine

• Bizet, Carmen: Entr'Acte et Danse Boheme
• Dvorak, Carnival Overture
• Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1911)

Triangle

• Liszt, Piano Concerto No.1
• Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol

Bass Drum

• Mahler, Symphony No.3
• Stravinsky, Rite of Spring

Cymbals

• Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto no.2
• Tchaikowsky, Romeo & Juliet Overture
• Tchaikowsky, Symphony No.4