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Preliminary Audition Repertoire

Preliminary Audition Repertoire The audition CD must contain the following excerpts in the order listed.

Excerpts may be found in the orchestral parts (measure numbers provided.) Most of the orchestral parts for the Preliminary Audition CD are available from Edwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc. Kalmus can be contacted at (800) 434-6340 or online at http://www.kalmus-music.com.

See the entrance information page for complete CD specifications.

The unaccompanied solo repertoire for the the audition CD consists of excerpts from Norman Bolter's Morning Walk and Sagittarius2, both written expressly for the 2003 Zellmer-Minnesota Orchestra Trombone Competition. Both pieces can be bought directly from his publisher, Air-ev Productions, either through his web site's secure shopping cart at http://www.air-ev.com or via regular mail at:

Air-ev Productions
675 VFW Parkway PMB 352
Chestnut Hill, MA
02467-3656

 

Tenor Trombone CD Repertoire

Solo (Unaccompanied)

  • Norman Bolter Morning Walk - meas. 1 - 48 (Omit extended rests)

Orchestral Excerpts (all 1st trombone parts, unless otherwise noted)

  • Mozart Requiem, Tuba mirum, 2nd Trombone measures 1-18
  • Wagner Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin, 1 measure before rehearsal d to 2nd measure of letter e
  • Ravel Bolero, 3rd measure of number 10 to number 11
  • Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, 4 measures before number 36 to 4 measures before number 38

Bass Trombone CD Repertoire

Solo (Unaccompanied)

  • Norman Bolter Sagittarius2 - meas. 6 - 46 (Omit extended rests)

Orchestral Excerpts

  • Strauss Ein Heldenleben, number 55 to 2nd measure of number 56, 2nd measure of number 61 to number 65
  • Wagner Ride of the Valkyries, 3rd Trombone, Pickup to number 6 to 3rd measure of number 7
  • Brahms Symphony no. 4, 4th movement, letter e to measure 128
  • Haydn The Creation, no. 26, first 37 measures

Please email us at info@zellmer-competition.com if you have any questions.