Tuba Requirements

All departmental hearings will be fifteen minutes in length. If the entire department faculty is present at the senior recital, the senior jury may be waived.

Policy for all degree recitals at all levels:

1. All recital programs must be approved by the major teacher and the department coordinator. If a student of the coordinator, the student must have recital program approved by an additional faculty member.
2. Recital Outline
   1. undergraduate recital: 50-60 minutes of music; graduate recital: 50-60 minutes of music
   2. more than 2/3 of the recital must be performed by the original instrumental combination of the composer (non-transcription); a concerto with piano accompaniment is acceptable.
   3. the program must include at least one major sonata or concerto
   4. the following musical periods must be covered:
      1. either Baroque or Classical
      2. Romantic
      3. 20th century
      4. Contemporary: two 20th century works or two contemporary works may be performed in lieu of one of each.
   5. chamber music is optional, but if used, it may fulfill any of the above musical period requirements.

First Year

Technique

• Hal Leonard Special Studies By Arnold Jacobs
• Arbans Trombone Method
• Tyrell 40 Etudes For Tuba
• Blazhevich 70 Studies For Tuba
• Rochut Book #1
• Vasiliev 24 Melodious Etudes

Repertoire

• Solos
  • Bach/Bell: Air & Bouree
  • Barat: Introduction & Dance
• Excerpts — selected works of: Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Berlioz

Departmental Examination

Based on the above.

Second Year

Technique

• Arbans Trombone Method
• Blazhevich 70 Studies
• Kopprasch 60 Selected Studies
• Pares Scales for Trombone
• Pottal/Andraud 335 Melodious Etudes For Horn Book #1
• Rochut Book #1

Repertoire

• Solos
  • Hindemith: Sonata
  • Tomasi: "To Be Or Not To Be"
• Excerpts — selected works of: Prokofiev, Mahler, and Strauss

Departmental Examination:

Based on the above.

Third Year

Technique

• Arbans Trombone Method
• Pottag/Andraud 335 Melodious Etudes For Horn Book #1
• Walter Smith Top Tone For Trumpet
• Schlossberg For Trumpet

Repertoire

• Solos
  • Wilder Effie Suite
  • Bach Cello Suites
  • Benjamin Sonata For Tuba & Piano
  • Mozart Horn Concertos (1-4)
• Excerpts — to begin a grounding in all standard audition excerpts

Departmental Examination

Based on the above.

Fourth Year

Technique

• Arbans Trombone Method
• Charlier Etudes Transcendates For Trumpet
• Pottag/Andraud 335 Melodious Etudes For Horn Book #2
• Walter Smith Top Tones For Trumpet
• Grounding in E flat or F Tuba

Repertoire

• Solos 
  • Vaughan Williams Concerto For Bass Tuba
  • Strauss Concerto #1 In Eb For Horn
  • Marcello Sonata In F For Oboe
  • Galliard Sonatas #1-6 For Bassoon
• Excerpts — as needed to continue improvement and a complete knowledge of the literature.

Departmental Examination

Undergraduate recital, 50-60 minutes of music.

Note: All of the above is flexible depending on the student's level of ability and musical needs. Performance in at least one student recital required.