Bassoon
Fifty Advanced Studies
(choose from numbers 1-30)
Julius Weissenborn, Opus 8, No.2

Sonata in F minor
G.P. Telemann

Concerto in B-flat major (K.191)
(Movements 2 and/or 3)
Mozart

Sonatas for bassoon (numbers 1-6)
Johann Ernst Galliard

Four Sketches for Bassoon and Piano
(2 contrasting movements)
Gordon Jacob

Bassoon Concerto in F major
Franz Danzi

Chromatic scales and major scales through four sharps and four flats

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Cello
Cello suites: Nos. 1, 2 or 3
Bach

Concerto in A minor
Saint-Saëns

Elegy
Fauré

Etudes, Opus 38, Vol. I
Grutzmacher

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats.

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Clarinet
Concerto in A major, K.622
(any movement)
Mozart

Concertino
C. M. von Weber

Thirty-Two Studies (any etude)
Rose

Forty Studies (any etude)
Rose

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats
 
Flute   
Concerto No.1, G major (any movement)
Mozart

Concerto No.2, D major (any movement)
W.A. Mozart

Sonata (any movement)
Handel

Concertino
Chaminade

Suite in A minor (any movement)
Telemann

Eighteen Exercises (any etude)
Berbiguier

Opus 33, 41, or 15 (any etude)
Andersen

Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book II
(any etude)
Cavally

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats

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French Horn
Concerto 1-4
(1st movement of your choice)
Mozart

90 Etudes
Kopprasch (Nos. 15 and 32)

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats

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Guitar 
Two or three contrasting pieces from the 15th-21st century, either composed or transcribed for the classical guitar:

(Suggested composers include:
Aguado, Brouwer, Carcassi, Villa-Lobos, Giuliani, Sor, Bach, Tarrega, Carulli, Dowland, etc.)

Demonstrate a knowledge of apoyando (rest stroke) and tirando (free stroke)

Demonstrate a knowledge of
right-hand arpeggio patterns

Chromatic scales, major and major scales
(through four sharps and four flats)

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Jazz Instrumental
Chromatic scales and major scales through four sharps and four flats
Blues with an improvisation

And either:
Classical selection
or
Jazz standard (such as There Will
Never Be Another You)

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Oboe   
Concerto, K 314
Mozart (any movement)

Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Saint-Saëns (any movement)

Forty-Eight Studies
Ferling (any etude)

Oboe Method (Grand Studies)
Barret

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats

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Percussion   
Snare Drum:
Intermediate Snare Drum Studies
(16-32)
Peters

Intermediate Drum Method (any etude)
Burns

Portraits in Rhythm (any etude)
Cirone

Timpani:
Modern Method for Timpani
(etude for 2, 3 or 4 drums)

Goodman

The Solo Timpanist (any etude)
Firth

Timpani Method (any etude)
Friese & Lepak

Technique for the Virtuoso Timpanist
Hinger

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Keyboard Percussion:
Modern Method for Mallets (etude starting at page 60)
Goldenberg

The Sonata: Solo Music for Marimba and Piano
(any sonata)
Cirone

Any movement for a Cello suite
J. S. Bach
Fifty Lessons (any etude)
Green
Mental and Manual Calisthenics (any etude)
Bailey

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats

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Piano  
A Bach Invention,
or 2 movements from a French suite or a fugue

A first movement
of a Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven Sonata

A Romantic-era piece
(E.G. a Chopin Nocturne or Prelude or Brahms Intermezzo or the equivalent)

Optional:
A piece by Debussy or a contemporary composer

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats
 
Saxophone   
Sonata No. 3 (any movement)
Handel/Rascher

Sonata
Eccles/Rascher

Selected Studies (any etude)
H. Voxman

Forty-Eight Studies (any etude)
Ferling

Major scales through four sharps and four flats

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String Bass
Concerto (any movement)
Dragonetti

Sonata (any movement)
Eccles

Sonatas (any movement)
Marcello

Elephant
Saint Saens

Sonatas (any movement)
Vivaldi

Etude (any etude)
Bottesini

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats

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Trombone / Euphonium 
Sonatina
Serocki

Sonata
Hindemith

Sonatas
Galliard

Concerto
Jacob

Any etude from Melodious Etudes for Trombone,
Books 1 or 2
Rochut
 
Trumpet       
Concerto (any movement)
F.J. Haydn

Concerto
J.N. Hummel (any movement)

Fantasie Brilliante
J.B. Arban (original or Hunsberger arr.)

Concert Etude, opus 49
A. Goedecke

Fourteen Characteristic Studies
J.B. Arban (any)

Etude Studies
Sigmund Hering (any)

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats

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Tuba   
Air and Bourree
Bach

Suite for Tuba
Haddad

Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba
Hartley

Two contrasting etudes from
43 Bel Canto Studies
Bordogni
or
Advanced Studies
Tyrrell

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats
 
Viola   
Concerto
Telemann (any two movements)

Concerto in C minor
J.S. Bach (1st movement)

Etudes

Bruni (any etude)

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats

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Violin  
Concerto No. 3 in G
W.A. Mozart (any movement)

Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
J.S. Bach (any movement)

Mazas Etudes Speciales, Book I or II
Mazas (any etude)

Chromatic scales and major scales
through four sharps and four flats

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Voice
Any two of the following:

17th- or 18th-century Italian song

English art song (Could include musical theatre)

Operatic aria
(One example for women’s voices would be: "Vedrai Carino" from Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart)

Oratorio or chorale work (Messiah, Handel)
Chromatic scales and major scales

Jazz Voice
Any two of the following:

Jazz standard (such as All the Things You Are)

Musical Theater selection

Blues with improvisation

One major scale and one minor scale

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