Classical or jazz trumpet audition guide

Components

1) Scales

• Major, up to five sharps and flats, one octave
• One minor of the candidate’s choice
• Chromatic

2) Etudes

• Two contrasting studies from Sigmund Hering’s The Beginning Trumpeter

3) Pieces: Two contrasting solos from the following (or equivalent)

• André Relin: Premier Solo
• Léon Legron: Premier Solo
• Walter Beeler: Solos for the Trumpet Player

4) Sight reading will be given

You greatly improve your chances of acceptance when you prepare your audition requirements with the guidance of a qualified Trumpet teacher.