Studio Overview
The trumpet studio at Colorado State University is comprised of around twenty highly talented musicians studying to be successful in a career in music. Former students from the studio who have graduated with a degree in music have moved onto nationally respected schools for masters and doctoral studies; and most have achieved work in performance, education, and therapy fields outright.
It is woven in the fabric of the trumpet studio that students are helpful and supportive to each other, while maintaining a healthy, highly competitive environment. Auditions occur in Jan. and Feb., and questions about the process can be addressed to Stanley Curtis.
Audition Requirements
Undergraduate Auditions (for all degrees)
- All major and minor scales (natural, melodic and harmonic), two octaves when possible (at least up to high C)
- Sight reading
- One etude (from books such as Lyrical Studies by Phil Snedecor, Selected Studies by H. Voxman, or 27 Melodious and Rhythmical Exercises by J.L. Small)
- Two solos selected from different historical periods. Suggestions include, but are not limited to: a classical concerto by Haydn or Hummel; a French conservatory solo by Balay or Barat; a baroque transcription by Bernard Fitzgerald
Graduate Auditions
- All major and minor scales (natural, melodic and harmonic), two octaves
- Sight reading
- One etude from Orchestra Etudes by Vassily Brandt, and one etude from 36 Études Transcendantes by Theo Charlier
- The following orchestral excerpts:
- Stravinsky, Petrouchka (Ballerina’s Dance)
- Mahler, Symphony No. 5 (opening)
- Respighi, Pines of Rome (off-stage solo)
- Moussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition (opening Promenade)
- Beethoven, Leonore No. 3
- Two solos selected from different historical periods. Suggestions include, but are not limited to: a classical concerto by Haydn or Hummel; a French conservatory solo by Bozza or Tomasi; a contemporary solo by Kennan, Hindemith, Enesco, or Arutunian
