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Audition Etudes

  


This is the official listing of the TCCBDA All-State Audition Material. All corrections and errata will become official only when it is posted on the TMEA site. Please check it FREQUENTLY to be certain you have the most up-to-date errata. If you have questions about these etudes or the errata, please contact the TCCBDA Vice President.

NOTE:  New audition format instructions coming soon.

IMPORTANT:
 TMEA and TCCBDA etude numbers (Etude 1, Etude 2) may not be the same!

Official TCCBDA Audition Etude Listing: 2023-2024

Flute and Piccolo

Book: Flute Etudes Book
Mary Karen Clardy
European American Music Corp. or Schott
EA 764   0-913574-96-1


Etude 1: #35 Bb minor

Key: Bb major

Pg 58 

Cut:   

Anacrusis F 32nd note before measure 1 Play to the end (entire etude)  


Etude 2: #41

Key: Eb major

Pg 69

Cut: Start at Measure 51 and end on beat 1, Eb quarter note in measure 66


Soprano Clarinets

Book: Artistic Studies, Book 1 - From the French School (Rose40,32,and 9 Caprices

David Hite

Southern Music Company

B362


Etude 1:  No. 35

Page: 37

Cut:  Play from the Beginning to end of measure 36


Etude 2:  No. 13

Page: 59

Cut:  Play from the Beginning through beat 1 of measure 32

Low Clarinets

Book:  

Artistic Studies, Book 1 - From the French School

David Hite

Southern Music Company

B362


Etude 1:  32 Etudes #3

Page 49

Tempo: Quarter note = 50-60

Cut:  Play from pick-ups (8th notes on first line E and second space A) in measure 17 up to the rests in measure 33 (stop after 8th note low A).


Etude 2:  32 Etudes 4

Page  50

Tempo: Quarter note = 88-108

Cut:  Beginning through Measure 19

Oboe

Book:   

48 Famous Studies for Oboe or Saxophone Ed. W. Ferling, Rev. Andraud, Pub. SMC, Edition: B103


Etude 1:  No. 19

Page  10

Tempo: Eighth note= 86-100

Cut:  Play from Beginning to eighth rest in measure 18 after quarter note G.


Etude 2: No. 28

Page 14

Tempo: Quarter note = 108-120

Cut:  Play from measure 9 through the end of the etude.

Bassoon

Book Title: Practical Method for the Bassoon - 50 Advanced Studies
Editor: Weissenborn / Ambrosio
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Edition: O2150 0-8258-0350-0


Etude 1:  No. 22

Page 96

Tempo:  Dotted Quarter note= 104-112

Cut: Play from Measure 17 to end of etude

Errata: mm.8 place a caesura under the fermata, as in mm. 24


Etude 2:  N0. 23

Page  96-97

Tempo:  Quarter note= 58-69

Cut:  Play from measure 8, beat 3 (the two 8th note pick-ups to measure 9 - B-flat and G) through measure 40 (end of the etude with no Da capo).

Errata: No Repeats

Contra Bassoon

Saxophones

Book:  48 Famous Studies for Oboe or Saxophone 

W. Ferling

Southern Music


Etude 1: #40 Alegretto

Page 20

Tempo: Dotted Quarter Note = 58–66

Cut: Play from  Beginning and end at measure 40


Etude 2: 23

Page 12

Tempo: 8th note = 66-72

Cut: Begin at Measure 17 and play to the end of the etude (mm. 40)
 

Cornet/Trumpet

Book: Book Title: 40 Studies for Trumpet

Editor: Wurm, Voisin

Publisher: International

Edition: 2025


Etude 1: No. 26

Page 25

Key d minor

Cut: Play from beginning through the downbeat of measure 21


Etude 2: No. 31

Page  29

Key: Bb Major

Cut:  Play from the Beginning through the end of Measure 14

F Horn

Book:   

335 Selected Melodious, Progressive, and Technical Studies – Book 1

Editor: Pottag/Andraud

Publisher: Southern Music Company

Edition: B134


 

Etude 1: No. 70 by Gallay

Etude Title: Adagio

Page(s): 89

Key: C Major

Cut: Begin at  Pickup to m. 1 and End at m. 16 (play beat 1, then stop.)

Errata:

- m. 1 dynamic should be MF

- m. 6 should be notated with a double dotted 8th rest, not a double dotted 16th rest


 

Etude 2: No. 50 by Gallay

Etude Title: Allegro

Page(s): 65

Key: G Major

Begin at Measure 1

End at Measure 28 (play first note (G), then stop)

Errata:

- Add a breath mark after the first note in m. 27

Tenor Trombone

Book: Advanced Musical Etudes

Editor: Reginald H. Fink

Publisher:  Accura Music

Edition 154


Etude 1: No.46

Page: 27

Key d minor

Cut: Begin at Measure 1 and play until measure 27(end upbeat of 1 before tempo 1)


Etude 2: # 83

Page 63

Key: E

Cut: Play from the Measure 28(Tempo 1)  and play throught the end of Measure 49

Bass Trombone

Book Title: 20 Etudes for Bass Trombone
Editor: Lew Gillis
Publisher: Southern MC - Hal Leonard
Edition: B214 #HL 03770297


Etude 1: No. 9

Page 14-15

Key: A minor

Cut: Begin at measure one and end at Measure 48, downbeat of 1


Etude 2: No. 10

Page 16-17

Cut: Begin at Measure 28 and end at measure 48(end)

Euphonium

Book: Selected Studies

H. Voxman

Rubank / Hal Leonard

No. 160 

HLO4470730


Etude 1: Adagio Cantabile

Page 30

Tempo: Quarter note = 60-80

Cut: Play from the beginning and end at measure 24 after the Gb on beat 3


Etude 2: Allegretto

Page 46

Tempo: Half Note=60-80

Cut: Play from Measure 17, after the fermata on beat three, and play to the end of the etude

Tuba

Book Title: 70 Studies, Vol. II
Editor: Blazhevitch
Publisher: Robert King Music
Edition: No. 274 AL 28 597


Etude 1:  No. 50, Con Moto

Page 14-15

Tempo: Quarter note 86-100

Cut: Start at the beginning and play to measure 33, next to last note(Db)


Etude 2: #44 Lento non tanto

Page 2-3

Tempo:  Quarter note = 60-66

Cut: Start at Measure 28(Tempo 1) and play to the end of the etude.

Percussion- Snare

Book Title: The Solo Snare Drummer
Editor: Firth
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Edition: O4749 0-8258-0913-4 


Etude: No. 10 from The Solo Snare Drummer by Vic Firth

Page: 13

Tempo: Half Note = 92-100

Cut: Measure 11 to end of measure 44(Do not play downbeat of 45)

Errata: None


Percussion - Timpani

 Book Title: Studies in Copper - 15 Orchestral Etudes for Timpani
Editor: Orfaly
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Edition: 15020 (2008)   


Etude: Etude #11 from Studies in Copper by Alex Orfaly

Pages: 30-31

Tempo: Quarter Note = 112-120

Cut: Measure 22 through measure 69

Errata:

Add a crescendo in measures 25-26 that ends at a forte dynamic on beat one of measure 27.
In measure 44, beginning on the and-of-2, add a decrescendo that ends on beat 3 of measure 45 at a piano dynamic.
The tuning change beginning in measure 51 should be changed from 8 measures of rest to 6 measures of rest.



Percussion 2 Mallet

 Book Title: Masterpieces for the Marimba
Editor: McMillan
Publisher: Warner Bros. Publications
Edition: PROBK 01202 0-7692-3374-0 

  

Etude: Sonata by G.F Handel from Masterpieces for the Marimba

Pages: 22-23

Tempo: Quarter Note = 94-104

Cut: Start 3-note pickup to A through first 2 notes of measure 48(measure before D) NO REPEAT

Errata:

Measure 25 should start at mp dynamic

The peak of the crescendo starting in measure 26 should occur in measure 28 at “ff”


Percussion 4 Mallet

 Book Title: Impressions on Wood
Editor: Julie Davila
Publisher: Row-Loff Productions
Edition: RLP-10052000   


Etude: Jonathan’s Light from Impressions on Wood by Julie Davila

Pages: 8-9

Tempo: Quarter Note = 92-100

Cut: Measure 17 to the end WITH REPEAT

Errata:

Measure 31 first time, add a decrescendo into the repeat at measure 29

Measure 31 second time, add a crescendo into measure 32, and add a “poco ritard” that leads into measure 32

Measure 32 add a “f” dynamic

Measure 33 add an “a tempo”

Measure 34 add a “poco ritard” that leads into measure 35


Piano

String Bass

 

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