Wind, Brass and Percussion Studies

Undergraduate Requirements

Brass:

Concentration in: Performance, Music Education, Bachelor of Arts in Music or General Music Minor

• Solo work and/or contrasting etudes (memorization and accompaniment not required).
• Major scales, 1 octave required (2 octaves optional).
• Chromatic scales, 1 octave required (2 octaves optional)
• Sight-reading

Woodwinds

Concentration in: Performance, Music Education, Bachelor of Arts in Music or General Music Minor

• Major and chromatic scales—memorized.
• Solo.
  • Memorization not required.
  • Suggested repertoire is contained in the OMEA contest list.
  • Compositions of equivalent difficulty may be substituted. 
  • Accompaniment is not required. 
• Demonstration of sight reading proficiency.

Percussion Instruments:

Concentration in: Performance, Music Education, Bachelor of Arts in Music or General Music Minor

• A solo on all of the following:
  • Snare drum.
  • Percussion keyboard (mallets).
  • Timpani (Proficiency in tuning).
  • Accompaniment is not required. 
•  Demonstration of sight reading proficiency on at least two of the above instruments. 
• Your percussion audition must be done in person or, if distance to the Kent Campus is an issue, via recorded video audition.