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
Contact our Brass Faculty for more information.
- Trumpet: Dr. Amanda Bekeny at abekeny@kent.edu
- Horn: Dr. Benjamin Hottensmith at bhottens@kent.edu
- Trombone & Euphonium: David Mitchell at demitche@kent.edu
- Tuba: Dr. Kenneth Heinlein at kheinlei@kent.edu
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.
Contact our Woodwind Faculty for more information.
- Flute: Dr. Suyeon Ko at sko1@kent.edu
- Oboe: Danna Sundet at dsundet@kent.edu
- Bassoon: Mark DeMio at mdemio@kent.edu
- Clarinet: Amitai Vardi at avardi@kent.edu
- Saxophone: Dr. Perry Roth at proth4@kent.edu
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.