Master of Music - Brass

Master of Music - Brass

Introduction

The Brass Department has a long tradition as a centre of excellence and a worldwide reputation made in Glasgow for training tomorrow's leading musicians. The department is large enough to offer exciting challenges but small enough to give every student widespread opportunities.

A top quality team of dedicated staff includes many of Britain's finest brass players, with international reputations as soloists, orchestral and chamber musicians, and this is supplemented by masterclasses from many of the world's great artists. Students receive an unparalleled two hours individual tuition a week, divided between principal study (trumpet, trombone, horn, tuba, euphonium or cornet), and second study on specialisms such as jazz or period performance (natural trumpet, sackbut, etc).

Brass students take part in Symphony, Wind, Opera and Chamber Orchestras, and a diverse range of ensembles as well as weekly classes in orchestral repertoire, performance and technique classes. All of these ensembles regularly give concerts throughout Scotland, and there have recently been tours to China, Spain, Denmark and Russia.

BMus (Honours)

Horn

Performance of one piece selected from the following list, and one piece of the applicant's own choice:

• Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb, K.417
• F Strauss Nocturno, Op. 7 (Universal)
• R Strauss Concerto No. 1 in Eb, Op. 11, 2nd movement: Andante ( Universal).

Scales & Arpeggios All major and minor scales and arpeggios, dominant 7ths and diminished 7ths. All to be played slurred and tongued over two octaves

Sight reading applicants may be asked to transpose a piece into Eb or D

Trumpet

Performance of one piece selected from the following list, and one piece of the applicant's own choice:

• H Busser Andante et Scherzo (Leduc/UMP)
• J Hubeau Sonate, 1st and 2nd movements: Sarabande and Intermède (Durand/UMP)
• Hummel Trumpet Concerto, 1st and 2nd movements or 2nd and 3rd movements (Bb or Eb trumpet, any edition).

Scales & Arpeggios All major and minor scales and arpeggios, dominant 7ths and diminished 7ths

Sight reading applicants may be asked to transpose a piece for Trumpet in C, A or Eb

Cornet *

Performance of one piece selected from the following list, and one piece of the applicant's own choice:

• Arban Study No. 10 from Cornet Method (Boosey & Hawkes)
• J Hubeau Sonate, 1 st and 2nd movements (Durand/UMP)
• D Wright Cornet Concerto (Studio Music).

Scales & Arpeggios All major and minor scales and arpeggios, dominant 7ths and diminished 7ths.

Sight reading will be given.

Tenor Trombone

Performance of one piece selected from the following list, and one piece of the applicant's own choice:

• J S Bach Menuettos 1 and 2 from Cello Suite No 1 in C (arr. Lafosse) (Leduc/UMP)
• Galliard Sonata No. 1, any three of the five movements
• Guilmant Morceau symphonique, Op. 88 (Schott 10484).

Scales & Arpeggios All major and minor scales and arpeggios, dominant 7ths and diminished 7ths

Sight reading Bass and Tenor or Treble clef at applicant's choice.

Bass Trombone

Performance of one piece selected from the following list, and one piece of the applicant's own choice:

• P McCarty Sonata for Bass Trombone (Ensemble Publications)
• Boutry Tubaroque (Leduc/UMP)
• J S Bach Menuettos 1 and 2 from Cello Suite No. 1 in C (Leduc/UMP) (arr. Lafosse).

Scales & Arpeggios All major and minor scales and arpeggios, dominant 7ths and diminished 7ths.

Sight reading will be given.

Euphonium*

Performance of one piece selected from the following list, and one piece of the applicant's own choice:

• J Horovitz Euphonium Concerto (first movment)
• J S Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in C (Leduc) (arr. Lafosse)
• Arban Study No. 10 from Cornet Method (Boosey & Hawkes).

Scales & Arpeggios All major and minor scales and arpeggios, dominant 7ths and diminished 7ths.

Sight reading will be given.

Tuba

Performance of one piece selected from the following list, and one piece of the applicant's own choice:

• W Hartley Suite for unaccompanied Tuba, complete (Elkan-Vogel/UMP)
• G Jacob Tuba Suite, 1st and 2nd movements
• Hindemith Tuba Sonata, 1 st movement (Schott 4636)
• Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto, 1 st movement.

Scales & Arpeggios All major and minor scales and arpeggios, dominant 7ths and diminished 7ths.

Sight reading Bass or Treble clef at applicant's choice.

Applicants must let the Academy know of their intended audition programme (and whether or not they intend to use the official RSAMD accompanist) by filling out and returning the audition repertoire form.

MMus (Performance) / PGDip in Music (Performance)

Horn

• Performance

• Mozart Concerto No. 2 in E flat, K.417
  Or
• Mozart Concerto No. 4 in E flat, K495
  And
• A piece of the applicant 's own choice.

• Sightreading: An orchestral transposition will be requested.

Trumpet

• Performance

• Haydn Concerto in E flat
  Or
• Hummel Concerto E flat or E
  And
• A piece of the applicant's own choice.

• Sightreading: An orchestral transposition will be requested.

Trombone

• Performance

• F David Concerto for Trombone
  Or
• L Grondahl Concerto for Trombone
  And
• A piece of the applicant's own choice.

• Sightreading: Orchestral excerpts will be requested.

Bass Trombone

• Performance

• Bozza New Orleans
  Or
• Lebedev Concerto in One Movement
  And
• A piece of the applicant's own choice.

• Sightreading: Orchestral excerpts will be requested.

Tuba

• Performance

• Gregson Concerto for Tuba
  Or
• Vaughan Williams Concerto for Tuba
  And
• A piece of the applicant's own choice.

• Sightreading: Orchestral excerpts will be requested.

Applicants must let the Academy know of their intended audition programme (and whether or not they intend to use the official RSAMD accompanist) by filling out and returning the audition repertoire form.