Horn Studio Proficiency Requirements

Bachelor of Arts in Music

25%   Major/Minor scales in one octave

20%   Exposition of any Eb Mozart Concerto (2, 3, 4), Concert Rondo, or

Horn quintet

35%   A Romantic or 20^th century work written expressly for horn (no transcriptions)

20%   Identification of major horn repertoire from the solo and standard orchestral

literature

Bachelor of Music Degree (Education and Performance)

20%   Major/Minor scales in two octaves

20%   Movement one or three of any Eb Mozart Concert (2, 3, 4), Concert Rondo, or

Horn quintet

20%   Unaccompanied 20^th century work for horn

20%   Orchestral excerpts (choose two from each list)

          Low Horn:  Haydn, Symphony 31 mvmt. 2 (hn. 2),  Mahler, Symphony 1 mvmt. 3 (hn. 4), Shostakovich, Symphony 5 (low tutti), R. Strauss Don Quixote Var. 7 and 8 (hn. 2), Wagner, Opening to Das Rheingold (hn. 8)

          High Horn:  Beethoven, Symphony 3 trio (hn. 1), Brahms Symphony 3 mvmt 3 (hn 1), R. Strauss Til Euilenspeigel, Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 mvmt 2, Wagner Short Call from Gotterdammerung

10%   Sight reading in multiple keys

10%   Identification of major horn repertoire from the solo and standard orchestral literature.   For  required listening list, click here.