150 Difficult excerpts for the orchestral trombonist
T = 50 excerpts often asked on tenor trombone auditions
B = 35 excerpts often asked on bass trombone auditions
S = 25 excerpts often asked for section playing on an audition
F = 15 excerpts almost always asked on first trombone auditions
V = 5 excerpts often asked for value instrument doubling on trombone auditions
T S |
Bartok |
Concerto for Orchestra |
TB |
Bartok |
Miraculous Mandarin |
B |
Beethoven |
Missa Solemnis |
T F |
Beethoven |
Symphony 5 |
Beethoven |
Symphony 6 |
|
TBSF |
Beethoven |
Symphony 9 |
Berg |
Chamber Concerto |
|
Berg |
Lulu |
|
Berg |
Three Orchestra Pieces |
|
T |
Berg |
Wozzeck |
TB F |
Berlioz |
Hungarian March |
Berlioz |
Roman Carnival Overture |
|
B |
Berlioz |
Romeo and Juliet |
T SF |
Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique |
Bernstein |
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story |
|
Bizet |
L<Arlesienne Suite II |
|
T |
Borodin |
Polovetsian Dances |
Brahms |
Academic Festival Overture |
|
TBSF |
Brahms |
Symphony 1 |
TBSF |
Brahms |
Symphony 2 |
S |
Brahms |
Symphony 3 |
TBS |
Brahms |
Symphony 4 |
T |
Brahms |
Tragic Overture |
Brahms |
A German Requiem |
|
S |
Britten |
Young Person<s Guide |
Britten |
War Requiem |
|
TBS |
Bruckner |
Symphony 4 |
Bruckner |
Symphony 5 |
|
Bruckner |
Symphony 6 |
|
T S |
Bruckner |
Symphony 7 |
S |
Bruckner |
Symphony 8 |
Bruckner |
Symphony 9 |
|
Chabrier |
Espana |
|
Copland |
Appalachian Springs |
|
Copland |
Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo) |
|
Copland |
Lincoln Portait |
|
Debussy |
Fetes (Nocturnes) |
|
Debussy |
Iberia |
|
Dvorak |
Carnevale Overture |
|
Dvorak |
Sym. 8 in G, Op. 88 |
|
T S |
Dvorak |
Sym. 9 in e, New World |
Elgar |
Enigma Variations |
|
Elgar |
Pomp and Circumstance |
|
B |
Franck |
Symphony in d minor |
Gershwin |
An American in Paris |
|
B |
Gershwin |
Concerto in F |
Gershwin |
Porgy and Bess |
|
Gershwin |
Rhapsodie in Blue |
|
Gliere |
Russian Sailors Dance |
|
Grofe |
Grand Canyon Suite |
|
B |
Haydn |
The Creation |
B |
Hindemith |
Die Harmonie de Welt |
T |
Hindemith |
Konzertmusik |
TBS |
Hindemith |
Mathis de Maler |
TBS |
Hindemith |
Symphonic Metamorphosis |
V |
Holst |
The Planets |
Ibert |
Divertissement |
|
Ives |
Variations on America” |
|
B |
Kodaly |
Hary Janos |
T |
Liszt |
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 |
T |
Mahler |
Symphony 1 |
T |
Mahler |
Symphony 2 |
T F |
Mahler |
Symphony 3 |
S |
Mahler |
Symphony 5 |
Mahler |
Symphony 6 |
|
V |
Mahler |
Symphony 7 |
Mahler |
Symphony 8 |
|
Mahler |
Symphony 9 |
|
T |
Martin |
Concerto for 7 Winds |
Mendelssohn |
Midsummer Night<s Dream |
|
T |
Mendelssohn |
Symphony 5 Reformation” |
T |
Mendelssohn |
Ruy Blas Overture |
T |
Milhaud |
The Creation of the World |
Moussorgsky |
Night on Bald Mountain |
|
V |
Moussorgsky |
Pictures of an Exhibition |
B |
Mozart |
Magic Flute |
T F |
Mozart |
Tuba Mirum” (Requiem) |
Orff |
Carmina Burana |
|
Poulenc |
L<Histoire de Babar |
|
B |
Prokofiev |
Lieutenant Kije |
Prokofiev |
Love of Three Oranges |
|
Prokofiev |
Romeo and Juliet Suite 1 & 2 |
|
Prokofiev |
Scythian Suite |
|
B |
Prokofiev |
Symphony 5 |
Prokofiev |
Symphony 6 |
|
Prokofiev |
Symphony 7 |
|
T F |
Ravel |
Bolero |
T |
Ravel |
Daphnis et Chloe Suite 1&2 |
T |
Ravel |
L<Enfant et les Sortileges |
T |
Ravel |
La Valse |
Resphigi |
Pine of Rome |
|
B |
Revueltas |
Sensamaya |
Rimsky-Korsakov |
Capriccio Espagnol |
|
Rimsky-Korsakov |
Le Coq d<Or |
|
T |
Rimsky-Korsakov |
Russian Easter Overture |
T |
Rimsky-Korsakov |
Scheherazade |
Rossini |
Barber of Seville |
|
TB |
Rossini |
La Gazza Ladra |
TB |
Rossini |
William Tell |
T |
Saint-Saens |
Symphony 3 |
Schoenberg |
Variations, Op. 31 |
|
S |
Schubert |
Sym. 8 Unfinished” |
TBS |
Schubert |
Sym. 9 Great C Major” |
TBSF |
Schumann |
Sym. 3 Rhenish” |
Schumann |
Symphony 4 |
|
Shostakovich |
The Age of Gold, Op. 22 |
|
Shostakovich |
Symphony 4, Op. 43 |
|
B |
Shostakovich |
Symphony 5, Op. 47 |
Shostakovich |
Symphony 9, Op. 70 |
|
Sibelius |
Finlandia |
|
Sibelius |
Symphony 2 |
|
Sibelius |
Symphony 7 |
|
Smetana |
Bartered Bride Over. |
|
TBSF |
Strauss |
Also Sprach Zarathustra |
B |
Strauss |
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme |
T |
Strauss |
Death and Transfiguration |
T |
Strauss |
Don Juan |
V |
Strauss |
Don Quixote |
TB V |
Strauss |
Ein Heldenleben |
Strauss |
Salome<s Dance |
|
Strauss |
Symphonia Domestica |
|
TB F |
Strauss |
Till Eulenspiegel |
T F |
Stravinsky |
Firebird Suite |
Stravinsky |
Fireworks |
|
Stravinsky |
L<Histoire du Soldat |
|
T |
Stravinsky |
Petrouchka |
T |
Stravinsky |
Pulcinella |
Stravinsky |
Rite of Spring |
|
Stravinsky |
Symphony in C |
|
Stravinsky |
Symphony of Psalms |
|
Tchaikovsky |
Francesca da Rimini |
|
Tchaikovsky |
March Slav |
|
S |
Tchaikovsky |
1812 Overture |
Tchaikovsky |
Romeo and Juliet Overture |
|
S |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony 4 |
S |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony 5 |
S |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony 6 |
Verdi |
La Forza del Destino Overture |
|
B |
Verdi |
Nabucco Overture |
Verdi |
Requiem |
|
Villa Lobos |
Bachianas Brasileiras #2 |
|
T |
Wagner |
Flying Dutchman Overture |
TB |
Wagner |
Lohengrin, Act III Prelude |
Wagner |
Meistersinger |
|
Wagner |
Rienzi |
|
Wagner |
Der Ring des Nibelungen |
|
TBSF |
Wagner |
Tannhauser |
TBSF |
Wagner |
Ride of Valkyrie |
Webern |
Six Pieces, Op. 6 |
|
B |
Weinberger |
Shvanda” Polka and Fugue |