Entrance requirements per instrument

• Technique
  Major, minor an chromatic scales
  Major and minor triades
• Etudes
  Etude nr. 35* - J. Weissenborn
  Technical etude by choice
• Sonates
  Such as:
  Sonate in G Op. 3 no.4  - L. Merci
  Sonate in D  - W. de Fesch
  Sonate in D  - M. Corrette
• Recital pieces
  At least two pieces, e.g.:
  First pieces for Bassoon (uitg. Oxford)
  Classical album (bassoon and piano) (uitg. Breitkopf).
  Elégie pour le basson - Weingärter
  Romanze Op. 227 - J. Weissenborn
  Introduction and Hornpipe  - F. Baines

* = compulsory

Three pieces: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three lists A, B and

• List A:
  30 etudes for basstrombone, no. 15  D. Uber, arr. Knaub
  Concert Etudes, no. 1 D. Uber
  Elementary Etudes for bass trombone, no. 56          T. Pederson Melodious Etudes for bass trombone, no. 19   Bordogni
• List B:
  Concerto         A. Lebedev
  Sonata for Bass Trombone (1e deel) P. McCarty
  Sonata l in a minor (Vivace)   J.E. Galliard
• List C:
  Cello Suite nr. 1, Menuet I en II          J. S. Bach
  Cello Suite nr. 1, Gigue          J. S. Bach
  Fantasy Pieces (no. 3)           D. Bourgeois

• Technique
  Scales/triads over 4 octaves
• Etudes
  A choice of at least 2 etudes from Popper High School of Duport or comparable level.
• Recital pieces
  A sonata of the Baroque periode, f.e. Cirri, Marcello, De Fesch, Vivaldi or a suite by Bach. One or more recital pieces with difficulty level of the cello concerto by Saint-Saëns or Lalo.
• Specifics
  Mastery of the positions, including the thumb position. Candidates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in the following bowing techniques: détaché, martelé, spiccato

• Etudes
  One etude*:
  Etudes progressives et mélodiques  - P. Jeanjean
  One technical etude* from e.g.:
  Exercices journaliers  - H. Klosé
  Boek -  Uhl
  30 Capricci - Cavallini
• Concerts
  Movement from a clarinet concert e.g.:
  F. Krommer, C. Stamitz, C. von Weber
• Recital pieces
  Clarinet sonate 1st movement  - C. Saint Saens
  Variationen Op. 33  - C. M. von Weber
  Or a recital piece of comparable difficulty.

* = compulsory

• Technique
  Different scales.
• Etudes
  An etude from:
  Etudes - R. Kreutzer
  30 etudes - F. Simandl
  Etudes Second method - F. Simandl
  Etudes - E. Nanny
• Recital pieces
  1st and 2nd movement of e.g. Eccles Sonate, Fesch Sonate, Marcello Sonate.
  1st movement of a classical concerto, e.g. Dragonetti, Capuzzi, Pichl, Hoffmeister.

• Etudes
  Two contrasting etudes, e.g.:
  From `Studies in legato' nr. 20           S. Fink
  From `60 Etudes' nr. 22          C. Kopprasch
  From `Etudes part 2' no. 1 of 6          J. P. Arban
• Recital pieces, e.g.:
  Arpegietto       J. van der Roost
  Fantasy for Euphonium and Piano     H. Hoshina Intrada     O. Ketting

• Technique
  All major and minor scales 
  All major and minor triads
  A chromatic scale (legato) of c1 - c4  
• Etudes
  2 etudes of different character e.g.: nr. 16 Adagio Cantabile (from: 25 studies for the flute)    L. Drouet nr. 6 (from: 25 Romantische Etuden op. 66)                 E. Köhler  
• Recital pieces
  2. pieces of different style and character, e.g.:
  Concert G, op. 29                                                                K. Stamitz
  Suite de trois Morceaux                                                      B. Godard
  Movement 1: Allegretto & Movement 2: Idylle

• An etude for guitar, free choice that demonstrates the candidate’s current technical skills.
• One movement from any of the Sonatas, Suites or Partitas by J. S. Bach/ or a Renaissance/ Baroque piece of free choice.
• A piece of free choice/ or 1 movement from the Sonatas originally composed for the guitar (19th, 20th or 21st century).

Programme length: ca. 15 minutes, performed by heart.

• Two etudes different in style and technique (f.e. Bochsa 50 Etudes, Damase, Dizi, Larivière, Godefroid)
• Two solo pieces different in style (one to be played by heart) (f.e. Tournier, Grandjany, Watkins, Godefroid, Saint-Saëns, Pierné, Patterson)
• Sonate À vue playing (prima vista)

• Technique
  Playing of cadenzas in all keys.
• Styles
  Playing works from different periods and styles (such as French, German, English, Italian), Amongst which at least a preludium and fuga from “Das wohltemperierte Klavier” or a piece of comparable grade of difficulty by J.S. Bach and a work of before 1650.

• Technique
  Major and minor scales in keys with at least 3 sharps or flats; broken chords, played detached and legato, over 2 octaves
• Etudes
  Deux cents Etudes Nouvelles from part II/IIIM. Alphonse
  Hornschule     F. Schollar
  Waldhornschule, from etude nr.4       O. Franz
  60 Etuden I and/or II from etude nr.19           C. Kopprasch
  55 etudes for horn in 3 movements   K. Stary
  Soixante Etudes         L. Thévet

Or different works of comparable difficulty.

• Recital pieces
  A choice of 2 works:
  En Irlande       E. Bozza
  Variations sur un thème populaire (thema en enkele variaties)        A. Dupuis Andante pour cor   V. d’Indy
  Rêverie           A. Glazunov
  Nocturne of Intermezzo          R. Glière
  Hoorn concert no. 2 in D        J.Haydn
  Sonatine voor horn and piano            J. Koetsier
  Horn concert Kv 447 (nr. 3) part I , II, of III    W.A. Mozart
  Horn concert Kv417 (nr2) part 1, 2, of 3        W.A. Mozart
  Concertino no. 5         J. Porret
  Concertino      J.D. Skroup
  Nocturne         Fr. Strauss
  Horn concert op.8       Fr. Strauss
  Andante op. Posth      R. Strauss
  Romance op. 36         C. Saint-Saëns
  Lied     L. Sinigaglia
• Or different works of comparable difficulty.

• Technique
  Scales until 4 sharps and flats with different articulation
• Etudes
  2 études, e.g.:
  One of the last of the 45 etudes         L. Wiedemann
  A slow and fast étude Op.12  F. Ferling
  One of the 28 etudes  C. Besozzi
• Sonates
  One sonate, e.g.:
  Sonate in c      G. F. Händel
  Sonate in C     J. B. Loeillet
  Largo and Allegro       B. Marcello
  Sonate in g     G. Ph. Telemann
• Concerts
  One concert, e.g.:
  Concert in B-flat, D and d       T. Albinoni
  Concert in d    B. Marcello
  Concert v. oboe and orchestra           B. Cimarosa
• Recital piece
  One piece, e.g.:
  Pièce   G. Fauré
  3 anthems       B. Bartók
  Fantasie Stücke          C. Nielsen

• Two Works of the 17th century (f.e. choral work by JanPieterszoon Sweelinck and a preludium by Dietrich Buxtehude)
• Two Works of J. S. Bach (f.e. choral work from “Das Orgelbüchlein” and a free work with comparable difficulty following on the “8 small preludia and fugues” [preludium en fuga in c BWV 549 or preludium in G BWV568])
• A work of the 19th century (f.e. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldy, César Franck or Max Reger)
• A work of the 20th century (f.e. Hugo Distler, Jean Langlais)

Snare Drum

• Technique
  Rolls (piano, mezzoforte, forte)
• Etudes
  1 etude from Advanced Snare Drum Studies Mitchell Peters
  1 etude from Douze Etudes or No 1 from Keiskleiriana        Jacques Delécluse
• A prima vista playing

Timpani

• 2 etudes from the following Timpani Schools:
  Schule für Pauken      Eckehardt Keune
  Etüden für Timpani (Heft 1, 2, 3)        Richard Hochrainer
  30 Studies for Timpani           Jacques Delécluse

Keyboard percussion: marimba

• Technique
  All major and minor scales (melodic and harmonic) with two mallets

  Chords and broken chords with 2 and 4 mallets
  Etude in A flat Clair Omar Musser
  Etude of own choice from the '6 Concert Etudes' for marimba 2011 Peter Klatzow

  One unaccompanied piece with two mallets with the level of:
  One movement of any cello suites with two mallets  J.S. Bach
  Prism for solo marimba          Keiko Abe
  Marimba dances part I            Ross Edwards

  One solo marimba piece with 4 mallets with the level of:
  Mexican Dances         Gordon Stout
  Wind in the Bamboo groove   Keiko Abe
  Caritas Michael Burrit
  Prelude           J.S. Bach,
  arr. by Leigh Howard Stevens
  Or any movement from a cello suite, violin partita/sonata with four mallets.

• Polyphonic:
  J. S. Bach: 2-part invention of:
  One of the small Praeludien und Fugen
• Classical:
  Sonate/ sonatine (at least first movement) of:
  J. Haydn, F. Kuhlau>, F. Clementi
• Etude:
  Etude by Czerny
  1 or 2 movements by Czerny-Germer

• General
  The entrance exam can be played on a soprano, alto, tenor of baritone saxophone
• Technique
  Major and minor scales, up to 4 sharps and flats, legato and staccato over the entire instrument Triads and dominant septimechords
• Etudes
  Choose from:
  for alto:
  d’Apres Samie M. Mule
  Etudes Journaliers      H. Klosé
  Etudes de Mécanisme            H. Klosé
• Recital pieces
  5 Pièces faciles           J. Absil
  L’age d’or        J. Ibert
  Suite Romantique       R. Planel
  Aria     E. Bozza
• for soprano:
  Vocalises        M. Flothuis
  Three songs without words    P. Ben Haim

• Technique
  Basic level: Level D ("NIB HaFaBra" [wind band] exams)
• Etudes
  Two technical etudes chosen from e.g.:
  Makovecz (vol. 2)
  Muller (techn. Etudes vol. 3) Vobaron (24 etudes)
  Kopprasch (vol. 1+2)
  Tyrrell (40 etudes)
  Or comparable collections
• A melodic etude chosen from e.g.:
  Rochut / Bordogni (vol. 1) Senon (24 etudes)
  Fink (legato studies)
• Recital pieces
  Two recital pieces e.g.:
  Romance        C.M. von Weber
  Sonata in f-minor        G.P. Telemann
  Trombone Concerto   N. Rimsky Korsakov
  Various Sonatas         B. Marcello
  Concertino      L.-E. Larsson
  Cavatine          C. Saint-Saëns

• Technique
  Proficiency in double and triple-tonguing (see Arban)
  All major and minor scales in keys up to 6 sharps and 6 flats.
• Etudes
  Etude no. 2 and 4       T. Charlier
  Etude no. 10 (from: 24 etudes)          H. Duhem Etude no. 2 (from: 14 etudes caractéristiques) J. B. Arban Etude no. 2 and 6 (from: 40 etudes)            F. Werner
• Recital pieces
  Trumpet concert, movement 2           J. Haydn
  Trompettunia  R. B. (uitg. Leduc)
  Aria and Scherzo        A. Arutunian (Leduc)
  Intrada O. Ketting

• Etudes
  Two contrasting etudes e.g.:
  Conservatory Etudes 1 or 3   D. Uber
  Legato etudes for tuba 2 or 5 J. Shoemaker
• Recital pieces
  Andante          A. Tcherepnin
  Andante en Rondo     A. Capuzzi
• Pieces e.g.:
  Tuba Concerto            R. Vaughan Williams
  Tuba Concerto            E. Gregson
  Sonate nr.5     B. Marcello
  Four Greek Preludes  R. Spillman

• Technique
  2 etudes of different character e.g. Blumenstengel, Cavallini of Mazas
  A movement from a sonata or concerto: difficulty of G. Händel, Chr. Bach, J. Schubert etc.
• Recital piece
  The candidates prepare a programme of 30 minutes, with 2 etudes of different character, a (movement of a) concerto and a recital piece. The committee will decide what will be played. The performance of the candidate will be judged on technical level, musicality, tone, rhythmic and intonation.

• Technique
  Scale technique over 3 octaves
• Etudes
  A choice of at least 2 etudes with different character by Mazas, Kreutzer of Fiorillo.
• Sonates
  A sonata of the Baroque period, f.e. repertoire for violin solo by Bach of Telemann. Some movements from sonates by Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.
• Concerts
  Movement of a concerto (e.g. Mozart, Bach or Haydn)
• Recital pieces
  A recital piece of comparable difficulty, e.g. Romanzes van Beethoven or Nigun van Bloch

• Three songs/arias of three different composers in three different languages, sang by heart:
• Recite a poem by heart in native language
• Biography and motivational letter