This is a selection of orchestral excerpts for trombone most often asked during auditions. Each excerpt comes with an audio accompaniment which will help you play within the context of the piece. For examples of different styles of performance for these and other excerpts, please visit Seth T. Vatt’s website.

• Berlioz – Hungarian March
• Brahms – Symphony no. 1
• Mahler – Symphony no. 3
• Mozart – Tuba Mirum
• Ravel – Bolero
• Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Overture
• Rossini – La Gazza Ladra Overture
• Rossini – William Tell Overture
• Saint-Saëns – Symphony no. 3
• Schumann – Symphony no. 3
• Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra
• Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries
• Wagner – Tannhäuser Overture