Horn players at Lamont study with some of the most prominent performers, conductors, educators and scholars, including a brass faculty with over six decades of combined experience. Carolyn Kunicki, one of the most dynamic horn players in the industry, leads the horn studio. She is a member of the Colorado Symphony horn section and has a passion for educational outreach.
The horn studio also takes full advantage of the multi-genre ensembles housed in the state-of-the-art Newman Center for the Performing Arts. Whether it’s a brass quintet, orchestra, wind ensemble, opera orchestra or a student-led group, our horn players never complain of not performing enough.
Auditions
Applicants may choose to either audition in person in Denver OR submit a recorded video audition.
Applications received after January 15 will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. You may indicate your preference for a live or virtual audition on the Lamont application.
Click here to view the current year’s audition dates and the full steps for how to apply.
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In-Person Audition Requirements
All auditions are approximately 15 minutes in length.
Undergraduate (BM, BA and Minor)
- First movement of any Mozart concerto, or first movement of R. Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 1
- Two contrasting etudes
- Orchestral excerpts:
- R. Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel - opening only
- Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 - low horn tutti
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 - mvmt. 2 solo
- Wagner - Götterdämmerung - short call
- Major and minor scales
- Sight-reading
Graduate (MM and certificate in performance)
- Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 (mvmt. 1 only, with cadenza)
- Modern solo, written after 1982
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, mvmt. 1, mm. 84–102 & m. 421–end
- Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (2nd and 4th mvmts.)
- Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 (low tutti)
- R. Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, opening
- Sight-reading
Review Requirements for Artist Diploma
Review Requirements for Certificate in Orchestral Studies -
Video Audition Requirements
Applicants unable to travel to Denver for a live audition may submit a video audition via the Lamont application. Repertoire may be recorded separately in multiple takes; editing within each take is prohibited.
Undergraduate (BM, BA and Minor)
- First movement of any Mozart concerto, or first movement of R. Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 1
- Two contrasting etudes
- Orchestral excerpts:
- R. Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel - opening only
- Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 - low horn tutti
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 - mvmt. 2 solo
- Wagner - Götterdämmerung - short call
- Major and minor scales
- Sight-reading
Graduate (MM and certificate in performance)
- Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 (mvmt. 1 only, with cadenza)
- Modern solo, written after 1982
- Orchestral excerpts:
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, mvmt. 1, mm. 84–102 & m. 421–end
- Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (2nd and 4th mvmts.)
- Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 (low tutti)
- R. Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, opening
- Sight-reading
Review Requirements for Artist Diploma
Review Requirements for Certificate in Orchestral Studies
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Horn students performing with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra.
