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Abstract

The research “ Handbook of preparation for horn to audition into under-graduate school in Thailand.” was motivated by the researcher’s experience in teaching and judging for auditions for many years, and has witnessed  many students and candidates that bare the same issues, such as, not choosing a proper repertoire,  having stage fright  and anxiety, being under-prepared  and etc. Which led to an unsuccessful audition. The research “ Handbook of preparation for horn to audition into under-graduate school in Thailand.” was motivated by the researcher’s experience in teaching and judging for auditions for many years, and has witnessed  many students and candidates that bare the same issues, such as, not choosing a proper repertoire,  having stage fright  and anxiety, being under-prepared  and etc. Which led to an unsuccessful audition. Through these facts and experiences, the researcher has come to realize the causes of these problems were most students and candidates were sharing. By learning their instruments thru playing in high school wind bands, they were not given a proper instruction in many regards, since there were no specific instructor for each instrument. Moreover, the lack of teaching and learning materials such as, sheet music, CDs, or method books are widely common in high schools. This research is the intention of the researcher, as a horn player and horn teacher, to moderate these problems and is to be used as a hand book to help preparing a prospect candidate to a successful audition.Conclusions: -  The candidate must be well-prepared and have enough time to prepare for the audition (at least 6 months before the audition period). -  Example of standard repertoire for audition : Mozart : Horn Concerto No 3,  Saint Saens : Concertpiece,  Franz Strauss : Nocturno  -  The candidate should be able to memorize the repertoire in order to reduce anxiety and stage-flight.