What to prepare:
1. One accompanied standard solo, preferably a movement from a standard concerto.
For live auditions, you must bring the accompaniment to this piece. A pianist will be provided or you may bring your own.
– Video audition: ALL solos (except percussion) must be recorded with accompaniment.
– Percussion audition: No piano accompanied solo is needed. Instead, please prepare and submit an unaccompanied movement from a J. S. Bach suite (without repeats) performed on marimba.
– Piano/Keyboard audition: No accompanied concerto is needed. Instead, please play one movement of a Beethoven sonata and a contrasting Romantic virtuoso piece.
2. Orchestral excerpts from the following required list.
* It is recommended that Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet applicants offer excerpts, when possible, on their auxiliary instruments.
** Trumpet applicants interested in performing on Rotary Trumpet in Graz, must include the Rotary Trumpet excerpt.
Excerpts:
| Flute | Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3, mm. 1-24, 328-360 Mahler: Symphony #10, mvt. V-Finale, mm. 27-45, slow solo Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, solo Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite #2, Solo, mm. 176-179 Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919) Variation, REH 9 to end |
| *Piccolo | Rossini: Semiramide Overture, REH G to H, REH T to U Shostakovich: Symphony #8, mvt. 2, 2 before REH 53 to 5 after REH 58 (mm. 65-90 in new edition) |
| Oboe | Ravel: Le Tombeau du Couperin, mvt. 1, mm. 1-14 Rossini: La Scala di Seta Overture, mm. 5-53 Schubert: Symphony #9 (C Major), mvt. 2, mm. 8 until letter ‘A’ Strauss: Don Juan, mm. 235-268 |
| *English Horn | Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, mm. 21-37 Rossini: William Tell Overture, solo |
| Clarinet | Beethoven: Symphony #6, mvt. 2, mm. 69-77 Brahms: Symphony #3, mvt. 2, mm. 1-22 Kodaly: Dances of Galanta, mm. 31-68 Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, mm. 1-48, 95-115 Shostakovich: Symphony #9, mvt. 3, mm. 1-17 |
| *E-Flat Clarinet | Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, mvt. 5, mm. 40-78 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite #2, mm. 200-204 |
| *Bass Clarinet | William Schumann: Symphony #3, Toccata section solo to mm. 170 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, REH 5 to 7 before REH 7, and REH 48-49 |
| Bassoon | Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore, Una furtiva lagrima Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 101-123, 139-171 Ravel: Bolero, REH 2 to REH 3 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, mvt. 2, solo and cadenzas Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture, mm. 188-195 (solo) |
| Horn | Beethoven: Symphony #3, mvt. 3 (Trio section), 2nd horn part; mm. 171-205 (solo) Brahms: Symphony #3, mvt. 3, mm. 98-110 (solo) Shostakovich: Symphony #5, mvt. 1, REH 17-21 (2nd horn) Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, beginning to REH 6 (1st horn) Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5, mvt 2, mm. 9-28 (solo) |
| Trumpet | Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3 Mahler: Symphony #5, mvt. 1, mm. 1-24 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, mvt. 1, solo Stravinsky: Petroushka (1947), “Ballerina’s dance” Strauss: Don Juan, solo OR Ein Heldenleben (Bb Trumpet only) REH 42-43; REH 58 – 3 mm. after REH 61; REH 80 – 2 mm. before REH 83 |
| **Rotary Trumpet | Brahms: Symphony #2, mvt. 4, mm. 397-429 |
| Trombone | Mahler: Symphony #3, mvt. 1, mm. 166-209 Mozart: Requiem, Tuba Mirum (opening solo) Rossini: William Tell Overture, mm. 92-131 Saint-Saëns: Symphony #3, mvt. 1, REH Q to 2 bars after REH S Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III, 1 bar after REH 5 to downbeat of REH 6 |
| Bass Trombone | No position currently available for bass trombone. |
| Tuba | Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, mvt. 5, mm. 127-147 and 480 to the end Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, 7 before REH 37 to 16 after REH 37 Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude, mm. 158-188 Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III |
| Timpani & Percussion Note: All percussion auditions are recorded video auditions | Timpani Beethoven: Symphony #9, mvt. 1, 18 bars before REH S to the end Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4, mvt. 1, REH S to U Snare Drum Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, mvt. 3, REH D to E and 4th mvt., REH P to R Shostakovich: Symphony #10, mvt. 2, REH 98 to the endMarimba Bach: Any unaccompanied Suite, one mvt., no repeats (This piece takes the place of an accompanied solo.) Xylophone Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Opening Stravinsky: The Firebird Ballet, REH 127- 133 Tambourine Dvorak: Carnival Overture, from beginning to 4 mm. before REH C |
| Piano/Keyboard | No accompanied concerto is needed. Instead, please play one movement of a Beethoven sonata and a contrasting Romantic virtuoso piece. (See website for excerpt music.) Copland: Appalachian Spring (REH 6 – 14; 30 – 31; 5 mm. after REH 48 – 50) Stravinsky: Petroushka (1947) (REH 98 – 112) Click HERE for excerpt music |
| Harp | No positions are currently available for harpists. |
| Violin | Mozart: Symphony #39, mvt. 2, mm. 96-108; mvt. 4, mm. 1-41 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-85, 214-265 Schumann: Symphony #2, mvt. 2, mm. 1-48 Strauss: Don Juan, mm. 1-40 |
| Viola | Beethoven: Symphony #5, mvt. 2, mm. 23-37, 72-86 Brahms: Symphony #4, mvt. 2, REH D to E Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, mm. 17-93 Mozart: Symphony #35 (Haffner), mvt. 4, mm. 1-37 Strauss: Don Juan, mm. 1-40 |
| Cello | Beethoven: Symphony #5, mvt. 3 (Scherzo), mm. 1-18, 140-213 Brahms: Symphony #2, mvt. 2, mm. 1-15 Mozart: Symphony #35 (Haffner), mvt. 4, mm. 134-181 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-9, 156-165 Strauss: Don Juan, Beginning to REH C, REH R to REH T |
| Bass | Beethoven: Symphony #5, mvt. 3, mm. 1-18, 140-213 Brahms: Symphony #2, mvt. 1, REH E to F Mozart: Symphony #35 (Haffner), mvt. 4, mm. 1-37 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-7, 156-164, 274-284 Strauss: Don Juan, 1st page |
updated October 17, 2022