Please prepare:
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- One accompanied standard solo, preferably a movement from a standard concerto.
Please note: the piano accompaniment requirement is waived for 2021 orchestra auditions.
For Personal Auditions, you must bring the accompaniment to this piece. An accompanist will be provided or you may bring your own.
– Recorded auditions: 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 JS 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. - 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.
- One accompanied standard solo, preferably a movement from a standard concerto.
Excerpts:
| Flute | Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3, mm. 1-24, 328-360 Bizet: Carmen, Entr’acte, solo Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, solo Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite #2, Solo, mm. 176-179 Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919) Variation, rehearsal 9 to end |
| *Piccolo | Rossini: Semiramide Overture, Letter G to H, Letter T to U Shostakovich: Symphony #8, 2nd Mvt., 2 before 53 to 5 after 58 (mm. 65-90 in new edition) |
| Oboe | Ravel: Le Tombeau du Couperin, 1st Mvt., mm. 1-14 Rossini: La Scala di Seta Overture Schubert: Symphony #9 (C Major), 2nd Mvt. Strauss: Don Juan, mm. 235-268 |
| *English Horn | Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, mm. 21-37 Rossini: William Tell Overture, solo |
| Clarinet | Beethoven: Symphony #8 (trio) no repeats Brahms: Symphony #3, 2nd Mvt. Kodaly: Dances of Galanta, mm. 31-68 Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, mm. 1-48, 95-115 Shostakovich: Symphony #9, 3rd Mvt., mm. 1-17 |
| *E-Flat Clarinet | Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, 5th Mvt., mm. 40-78 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite #2, mm. 200-204 |
| *Bass Clarinet | William Schumann: Symphony #3, Toccata section solo to m. 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, #2 to #3 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 2nd Mvt., solo and cadenzas Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture, Letter D to E |
| French Horn | Beethoven: Symphony #3, 3rd Mvt. (Trio section), 2nd horn part; mm. 171-205 (solo) Beethoven: Symphony #9, 3rd Mvt., 4th horn part; mm. 83-98 Brahms: Symphony #3, 3rd Mvt., mm. 98-110 (solo) Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, beginning to Reh. 6 (1st horn part) Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5, 2nd Mvt, mm. 9-28 (solo) |
| Trumpet | Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3 Mahler: Symphony #5, 1st Mvt., mm. 1-24 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, 1st Mvt., 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, 4th Mvt, mm. 397- 429 |
| Trombone | Mahler: Symphony #3, 1st Mvt., mm. 166-209 Mozart: Requiem, Tuba Mirum Rossini: William Tell Overture, mm. 92-131 Schumann: Symphony #3, 4th Mvt., mm. 1-8 Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to the Third Act |
| Bass Trombone | Rossini: William Tell Overture, mm. 92-131 Schumann: Symphony #3, 4th Mvt., mm. 1-18 Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, “Battle scene”: 3 mm. before Reh. 62 – 9 mm. after Reh. 6 Wagner: Das Rheingold, Entrance of the Gods, last 15 mm. |
| Tuba | Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, 5th Mvt., mm. 127-147 and 480 to the end Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, 7 before #37 to 16 after #37 Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude, mm. 158-188 Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to the Third Act |
| Timpani & Percussion Note: All percussion auditions are recorded auditions |
Timpani Beethoven: Symphony #9, 1st Mvt., 18 bars before S to the end Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4, 1st Mvt., Reh. S to U Snare Drum Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 3rd Mvt., D to E and 4th Mvt., P to R Shostakovich: Symphony #10, 2nd Mvt., Reh. 98 to the end Marimba 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 Letter C |
| Piano/Keyboard | No accompanied concerto is needed. Instead, please play one movement of a Beethoven sonata and a contrasting Romantic virtuoso piece. Copland: Appalachian Spring (Reh. 6 – 14; 30 – 31; 5 mm. after 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, 2nd Mvt., mm. 96-108; 4th Mvt., mm. 1-41 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-85, 214-265 Schumann: Symphony #2, 2nd Mvt., mm. 1-48 Strauss: Don Juan, mm. 1-40 |
| Viola | Beethoven: Symphony #5, 2nd Mvt., mm. 23-37, 72-86 Brahms: Symphony #4, 2nd Mvt., Letter D to E Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, mm. 17-93 Mozart: Symphony #35 (Haffner), 4th Mvt., mm. 1-37 Strauss: Don Juan, mm. 1-40 |
| Cello | Beethoven: Symphony #5, 3rd Mvt. (Scherzo), mm. 1-18, 140-213 Brahms: Symphony #2, 2nd Mvt., mm. 1-15 Mozart: Symphony #35 (Haffner), 4th Mvt., mm. 134-181 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-9, 156-165 Strauss: Don Juan, Beginning to Letter C, Letter R to Letter T |
| String Bass | Beethoven: Symphony #5, 3rd Mvt., mm. 1-18, 140-213 Brahms: Symphony #2, 1st Mvt., Letter E to F Mozart: Symphony #35 (Haffner), 4th Mvt., mm. 1-37 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-7, 156-164, 274-284 Strauss: Don Juan, 1st page |