Audition Excerpts
{please read carefully}
All Instruments
A portion of a Solo Work, no more than 2 minutes
Violin
Viola
Violoncello
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 2nd Movement, theme and variations |
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 3rd Movement, opening (18 bars) |
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 3rd Movement, trio (m. 141 to 177) |
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Brahms Symphony No. 2 2nd Movement, opening (15 bars) |
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Debussy La mer 1st Movement: from 2 before 9 (8 bars) |
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(optional) Strauss Don Juan 1st page |
Bass
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Mozart Symphony No. 35 (Haffner) 1st Movement |
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Mozart Symphony No. 35 (Haffner) Last Movement |
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 3rd Movement opening (18 bars) |
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Trio (m. 141 to 177) |
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Brahms Symphony No. 2 Finale: Opening to 10 after A |
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(optional) Strauss Don Juan from 7 after O (13 bars) |
Piccolo
Flute
1st Flute Parts:
Oboe
1st Oboe Parts:
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Strauss Don Juan Solo: from M to N |
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Brahms Violin Concerto 2nd Movement (opening solo) |
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| Rossini La Scala di Seta Solo | |
| Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin 1st Movement: Opening |
English Horn
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Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) 2nd Movement |
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Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Introduction Solo |
Clarinet
1st Clarinet Parts:
Bass Clarinet
| Grofe Grand Canyon Suite Cadenza | |
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Strauss Don Quixote from 16 to 18 |
Bassoon
1st Bassoon Parts:
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Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Finale: Solo |
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Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture Opening |
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 2 nd Movement: from m.274 |
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Stravinsky Le sacre du printemps Opening Solo |
Contrabassoon
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Brahms Symphony No. 3 Finale: M to N |
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Finale: Opening to B |
Horn
1st Horn Parts:
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Strauss Till Eulenspiegel Opening Solo |
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 2 nd Movement: Solo |
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Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 1 st Movement: 17 to 20 |
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Dvorak Symphony No. 9 Finale: from 4 bef. 11 to 11 |
Trumpet
1st Trumpet Parts:
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Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 Off Stage Fanfare |
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Mussorgsky Picutures at an Exhibition Promnade (opening) |
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Stravinsky Petroushka from 69 to 70 |
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Debussy Nocturnes Fetes, muted middle section |
Trombones
1st Trombone Parts:
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Ravel Bolero Solo |
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Rossini William Tell Overture Storm |
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Wagner Tannhäuser Overture From 1 before H to the end |
Bass Trombone
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Brahms Symphony No. 1 |
| Berlioz Racoczy March TBA |
Tuba
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Wagner Die Meistersinger Overture From letter I to L |
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Stravinsky Petroushka Bear Theme (No. 100 ) |
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Berlioz Symphony fantasique Finale (Dies Irae) Coda |
Percussion
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Bass Drum | Stravinsky Le sacre du printemps Part I ( 72 to 74 ) |
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Snare Drum | Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 2 nd Movement ( D to E ) |
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Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Finale ( Q to R ) | |
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Tambourine | Dvorak Carnival Overture Opening |
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Triangle | Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 Allegretto E to H |
| Cymbal | Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet From E to F | |
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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Finale: 32 (13 bars) | |
| Mallets | Gershwin Porgy and Bess Solo (1st one) |
Timpani
| Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Scherzo: A to B ; 1 before E (14 bars); F to H | |
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Bartok Concerto for Orchestra Finale: 249 to 256 |
| Hindemith Turandot Scherzo from Symphonic Metamorphosis: solos |
Harp
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Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers from Nutcracker Candenza |
Piano/Celeste
| Stravinsky (pf) Petroushka Solo | |
| Tchaikovsky (cel) Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Opening and Cadenza |