Auditions

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Audition Excerpts

These are the audition excerpts for your chosen instrument. Please review thoroughly and prepare accordingly.

Flute/Piccolo

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, mvt II mm 64-72

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt IV allegro to m 26 (piccolo)

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, beginning to reh 3

Oboe/English Horn

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, mm 1-29

Rossini: William Tell Overture, 30 bars after letter E - 18 bars after letter H (English Horn)

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, mvt II, mm 7-18

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, mvt I mm. 418-438, 474-492

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), mm 202-217

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, mvt IIb (Bass Clarinet)

Bassoon/Contrabassoon

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt IV mm 374-436

Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice, reh 7 to reh 9

Mahler: Symphony No. 5, mvt II 8 bars before reh 25 - 4 bars before reh 30 (contrabassoon)

Horn

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, mvt III 50 bars after letter A - 77 bars after letter A

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade mvt II, letter K - letter L

Trumpet

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt IV allegro to 4 bars before letter A

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, mvt IV, mm 1-18

Trombone/Bass Trombone

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt IV mm 374-459 (Applicable to Trombone and Bass Trombone)

Rossini: William Tell Overture, letter C - letter D (Applicable to Trombone and Bass Trombone)

Tuba

Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Overture mm 1-27

Mahler: Symphony No. 1, mvt III 4 bars before reh 3 - 6 bars after reh 3

Violin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, mvt I, beginning to mm 77 (Violin 1)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, mvt I, mm 14-18 (Concertmaster Solo/Violin 1)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, mvt IV mm 1-19 (Violin 2)

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, mvt III mm 238-274

Viola

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt II beginning to reh C

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Var. V, VII, and VIII

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), mm 1-33

Cello

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt III mm 141-218

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), mm 1-33

Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, mvt I reh 3 - reh 4

Contrabass

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt III Letter A - Letter B

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, mm 1-24

Harp

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers, harp solo

Saint-Saens: Danse Bacchanale, 6 bars after letter B - 3 bars before C