Audition Repertoire

Violin Repertoire 2010

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All violinists are expected to play the 1st movement (exposition) from a standard concerto of your choice (unaccompanied) in addition to the orchestral excerpts

Violinists auditioning for a titled position (Prin. 2nd, Asst. Prin. 2nd) should also prepare an Unaccompanied Bach - movement of your choice.

 

Orchestral Excerpts: Play "1st" parts for audition unless otherwise indicated: 

  • Brahms "Symphony No. 4" (1st mvt, last 53 measures)
  • Beethoven "Symphony No. 7" (1st mvt, mm 84-130)
  • Schumann "Symphony No. 2" (Scherzo, opening to 20 after K)
  • Prokofiev "Classical Symphony" (4th mvt opening)
  • Strauss "Don Juan" (opening to letter D)
  • Rachmaninoff: "Symphony No. 2" (2nd vln. Part: Mvt. 2 Meno Mosso after 32 to 4 before 35)
  • Wagner: "Der Meistersinger Overture" (mm 33 to 41)
  • Mozart: "Symphony No. 39" (4th movement begin. to A)

For Associate Concertmaster and Asst. Principal 2nd please add the following:

  • Brahms "Symphony No. 1" (2nd mvt solo)
  • Ri­msky-Korsakov "Capriccio Espagnol" (mvts III & IV, solo passages)
  • Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade" (mvt. III, solo after K to N)

Cello Repertoire 2010

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All cello players are expected to play one of the following choices in addition to the orchestral excerpts:

Solo Repertoire

1st movement of a standard concerto

 

Orchestral Excerpts: 1st parts

Sight-Reading may be requested

  • Beethoven "Symphony No. 5" (2nd movement)
  • Brahms "Symphony No. 2" (2nd movement, mm. 1-15)
  • Debussy "La Mer" (top line of quartet passage from 2 before No. 9 to end of quartet section)
  • Mendelssohn "Midsummernight's Dream" (Scherzo, C to D)
  • Mozart "Symphony No. 35" (4th movement, mm 134-181)
  • Tchaikovsky "Symphony No. 4" (2nd movement, 21 before A to A)

For Assistant Principal also add the following:

  • Brahms ­ "Piano Concerto No. 2" (3rd mvt. Solo opening and at letter D)
  • Rossini "William Tell Overture" (cello solo)

 

Trombone Repertoire 2010

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All trombonists are expected to play the following excerpts. All excerpts are for 1st Trombone unless otherwise marked.

Solo Selection to be payed:

Tomasi "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra"

 

Orchestral Excerpts:

Sight-Reading may be requested

  • Berg "Wozzek" (H through 3 measures before 40)
  • Berlioz "Hungarian March" (measures 94-114)
  • Brahms "Symphony No. 1" (Last movement)
  • Brahms "Symphony No. 2" (Last movement - letter P to measure 406)
  • Copland "Appalachian Spring" (5 measures after 48 through four measures after 49; AND 59 through 1 measure before 61)
  • Mahler "Symphony No. 3" (1st movement 3measures after 13 through 17)
  • Mozart "Requiem" (Tuba Mirum, 2nd trombone solo measures 1-18)
  • Ravel "Bolero" (Third measure of 10 through 11)
  • Rossini "Overture to La Gazza Ladra" (All music provided)
  • Rossini "Overture to William Tell" (Letter C through letter D)
  • Saint Saens "Symphony No. 3" (Second mvt. Q through one measure after S)
  • Verdi "Otello" (Act 1 - two measures before B through B, AND 2 measures before D through D AND E through 1 measure after F) Act II (3 measures before F through F AND 1 measure before O through 1 measure after O)
  • Wagner "Die Walkure" (Act III scene 1,Ride of the Walkures)
  • "Lohengrin" (Act III prelude measure 1-18)
  • "Tannhauser Overture" (one measure before M through end)

 

Bass Trombone Repertoire 2010

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All bass trombonists are expected to play the following solo in addition to the orchestral excerpts:

Solo Repertoire:

Bach "Cello Suite No. 5" (Sarabande - no repeats)

 

Orchestral Excerpts:

Sight-Reading may be requested

  • Berlioz "Hungarian March" (6 measures before Reh. 4 through 2 measures before Reh. 5)
  • Haydn "The Creation" (No. 26 "Achieved is a Glorius Work" - mm. 1-15)
  • Rossini "La Gazza Ladra" (one trombone - Italian version) - (mm. 115-149) - (C through 22 before D)
  • Rossini "William Tell Overture' (C through 9 measures after D)
  • Schumann "Symphony No. 3" (4th mvt. Measures 1-18)
  • Wagner "Das Rheingold" (Scene 2 - Valhalla motive) - (Scene 4 - Entrance of the Gods to Valhalla)
  • Wagner "Ride of the Walkure" (Pick-up to Reh. 6 through 3rd bar of Reh. 7)