Audition Repertoire

 

 

Violin Repertoire 09

 

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 (Assoc. CM, 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)

Strauss:               “Death and Transfiguration" (10 before O to 9 after P)  

Prokofiev:             “Classical Symphony” (last mvt., beginning to 9 after B) 

 

 

Trumpet Repertoire 09

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

     Haydn or Hummel Concerto, First Movement

 

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

Bartok                  “Concerto for Orchestra"  (2nd mvt mm 90-120), (5th mvt mm 211-254)

Beethoven            “Leonore Overture #3"  (offstage fanfare) 

Brahms                ”Academic Festival Overture"  (opening chrale-14m after ltr C thru 10 after ltr D) 
Gershwin              “An American in Paris" (4 before reh 46 to 2 before reh 47) (pickup to reh 57 to reh 59)  

Mahler                  “Symphony 3" (3rd mvt Comodo Scherzando- Post horn solo one bar before #14 to

                            3 bars after #15 and 3 before reh #27 to 4 after reh #30)
Mussorgsky          “Pictures at an Exhibition" (m1-8 and mvt 6 – Goldenberg & Schmuyle)  
Stravinsky             “Petrushka" (Ballerinas dance – mm 134-139)

Ravel                    “Piano Concerto"  (opening solo: Allegramente  - 12 bars) 

Rimsky-Korsakov:  “Capriccio Espagnol"  (6th movement – up to letter L)