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Violin (download excerpts - 332k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

MOZART Sym. #35
1st mvt. m. 15 to 3 measures after Letter A

BEETHOVEN Sym. #3
Scherzo

BRAHMS Sym. #1
1st mvt. Beginning to Letter B

STRAUSS Don Juan
Beginning to 13 measures after Letter C

PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
4th mvt. Beginning to 9 measures after Letter B

Applicants for the Concertmaster opening will also need to prepare the following excerpts in addition to the regular list (not available for download - contact the Orchestra Manager if you require copies of these excerpts):

BRAHMS Symphony No. 1, 2nd movement

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade (solos)

STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben (solo)

Viola (download excerpts - 244k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

MOZART Sym. #35
1st mvt. m. 15 to 3 after Letter A

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #6
1st mvt. Beginning to 10 after Allegro non troppo
3rd mvt. 5 measures after Letter V to Letter AA

STRAUSS Don Juan
Beginning to Letter B
1 measure before Letter Z to Letter Cc

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Scherzo

Cello (download excerpts - 292k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

MOZART Sym. #35
4th mvt. 23 measures after Letter D to Letter E

BEETHOVEN Sym. #5
2nd mvt. Beginning to Letter C

BRAHMS Sym. #2
2nd mvt. Beginning to Letter A

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Scherzo

STRAUSS Don Juan
Beginning to measure 7
3 measures before Letter G to 4 measures after Letter K
7 measures after Letter X to Letter Cc

Applicants for the Principal Cello opening will also need to prepare the following excerpt in addition to the regular list (not available for download):

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 (3rd movement solos)

Double Bass (download excerpts - 152k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

BEETHOVEN Sym. #9
4th mvt. Beginning to A

MOZART Sym. #35
1st mvt. measure 13 to Letter A
4th mvt. 23 measures after Letter D to Letter E

BEETHOVEN Sym. #5
3rd mvt. Beginning to measure 86
Measure 140 to measure 177

STRAUSS Don Juan
Letter A to Letter C

GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes
Bass Solo

MAHLER Sym. # 1
Bass Solo

Flute (download excerpts - 148k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

DEBUSSY Afternoon of a Faun
Opening Solo

PROKOFIEV Classical Sym.
2nd mvt. Rehearsal #31 to Rehearsal # 32
4th mvt. Rehearsal #63 to 3 measures after Rehearsal #65

STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
Variation De L'Oiseau De Feu

RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No.2
Rehearsal #176-179

Piccolo

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4
3rd mvt. measure 162-170, measure 194-203

ROSSINI
Semiramide

Oboe (download excerpts - 192k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

BRAHMS Violin Concerto
Adagio Solo

BRAHMS Sym. #2
2nd mvt. measures 19-26

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4
2nd mvt. Beginning to measure 21

BRAHMS Sym. #1
2nd mvt. solo

ROSSINI La Scala di Seta
Andantino and Allegro Solos

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade Solos

English Horn

DVORAK Sym. #9
2nd mvt. measure 7 to 3 measures before Rehearsal #1

BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
Solo

Clarinet (download excerpts - 160k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

BEETHOVEN Sym. #8
3rd mvt. Trio to D.C.

BRAHMS Sym. #3
2nd mvt. Beginning to Letter B

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Scherzo

STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
Variation de l'oiseau de feu Rehearsal #9 to end

RACHMANINOV Sym. #2
3rd mvt. measure 6 to 5 measures after Rehearsal # 48

E-flat Clarinet

SHOSTAKOVICH Sym. #6
Scherzo

BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
Last mvt.

Bassoon (download excerpts - 168k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

MOZART Marriage of Figaro
Overture Beginning - m. 24 and measures 156-17

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4
2nd mvt. measure 274 to the end

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
2nd mvt. measure 5 to Letter A

STRAVINSKY Rite of Spring
Beginning to 3 after Rehearsal 3

RAVEL
Bolero

Horn (download excerpts - 248k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

BEETHOVEN Sym. #7
1st mvt. Measure 88 to Measure 110

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4
1st mvt. Beginning to Measure 20

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #5
Andante Solo - Beginning to measure 28

STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel
Beginning to Rehearsal #1

MAHLER Sym. #1
1st mvt. 5 measures before Rehearsal #3 to Rehearsal #3
7 measures before Rehearsal #26 to #27
3rd mvt. Rehearsal #3 to Rehearsal #4
4th mvt. Rehearsal #6 to Four after #6

Trumpet (download excerpts - 128k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL Pictures At An Exhibition
Opening Solo
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle Reh. #58

SHOSTAKOVICH Sym. #5
1st mvt. Rehearsal #27 to 29

STRAVINSKY Petrushka
Dance Of The Ballerina

MAHLER Sym. #5
1st mvt. Opening

RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Offstage Solo

Trombone (download excerpts - 184k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

MOZART Requiem
Tuba Mirum Solo

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4
4th mvt. 9 measures after Letter A to Letter B

WAGNER
Die Walkure

RAVEL Bolero
2 measures after Rehearsal #10 to Rehearsal #11

Bass Trombone

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

HAYDN The Creation
No. 26

BEETHOVEN Sym. #9
4th mvt. Andante Maestoso

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4
4th mvt. 9 measures after Letter A to 9 before Letter B

WAGNER
Die Walkure

Tuba (download excerpts - 140k)

A concerto or solo piece of your choice plus:

MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL
Pictures At an Exhibition - Bydlo

WAGNER
Die Walkure

HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses
2nd mvt. 4 measures before M to P

PROKOFIEV Sym #5
1st mvt. Rehearsal #3 to #6

Harp

There are no openings for this instrument.

TIMPANI (download excerpts - 224k)

FIRTH The Solo Timpanist, Etude XI

BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra
4th mvt. bars 42-51

BEETHOVEN Sym #7
1st mvt. bars 89-110
4th mvt. bars 409-end

BRAHMS Sym #1
1st mvt. bars 68-91
4th mvt. bars 375-end

BEETHOVEN Sym #9
1st mvt. 18 bars before S to end

HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis
2nd mvt.

MOZART Magic Flute Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym #4
1st mvt. 2 bars before T to U

PERCUSSION

Snare Drum (download excerpts - 232k)

LONG ROLL EXERCISE
Start pp, gradually cresendo to ff,
hold the ff a short time, then gradually diminuendo to pp

DELECLUSE from Douze Etudes
Etude #1

PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kije
Mvt. I ,The Birth of Kije Reh. 1 to 2

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
Mvt. II and Mvt. IV

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Mvt. III Reh. D to E and F to G
Mvt. IV Reh. P to U (condense rests before S)

Marimba

Solo or etude of your choice (Two or Four Mallets)

Xylophone (download excerpts - 68k)

GERSHWIN Porgy & Bess

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3
Measures 230-244

SHOSTAKOVICH Polka from The Golden Age

Glockenspiel (download excerpts - 156k)

DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Reh. #17-20, Reh. #22-24, Reh. #52-53

MOZART The Magic Flute

Cymbals (download excerpts - 108k)

Misc. Crashes at Various Dynamic Levels

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
Mvt. III Reh. #32 to 33

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo & Juliet

Bass Drum

TCHAIKOVSKY Sym # 4
Mvt. IV Measure 272 to end

Tambourine (download excerpts - 112k)

DVORAK Carnival Overture

Triangle (download excerpts - 96k)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade