The excerpt packets for the 2023/24 Season are in pdf format. Packets are subject to change.
If you have trouble downloading a file, you can request to have a packet emailed to you by emailing michael.armstrong@aysymphony.org
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Violin (violin excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding more than 3 minutes, plus:
- MOZART Symphony No. 39 | 2nd mvt.: mm. 1 to 27, 4th mvt.: mm. 1 to 79
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 | 4th mvt. mm. 33 to 80
- ELGAR Enigma Variations | Variation 2
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Beginning to 13 measures after C
Concertmaster (Additional excerpts for Associate Concertmaster) Not included in download – request by email
Viola (viola excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- MOZART Symphony No. 35 | 1st mvt. m. 15 to 3 after Letter A
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 | 1st mvt.: beginning to 10 after Allegro non troppo, and 3rd mvt.: 5 measures after V to AA
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Beginning to B and 1 measure before Z to CC
- MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Scherzo (Start 3rd note of C to downbeat of D)
Cello (cello excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- MOZART Symphony No. 35, 4th mvt:. 23 measures after D to E
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5, 2nd mvt.: Measures 1-10, 49-59, 98-106
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 2, 2nd mvt. Beginning to A
- MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo: Pickup to 1 measure after Letter C to downbeat of Letter D, pickup to 1 measure after Letter N to downbeat of Letter O.
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Beginning to measure 7, 3 measures before G to 4 measures after K, and 7 measures after X to CC
Additional excerpt for principal cello: Not included in download – request by email
- BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 | 3rd movement solos
Bass (bass excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 | 4th mvt.: Beginning to A
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 | 3rd mvt.: Beginning to measure 86, and 140-177
- MOZART Symphony No. 35 | 1st mvt.: measure 13 to A, and 4th mvt.: 23 measures after D to E
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Rehearsal A to C
- GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes | Solo
- MAHLER Symphony No. 1 | Solo
Flute / Piccolo (flute & piccolo excerpts – download) A flute concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- DEBUSSY Afternoon of a Faun | Opening Solo
- PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony | 2nd mvt. rehearsal 31 to rehearsal 32, and 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
Prepare additional excerpts for piccolo in addition to flute excerpts:
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 3rd mvt. measure 162-170, measure 194-203
- ROSSINI Semiramide | Note: Rossini updated to reflect correct articulation
Oboe / English Horn (oboe/english horn excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- BRAHMS Violin Concerto | Adagio Solo mm 3-32
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 | 2nd mvt.: Measures 19-26
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 2nd mvt.: Beginning to measure 21
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 | 2nd mvt.: Solo
- ROSSINI La Scala di Seta | Andantino and Allegro solos
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | Solos
Prepare additional excerpts for English horn in addition to oboe excerpts:
- DVORAK Symphony No. 9 | 2nd mvt.: measure 7 to 3 measures before rehearsal 1
- BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture | Solo
Clarinet (clarinet excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice lasting no more than 3 minutes, plus:
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 | 1st mvt.: 2 measures before Rehearsl K to 17 after Rehearsal K
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 | 3rd mvt.: Trio to D.C.
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 | 2nd mvt.: Beginning to rehearsal B
- MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Scherzo: Beginning to Rehearsal B
- STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite | Variation de l’oiseau de feu: Rehearsal 9 to end
- RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 | 3rd mvt.: measure 6 to Rehearsal 47
E-FLAT CLARINET Additional excerpts:
- BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique | Last movement: Rehearsal 63 to 5 before rehearsal 65
- RAVEL Bolero
- Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks: 6 measures after Rehearsal 38 to 13 after Rehearsal 40
BASS CLARINET Additional excerpts:
- RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe: 6 measures before rehearsal 157 to 3 measures after 157
- GROFE Grand Canyon Suite: “On the Trail”, Rehearsal 2 to Rehearsal 3
- STRAUSS Don Quixote: Rehearsal 14 to 5 after Rehearsal 16
Bassoon (bassoon excerpts – download; contrabassoon excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- MOZART Marriage of Figaro | Overture: Beginning to measure 24 and measures 156-171
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 2nd mvt.: measure 274 to the end
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | 2nd mvt.: measure 5 to rehearsal A
- STRAVINSKY Rite of Spring | Beginning to 3 after rehearsal 3
- RAVEL Bolero (all)
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 | IV.Allegro -mm. 374 to 436
BRAHMS
–Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 | -mm. 264 to 292–Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
I.Un poco sostenuto -Allegro -Meno Allegro -MM. 161-189
IV.Adagio -Piu Andante -Allegro non troppo, ma con brio -Piu Allegro -MM. 94-114- RAVEL Mother Goose | IV.Les entretiens de la belle et da la bete:
Rehearsal 2 to bar 9 of Rehearsal 5
- SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 || Allegretto –
Rehearsal 65 to bar 9 of Rehearsal 68
Horn
All applicants:
Solo: Exposition of Mozart Concerto No.2, OR Exposition of Mozart Concerto No. 4,
plus:
Assistant Principal Horn (principal horn – download)
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 | Horn 1 in F: measures 45-78 (ignore strikethrough)
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 | Horn 1 in F: Andante solo, beginning measure 28
- STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel | Horn 1 in F: Beginning to Reh 1
- STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben | Horn 1: one before [78] to one after [79]
- WAGNER Götterdämmerung | Horn 1 in F: Act 1: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Vivace
Horn 2, 3 (horn – download)
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 |Movement 3, Measure 82-99
- MAHLER Symphony No. 3 |Movement 1, pickup to Reh. 55 – 5 measures before 57
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 | Horn 1 in F: Andante solo, beginning measure 28
- STRAUSS En Heldenloben | Horn 2: four after [3] to two after [5] &
Horn 1: one before [78] to one after [79]
Trumpet (trumpet excerpts – download)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL Pictures At An Exhibition | Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle: Opening solo, rehearsal 58
- SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 | 1st mvt.: rehearsal 27 to 29
- STRAVINSKY Petrushka | Dance of the Ballerina
- MAHLER Symphony No. 5 | 1st mvt.: opening
- RESPIGHI Pines of Rome | Offstage solo
Trombone / Bass Trombone (trombone & bass trombone excerpts – download)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- MOZART Requiem | Tuba Mirum solo
- TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4 | 4th mvt.: 9 measures after rehearsal A to B
- WAGNER Die Walkure
- RAVEL Bolero | 2 measures after rehearsal 10 to 11
Excerpts for bass trombone:
- HAYDN The Creation | No. 26
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 | 4th mvt.: Andante maestoso
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 4th mvt.: 9 measures after rehearsal A to 9 before B
- WAGNER Die Walkure
Tuba (tuba excerpts – download) A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL Pictures At an Exhibition – Bydlo: beginning to measure 39
- WAGNER Die Walkure
- HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses | 2nd mvt.: 4 measures before M to P
- PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 | 1st mvt. rehearsal 3 to 6
Harp (harp excerpt – download)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker | Cadenza
- BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique | Un Bal: beginning through rehearsal 23
- RAVEL Tzigane | Cadenza: 4-5
- BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra | 4th mvt.: measures 42-58
- VERDI Forza del Destino | Overture: Rehearsal G through H
- DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor | Act I cadenza
Timpani (timpani excerpts – download)
- FIRTH The Solo Timpanist, Etude XI
- BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra | 4th mvt. bars 42-51
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 | 1st mvt.: measures 89-110. & 409-end
4th mvt.: measure 409-end - BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 | 1st mvt.: measures 68-91. 4th mvt.: measure 375-end
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 | 1st mvt.: 18 bars before S to end
- HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis | 2nd mvt. : S-T and 2mm. before Z-end
- MOZART Magic Flute Overture (all)
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 | 1st mvt.: 2 bars before T to U
Percussion (percussion excerpts – download)
-Percussion auditions will be entirely virtual this year. There will be no live auditions. If you have issues accessing space or the instruments to tape your audition, please reach out to Isabel: isabel.thiroux@aysymphony.org
Solo
Marimba solo or etude of your choice (two or four mallets), not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
Excerpts
Snare Drum
DELECLUSE from Douze Etudes | Etude #1
PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kije | 1st mvt. (The Birth of Kije): Rehearsal 1 to 2
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | 3rd mvt.: 4th mvt.: Rehearsal P to U (condense rests before S)
Xylophone
GERSHWIN Porgy & Bess
Glockenspiel
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Rehearsal 17-20, Rehearsal 22-24, Rehearsal 52-53
Cymbals
DVORAK Scherzo Capriccioso: Letter Q to the end
Tambourine
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
Piano (orchestral keyboard excerpts – download)
A concerto or solo piece of your choice not exceeding 3 minutes, plus:
- Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (“Mambo”)
- Copland Appalachian Spring (7-10)
- Stravinsky Petrouchka (“Danse Russe”: 64-73)
