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UPDATE: All excerpts listed below are for the 2021/22 Season. Percussion auditions will be held at a later date when they can be done in person. (16 June 2021)
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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 46, 4th mvt.: mm. 1-79
- DVORAK Carnival Overture | Beginning to downbeat of Letter B, Letter M through 5 measures after Letter N
- ELGAR Enigma Variations | Variation 2
- STRAUSS Don Juan | Beginning to 13 measures after C
Co-Concertmaster Not an open position for 2021/22 Season (updated 26 Jul 2021) (Additional excerpts for Co-Concertmaster) Not included in download – request by email
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade | All solos in 1st and 2nd mvts.
- STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben | All solos
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 (updated 6/29/2020) (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
(Position not open for 2020/21) 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
- 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
- trauss 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)
Horn (horn 4 excerpts – download; asst. principal/3rd horn excerpts – download) Solo: Exposition of Mozart Concerto No.2, OR Exposition of Mozart Concerto No. 4, applicants choice, plus:
Position open for 2020/21: Horn 4
If you are interested in being considered for Horn1/3 sublist, submit separate link with these excerpts.
Asst. Pr., Horn 1, Horn 3
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 | Horn 2 in F: measures 45-78
- 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 2: four after [3] to two after [5], Horn 1: one before [78] to one after [79]
- WAGNER Götterdämmerung | Horn 1 in F: Act 1: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Vivace
Horn 4
- MAHLER Symphony No. 1, 3rd mvt: Rehearsal 13-15
- SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt: Rehearsl 17-21
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, 3rd mvt.: 4 Measure 82-98
- MAHLER Symphony No. 3, 1st mvt.: pick-up to Rehearsal 55 – 5 measures before 57
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
- RAVEL Tzigane | Cadenza: 4-5
- BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra | 4th mvt.: measures 42-58
- VERDI Forza del Destino Overture
- 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. 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.
- 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 held at a later date when they can be done in person- 03 August 2020
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)
