Audition Excerpts

For all auditions (live or recorded) we require orchestral excerpts in addition to the two solo pieces.  The only instrument that is exempt from this requirement is piano.

All excerpts are in PDF format.  You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print out the excerpts.  If you are unable to print the excerpts, please contact the admissions office at (877) 833-6753 ext. 27 and we will get them to you!

For any excerpts that have multi-measure rests, please do not count out the entire section. You should rest one or two measures and then continue with the next section.

Violin              
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Excerpt #2:       Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream
Excerpt #3:       Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Excerpt #4:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Excerpt #5:       Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Viola               
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Excerpt #2:       Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Excerpt #3:       Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Excerpt #4:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Excerpt #5:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

Cello               
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah
Excerpt #2:       Mozart: Symphony No. 41
Excerpt #3:       Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Excerpt #4:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Excerpt #5:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Bass                
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Excerpt #2:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Excerpt #3:       Wagner: Die Meistersinger
Excerpt #4:       Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Excerpt #5:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Flute                
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream
Excerpt #2:       Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Excerpt #3:       Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Excerpt #4:       Bizet: Carmen
Excerpt #5:       Rossini: Thievish Magpie

Oboe              
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Excerpt #2:       Rossini: La Scala di Seta
Excerpt #3:       Brahms: Violin Concerto
Excerpt #4:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Excerpt #5:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Clarinet           
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream
Excerpt #2:       Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Excerpt #3:       Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Excerpt #4:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 6   
Excerpt #5:       Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol

Bassoon          
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Excerpt #2:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Excerpt #3:       Ravel: Bolero
Excerpt #4:       Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Excerpt #5:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 6

Horn               
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Strauss: Don Juan
Excerpt #2:       Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Excerpt #3:       Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Excerpt #4:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Excerpt #5:       Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Trumpet          
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Excerpt #2:       Stravinsky: Petrouchka-Valse
Excerpt #3:       Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Excerpt #4:       Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Excerpt #5:       Resphigi: Pines of Rome

Tenor Trombone         
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Excerpt #2:       Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
Excerpt #3:       Mozart: Requiem
Excerpt #4:       Wagner: Die Walküre
Excerpt #5:       Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Bass Trombone           
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Schumann: Symphony No. 3
Excerpt #2:       Haydn: The Creation
Excerpt #3:       Berlioz: Hungarian March
Excerpt #4:       Wagner: Die Walküre
Excerpt #5:       Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Euphonium      
(Note:  If you are a trombone player and own a euphonium, you can also include these three short excerpts from Holst’s The Planets.  This is not a requirement, only a means of determining interest for those who will ultimately be accepted into our program.)
Excerpt #1:       Holst: The Planets (Tenor Clef)

Tuba               
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Wagner: Die Meistersinger
Excerpt #2:       Wagner: Die Meistersinger (Vorspiel)
Excerpt #3:       Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Excerpt #4:       Wagner: Die Walküre
Excerpt #5:       Bruckner: Romantische Symphony

Harp               
Choose 2 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade-Mvmt. 2
Excerpt #2:       Tchaikovsky: Valse des Fleurs
Excerpt #3:       Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Excerpt #4:       Mahler: Symphony No. 5-Adagietto
Excerpt #5:       Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Timpani           
Choose 1 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Excerpt #2:       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Excerpt #3:       Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute
Excerpt #4:       Holst: The Planets
Excerpt #5:       Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis

Snare              
Choose 1 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade-Mvmt. 3
Excerpt #2:      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade-Mvmt. 4
Excerpt #3:      Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Excerpt #4:      Delecluse: Douze Etudes, No. 1
Excerpt #5:      Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije-Mvmt. 1

Mallet Percussion        
Choose 1 of the following excerpts:
Excerpt #1:       Mozart: The Magic Flute-Bells
Excerpt #2:       Gershwin: Porgy and Bess-Xylophone
Excerpt #3:       Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice-Glockenspiel
Excerpt #4:       Kabalevsky: Overture "Colas Breugnon"-Xylophone
Excerpt #5:       Saint-Saëns: Fossiles No. 12-Xylophone