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BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL of MUSIC Auditions for MP 600/602 and MP 608 September 2016 BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC Auditions for MP 600/602 and MP 608 September 2016 Auditions for MP600/MP602 (Large Ensembles) and MP608 (Chamber Music) are required of each student, every September of his or her residency in the School of Music. Each audition will be seven minutes long. These auditions play a significant role in the determination of placement in and within chamber music, the orchestras, and the wind ensemble. Therefore, every student is urged to prepare these auditions carefully and thoroughly. The faculty will weigh the preparation and performance of the orchestral excerpts as heavily as that of the solo material. Read and follow carefully all of the guidelines explained in detail below. Please bring your own copy of the excerpts to the audition. Required excerpts may be obtained in several ways, Downloaded from the website, http://www.bu.edu/cfa/current-students/music-resources/ensembles As separate parts (usually Kalmus or Lucks) or in excerpt books. We recommend that, if possible, you use complete parts instead of excerpt books. Yesterday Service Sheet Music, in Somerville (617-547-8263), will be pleased to assist. (Some material may not be found here.) Downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project site, http://www.imslp.org . Scores and parts are often available here. (Music still under copyright will not be available here.) From a master set of audition excerpts, from which copies may be made at the CFA Music Curriculum Library at the College of Fine Arts (855 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 243). Telephone, 617-353-3731 Read all instructions thoroughly and carefully, taking particular note of the solo requirements for your instrument. String Instruments 1. A movement from a standard repertoire concerto or a movement, except the first , of a Bach sonata or suite. Not allowed : First movements of Bach suites or sonatas, and any sonatas (except for those by Bach). Discouraged : Long works, such as large violin concerti (Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Shostakovich), Bach D minor Chaconne, Dvorak Cello Concerto, etc. Since each audition will be only six minutes long, the solo portion of each audition will be two to three minutes. Please choose your solo with this fact in mind. 2. Orchestral excerpts Violin Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m. 51-63; 5th Mvt, m. 408-440 Beethoven Symphony No. 8: 4th Mvt, m. 1-15 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol: 4 th Mvt, Cadenza Viola Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 4th Mvt, m. 42-60; 5th Mvt, m. 300-317 (upper part), m. 408-440 Beethoven Symphony No. 8: 2nd Mvt, m. 14 (w/pickup) - 25 Cello Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m. 37-50 (upper part); 5th Mvt, m. 408-440 Beethoven Symphony No. 8: 3rd Mvt, TRIO m. 45-78 Double Bass Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m. 35-66; 5th Mvt, m. 418-429 Beethoven Symphony No. 8: 2nd Mvt, m. 22-27 beat 1 Woodwind Instruments Flute (Flutists are encouraged to prepare both flute and piccolo excerpts) Mozart, Concerto in G: 1st Mvt; exposition; or Mozart, Concerto in D: 1st Mvt; exposition Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m. 30-34, m. 424-446 Beethoven Symphony No. 8 4th Mvt, m. 60 to letter B Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt. I, [E] – [J]; Mvt II, [B] – [F] Piccolo Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 3rd Mvt, m. 28-34, m. 107-111; 5th Mvt, m. 233-244 Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt I, [G] – [I]; Mvt II, [B] – [E] Oboe (Oboists are encouraged to prepare both oboe and English horn excerpts) Mozart, Concerto in C: Mvt I or III, or Bach, Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 21 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 2nd Mvt, pickup to m. 181-197; 4th Mvt, m. 4-12 Beethoven Symphony No. 8: 1st Mvt, Letter F through m. 293; 4th Mvt, m. 60 through letter B Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt II, [B] – [E] English Horn Franck, Symphony in D minor: Mvt I, 5 th of A (5 meas); 2nd Mvt, A to B Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt II, 2 before [I] – [J] Clarinet (Clarinetists are encouraged to prepare clarinet, E-flat clarinet, and bass clarinet excerpts) Mozart, Concerto in A (1 st Mvt; exposition, or 3 rd Mvt;) Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m. 401-425; 2nd Mvt, m. 45-57 Beethoven Symphony No. 8: 3rd Mvt, Trio m. 45-78 (without repeats) Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt I, [P] – [R]; Mvt II, opening to [B], [I] to end E-flat Clarinet Berlioz Symphonie fantastique: 5 th Mvt, rehearsal [63] to downbeat of 5 after [64] in Clarinet 1 part. Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt I, [G] – [I]; Mvt II, [M] – end Bass Clarinet Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt I, [T] – [V] Saxophone A movement from a standard concerto Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition: 2nd Mvt, “Il Vecchio Castello” (alto sax) Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt II, [A] – [E], [K] – end (alto sax) Bassoon Mozart, Concerto in B-flat: Mvt; 1, 2 or 3 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 2nd Mvt, m. 8-24; 5th Mvt, m. 151-161 Beethoven Symphony No. 8: 4th Mvt, m. 236-246 Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt II, [B] – [F], 1 before [J] – end Brass Instruments Horn Mozart, Concerto No. 2; or Strauss, Concerto No. 1, or Strauss, Concerto No. 2 (1st page) Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m. 342-364; 5th Mvt, m. 1-5 Beethoven Symphony No. 8: 3rd Mvt, Trio (horn 1) Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt I, [H] – [J]; Mvt II, [D] – Allegretto, [K] - end Trumpet Haydn, Concerto in E-flat: Mvt; I or II, expositions; or Hummel, Concerto in E, Mvt; III [may be played in E or in E-flat] Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m 368-389; 2nd Mvt, m.90-120, m.123-146 Mahler, Symphony No. 5: Mvt I, opening solo Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt I, [A] – [B]; Mvt II, [J] – [M]; Mvt III, 5 before [M] – [N], [W] - end Trombone A movement from a standard concerto Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m. 366-389 Mozart Requiem: Tuba mirum Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt I, [F] – [G] Bass Tbn Bach, Sarabande from Suite No. 5 for Cello (without repeats), or a solo piece of your choice Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 1st Mvt, m. 368-389 Haydn, The Creation: No. 26, beginning to C Euphonium A movement from a standard concerto or sonata Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition: 4th Mvt; “Bydlo” Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt II, [G] – [I] Tuba Vaughan Williams, Concerto for Bass Tuba (1 st Mvt; exposition and cadenza) Wagner Prelude to Meistersinger: Rehearsal J - L Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 4 th Mvt, m. 92-112; 5th Mvt, m. 418-429 Keyboard Instruments Harp Mozart, Concerto for Flute and Harp, 1st Mvt; exposition; or Handel, Concerto in B-flat, 1st Mvt; exposition Britten Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: Variation I, Fugue Rimsky Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol: 4 th Mvt, cadenza Piano A movement from a Haydn, Beethoven, or Schubert sonata Copland, Appalachian Spring, orchestral version: Reh [6] to [10], 2 before [13] to [14], [29] to [33] Percussion Timpani Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: 4 th Mvt, m. 42-50; 5th Mvt, m. 8-43 Elgar Enigma Variations: Var. 7, Troyte [23]-[28] Snare Drum Prokofiev, Lt. Kijé Suite: Mvt I, [1] to [2], [13] to end Marimba A movement of J.S. Bach, from either the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin or the Six Suites for Solo Cello (no repeats) .
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