Principal and Section Audition Excerpts 2018-2019 Please check this page periodically for updates Section 1st Violin: First page of a concerto The following orchestral excerpts: Brahms Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 4: m. 33 - m. 80 Schumann, Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 2: opening to m. 97 (no repeats) Mozart Symphony No. 39 Mvt. 2: beginning to m. 27 (no repeats) Debussy La Mer, Mvt. 2: Rehearsal 33 – 4 m. before Rehearsal 39 Strauss Don Juan, Opening to 14 after Rehearsal C Principal and Section 2nd Violin: First page of a concerto The following orchestral excerpts: First Violin excerpts: Strauss Don Juan opening to 14 after Rehearsal C Schumann, Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 2: Opening to m. 97 Second Violin excerpts: Mozart Symphony No. 41, Mvt. 4: mm 74 – 114 (Rehearsal B to Rehearsal C) Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 3: mm 238 - 265 Bruckner Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 3: mm 129 – 139 (Rehearsal I to 1 m. before K) Principal and Section Viola First page of a concerto The following orchestral excerpts: Brahms Symphony No 2, Mvt. 1: 114 - 134, 302 - 317; Mvt. 3: mm. 187 - 200 Copland Appalachian Spring #11 to 2 measures before #14 Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo m. 19 – m. 93 (D) Mozart Symphony No 35, Mvt. 1: mm 41 - 66 Strauss Don Juan, Opening to Rehearsal B Shostakovich Symphony No 5, [15] - [17] Principal Only: Strauss Don Quixote, All solos Section Cello First page of a concerto The following orchestral excerpts: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1: #32 to end of the measure, 6 before #39; Mvt. 3: #89 to #93 Brahms Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 2,Opening to 1 measure after Rehearsal A Strauss Ein Heldenleben (Beginning to #13) Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture, Opening to Rehearsal A Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Mvt. 2: Opening to m. 10 Section Double Bass First page of a major concerto The following orchestral excerpts: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1: Rehearsal 22 – 4 measures after Rehearsal 26 Strauss Ein Heldenleben: Rehearsal 9 - 6 measures after Rehearsal 12 Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 4: recitative (mm. 8 - 29, 38 - 47, 56 – 90) Handel Messiah, Opening Sinfonia: measure 50 to the end. Mahler Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 1, Beginning to Rehearsal 2 Flute 3/ Piccolo On Piccolo: Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto in C Major, Mvt. 2 Orchestral excerpts on Piccolo Rossini Semiramide: Letter G to 3 m. after Letter H and Letter T to Letter U Mahler Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 4 “Urlicht”: Rehearsal 4 to 7 m. after 4 and “Der Grosse Appell”: Rehearsal 30 to the key change. Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite #3, Morning Serenade: pickups to Rehearsal 34 to the end and Juliet’s Death: Rehearsal 44 – 45. Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije: Troika Kodaly Dances of Galanta: mm 100 – 150, and m. 530 to the end Ravel Bolero, from the 2nd flute part: Rehearsal 8 to 9 (begins on E above the staff) Updated 7-13-18 Orchestral excerpts on Flute Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919): Variation de “Loiseau de feu,” Mvt. 1: Rehearsal 9 to end of movement Brahms Symphony 4, Mvt. 4: 9 m. after Letter D to 7 m. before Letter E (mm 89 – 105) Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Mvt. 2 (Valse): Rehearsal 29 – 33 Bassoon 3/Contrabassoon On bassoon: First page of Mozart Bassoon Concerto Orchestral excerpts on bassoon: Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade, Mvt. 2 “The Kalendar Prince,” m. 5 to Rehearsal A Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture, m. 1 – m. 24. Orchestral excerpts on contrabassoon: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 4, m. 663 – m. 671 Strauss Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 Allegro: 10 measures before Rehearsal E to 3 measures before Rehearsal F Brahms Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 4, m. 94 to m. 114 Ravel Mother Goose Suite, Mvt. 4 Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis: Mvt. 4 – Marsch, m. 56 – 66 and m. 96 – downbeat of m. 106 Saxophone: Two minutes of a solo that demonstrates musicianship and performance capabilities The following orchestral excerpts: Bernstein On the Waterfront: Rehearsal 5 – 6, Rehearsal 16 – 17, Rehearsal 40 - 41 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: “Il vecchio castello” Bernstein Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”: mm 17 – 34, 400 – 448, and 676 - 697 Bass Trombone The following orchestral excerpts: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Seid Umshlungen, Mvt. 4: 3/2 section between M and O (mm 595-626) Haydn The Creation: #26 “Achieved is the Glorious Work”: Beginning to letter C Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture: Letter B to Letter C and 1 m. before O to the end Mahler Symphony #2, Trombone 4, Mvt. 5: pick up to Rehearsal 25 to 27 Rossini William Tell Overture: Rehearsal C to 9 measures after Rehearsal D Schumann Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”: Mvt. 4: mm 1 - 18 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite 2: Rehearsal 2 through four bars after Rehearsal 5 & Romeo at the tomb of Juliet (Rehearsal 60 – Rehearsal 65) Piano Two minutes of a solo that demonstrates musicianship and performance capabilities The following orchestral excerpts: Copland Appalachian Spring: Rehearsal 6 - 14 Stravinsky Petrouchka (1947 version): 64 – 81 Shostakovich Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 2: 2 m. before Rehearsal 18 to 3 m. after 22 Principal Percussion The following orchestral excerpts: Snare Drum: Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Mvt. 3: Letter D to Letter E; and 5th measure of F to downbeat of 8th measure of F and Mvt. 4: four measures before N to downbeat of 19th measure after N Prokofiev Lt. Kije, Mvt. 1: Rehearsal 1 to Rehearsal 2 Ravel, Bolero, 1st page only Xylophone: Gershwin Overture to “Porgy and Bess”: mm 4 through 18 Stravinski, “Firebird” mm 47 - 48, mm 126 - 133 Kodaly “Harry Janos” Mvt. 6 Orchestra Bells: Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: 4th measure of Rehearsal 17 to 4th measure of Rehearsal 19; Rehearsal 22 to Rehearsal 24; and Rehearsal 26, measures 1 through 10 Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien: Letter B to first measure of Letter C Debussy, La Mer: Rehearsal 16 to 4 measures after Rehearsal 18 Tambourine: Bizet Carmen Suite No.2, Danse Boheme: 8th measure after Letter C to 3 measures after E; and Letter L to downbeat of Letter M Dvorak, Carnival Overture: Beginning to 5th measure of Letter A with repeat; and 8 measures before Letter U to 5th measure after Letter W Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, Trepak Cymbals: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2: Rehearsal 32 for 13 measures Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Overture: Letter E to12 measures after E Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 4: last 22 measures from the end Bass Drum: Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Var. M: mm 10 – 14 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 4: last 19 measures from the end Mahler Symphony No. 3: 6 m. after Rehearsal 1 to 2 m. after Rehearsal 2 Triangle: Gliere Russian Sailors Dance: m. 180 to the end Bizet Carmen Suite No.2, Danse Boheme: Letter H through 2nd measure of I Dvorak Symphony No. 9 New World, Mvt.3: entrance after Rehearsal 5 to Rehearsal 6 (no repeat) Vibes: Bernstein, West Side Story: “Cool” solo, mm 620 - 650 Timpani: Bartok Concerto for Orchestra : Mvt. 4 mm 43 - 51 and Mvt. 5 to 59, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Mvt. 1, mm 333 – 352 (2 m. before T to 3 m. before U) Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 Mvt.1, mm 513 - end of movement and Mvt 2: Rehearsal F to Rehearsal H **PDFs available upon request .