Audition Repertoire


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STRINGS
Be prepared to play the scale of your choice. Please play in 2 or 3 octaves.

VIOLIN
Brahms Haydn - Variationen, excerpt from Variation 5 and the Finale

VIOLA
Brahms Hayden Variationen, excerpt from Variation 3 and 5

CELLO
Wagner - Die Meistersinger Prelude

BASS
Wagner - Die Meistersinger Prelude


WOODWINDS

PICCOLO
Rossini, La Gazza Ladra Overture

FLUTE
Brahms, Symphony No. 4 (4th movement solo after D)
*Debussy, Afternoon of a Faun
Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

OBOE
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, mvt. 2

ENGLISH HORN
Dvorák, Symphony No. 9 (New World) - only first excerpt

CLARINET
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, 2 mvt
Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

E-FLAT CLARINET
Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique, 5th mvt.

BASS CLARINET
Franck, Symphony in D minor

BASSOON
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 excerpts


BRASS

FRENCH HORN
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel (opening call)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, 2nd mvt.
Beethoven, Symphony No.3, Finale excerpts

TRUMPET
Beethoven, Leonore No. 3 (off-stage call)
Sibelius, Finlandia
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet
Purcell, Trumpet Voluntary

TROMBONE
Berlioz, Hungarian March (Rakoczy)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture (2nd Trombone Solo)

BASS TROMBONE
Berlioz, Hungarian March (Rakoczy)

TUBA
Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique, 5th mvt.
Wagner, Die Meistersinger Overture


PERCUSSION

Glock
Stravinsky, Petroushka

Timpani
Beethoven, Symphony #9 (coda)

Snare Drum
Rimsky-Korsakov, excerpt from the finale of Scheherazade

Xylophone
Gershwin, Porgy and Bess

Marimba
Allemande from Violin Partita II in D minor by J.S.Bach

Harp
All harp excerpts will be mailed by contacting Bev Fetter at 912.230.1825.