2007 Audition Requirements
Description of SYMPHONY Orchestra:
The Symphony Orchestra is an advanced full symphonic orchestra including strings, winds, brass and percussion. The students in this orchestra are generally in high school and the upper grades of middle school.
Level of Ability & Suggested Audition Repertoire:*
It is recommended that all players have previous ensemble experience and be well advanced in the command of their instrument. Confidence in sight-reading and advanced control of intonation and tone quality is expected. Solos should be of the level required for CMEA Capital Section Honor Orchestra or Band, or solos rated level 4 and above.
Audition requirements:
Strings
• 2 octaves of any major scale in quarter notes, at a tempo of 144
• 2 octaves of any melodic minor scale in quarter notes at a tempo of 120
3-4 minute excerpt of an unaccompanied solo (skip over long rests) that demonstrates your ability.*
Winds
• 2 octaves of any major scale in quarter notes, at a tempo of 144
• 2 octaves of any melodic minor scale in quarter notes at a tempo of 120
• A Chromatic scale using the full range of your instrument
• 3-4 minute excerpt of an unaccompanied solo (skip over long rests) that demonstrates your ability.*
Brass
• 2 octaves of any major scale in quarter notes, at a tempo of 144
• 2 octaves of any melodic minor scale in quarter notes at a tempo of 120
• A Chromatic scale using the full range of your instrument
• 3-4 minute excerpt of an unaccompanied solo (skip over long rests) that demonstrates your ability.*
Percussion
Mallets:
• Scales (up to 4 flats or sharps), ascending and descending, two octaves
Timpani:
• Ability to tune the timpani to a pitch in the B flat scale, utilizing a tuning fork
• Fifteen-second roll, dynamics: pp to ff to pp
• Demonstrate dampening, moving between 4 timpani
Snare Drum:
• Demonstrate the appropriate rudiments on snare drum: closed rolls, alternating
flam taps and drags, ruffs
Sight-reading: •You will be asked to sight-read on snare
All musicians will be asked to sight-read.
*When deciding on solo literature, consult your private teacher, school music teacher, or SYS conductor for ideas and assistance.
Remember to list your solo selection on your application.
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SUGGESTED AUDITION REPERTOIRE LIST |
| STRINGS |
| Violin
Concerto in A minor Accolay
Any partita or sonata for unaccompanied violin Bach
Concertos Bach
C Major Concerto Haydn
Concerto #3, 4, or 5 (1st mvt.) Mozart
Concerto Reiding
Concertos Seitz
Concertos No. 22 or 23 Viotti
Concertos Vivaldi
Other concertos from the standard repertoire
| Cello
Sonata No. 3 (2 contrasting mvts.) Vivaldi
Sonata in G Major (1st or 3rd mvt) Sammartini
Sonata in d minor (2 contrasting mvts.) Corelli
Concerto in C Major (1st mvt.) Haydn
Concerto #1 (1st mvt.) Saint-Saens
The Swan Saint-Saens
Concerto in D Tartini
Any mvt. from any solo suite Bach
Other concertos from the standard repertoire |
| Viola
A movement from any solo suite Bach
Concerto in c minor (1st mvt.) Bach
Concerto b minor (1st mvt) Handel/Casadeus
Concerto in D Major (1st mvt.) Hoffmeister
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Weber
Allegro Fiocco
| Bass
Any sonata (any mvt.) Vivaldi
Any sonata (any mvt.) Marcello
Concerto (either one) Dittersdorf
Concerto Dragonetti
Sonata in g minor (any mvt.) Eccles |
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| Brass: | Winds: |
| Horn
Concerto #1 Strauss
Sonata for Horn Hindemith
Concerto in E flat Mozart | Flute
Sonatas Handel
Fantasie Faure
Suite in b minor, Sonatas Bach
Concertos Vivaldi
Concertos Quantz
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| Trumpet
Concerto in E flat Neruda
Concerto Arutiunian
Concerto Haydn | Oboe
Suite for oboe Piston
Oboe Quartet K.V. 370 Mozart
Concerto K. 314 Mozart
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| Trombone
Concerto G. Jacob
Morceau Symphonique Guilmant | Clarinet
Concertino Op. 26 Weber
Concerto #1 Weber
Concerto K. 622 Mozart
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| Tuba
Suite for tuba Hartley
Suite for tuba Haddad | Bassoon
Adagio and Rondo Millars
Concerto in B flat Mozart
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| Percussion (choose one from each category) | |
| Snare
Solo Etude for Snare, Alfred’s Drum Method, Book II
Etude from Modern School for Snare Drum, Morris Goldenberg
Etude from, Portraits in Rhythm A. Cirone | Mallets
Orchestral Excerpt from Modern School for Xylophone,
Marimba and Vibraphone; Morris Goldenberg
Etude from Fundamental Method for Mallets, Mitchell Peters |
