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Auditions for principal chairs will include the following excerpts plus one movement of a concerto of the applicant’s choice. Auditions for other chairs include only the excerpts as follows:
Violin
- Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, measures 1–24
- Mozart: Symphony No. 39, 2nd mvt., measures 1–27
- Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, No. 5 Toreadors, beginning to Reh. B
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Viola
- Mozart: Symphony No. 40, 1st mvt., beginning to measure 20 (upper part)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd mvt., measures 1–10
- Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, measures 1–24
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
‘Cello
- Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, 1st mvt., Reh. A to Reh. B
- Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, measures 1–24
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd mvt., measures 1–10
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 3rd mvt. trio, measures 141–218
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Bass
- Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, measures 1–61
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 3rd mvt. trio, measures 141–218
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Flute
- Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, Intermezzo, measures 1–23
- Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, 1st mvt., measures 149–156 (Reh. 5)
- Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, beginning to Reh. 3
- Rossini: Overture to William Tell, measures 181–226
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Piccolo
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 4th mvt., measures 343–431
- Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, 1st mvt., Aragonaise, and 5th mvt., Les Toréadors
Oboe
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 2nd mvt., Reh. A to Reh. D
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”, 2nd mvt., measures 1–56
- Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, 1st mvt., beginning to Reh. 2
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
English Horn
- Rossini: Overture to William Tell, measures 176–226
- Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, 2nd mvt., measures 1–18
Clarinet
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, 1st mvt., measures 476–492
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 2nd mvt., Reh. F to Reh. G
- Respighi: Pines of Rome, 3rd mvt., Reh. 13 to Reh. 14
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Bassoon
- Haydn: Symphony No. 88, 4th mvt., measures 1–32
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 2nd mvt., measures 5–26; Reh. L to Reh. M
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, 2nd mvt., measure 374 to the end
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Horn
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Horn I, 2nd mvt., measures 1–28
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Horn I, 1st mvt., Measures 1-20
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Horn I, 4th mvt., measures 376-406 (first 30 measures of mvt. 4)
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice, OR any two additional orchestral excerpts of your choice
Trumpet
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, the off-stage call
- Respighi: Pines of Rome, 2nd mvt., measures 17–26
- Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, 4th mvt., beginning to Reh. 2
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Trombone
- Mozart: Requiem, “Tuba mirum” solo
- Rossini: William Tell Overture, measures 91–132
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1, 4th movement, measures 47–60
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Tuba
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, 4th mvt.
- Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
- Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition, mvt IV, “Bydlo”
- Optional: Any solo work of your choice
Timpani
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1, 1st mvt., beginning to Reh. C
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 1st mvt., beginning to measure 35
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41, 1st mvt., beginning to measure 23
Percussion
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 3rd mvt., snare drum
- Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture, Reh. N to Reh. P, cymbals
- Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, Aragonaise, tambourine
- Copland: Appalachian Spring, xylophone solos
Harp
- Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Waltz of the Flowers solo cadenza
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, 2nd mvt., harp 1
- Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, Intermezzo
Piano
- Any two (2) solo works in contrasting styles