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Fall 2023 Symphony Orchestra Auditions

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Requirements

Winds and Brass

  1. Two scales of your choosing
  2. Solo/Etude: Two to three minutes maximum. Can be portions of longer works.

Strings

Auditions will consist of:

  1. Scales: Three octaves, your choice. One for non-majors, one major and one minor for music majors.
  2. Solo/Etude: Two to three minutes. Can be portions of longer works.
  3. Orchestral excerpts taken from Dvorak Symphony No. 9, which will be performed in the fall semester.
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Audition Times

Winds and Brass

  Monday, August 21
  3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
  Constance Hall 303

Winds and Brass

Strings

  Tuesday, August 22
  10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  Constance Hall 113

Strings
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Audition Preparation

Violin I

Excerpts may be selected from either the first or second parts, but similar passages cannot be repeated. Music majors prepare five excerpts. Non-majors prepare any three excerpts. Music majors that want to be considered for first violin must prepare all five Violin 1 excerpts.

First movement: Allegro molto

  1. m. 115 – m. 171
  2. upbeat to reh. 7 – m. 261
  3. II, 38-54

Second movement: Largo

  1. One measure before rehearsal 3 – rehearsal 4

Fourth movement: Allegro con fuoco

  1. Rehearsal 1 (m. 34) – 2 meas. before 3 (m. 66)
  2. Top of p. 14 (m. 258) – m. 271, then jump to rehearsal 12 (m. 298) – m. 312

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Violin II

Excerpts may be selected from either the first or second parts, but similar passages cannot be repeated. Music majors prepare five excerpts. Non-majors prepare any three excerpts. Music majors that want to be considered for first violin must prepare all five Violin 1 excerpts.

First movement: Allegro molto

  1. Rehearsal 2 (m. 77) – m. 171
  2. m. 233- m. 263

Second movement: Largo

  1. 3rd measure of rehearsal 4 (m. 92) – downbeat of rehearsal 5 (m. 101)

Third movement: Scherzo- Molto vivace

  1. m. 21 – 61

Fourth movement: Allegro con fuoco

  1. Rehearsal 2 – m. 61
  2. 7th measure after rehearsal 11 (m. 281) – 7th measure after 12 (m. 305)

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Viola

Music majors prepare all 6 excerpts, non-majors choose any 3 excerpts

First movement: Adagio - Allegro molto

  1. Beginning – m. 22 (2 measure before Allegro molto)
  2. m. 197 – downbeat of Rehearsal 7 (m. 213)
  3. m. 292 (ff after rehearsal 9) – m. 318

Second movement: Largo

  1. m. 26 - m. 39

Third movement: Molto vivace

  1. m. 29 - Rehearsal 1

Fourth movement: Allegro con fuoco

  1. Beginning – m. 33

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Cello

Music majors prepare all 6 excerpts, non-majors choose any 3 excerpts

First movement: Adagio - Allegro molto

  1. Beginning – m. 22 (2 measure before Allegro molto)
  2. Pickup to m. 233-m. 253

Second movement: Largo

  1. m.26 - m. 36

Third movement: Molto vivace

  1. m. 92 - m. 99

Fourth movement: Allegro con fuoco

  1. m. 70 - m. 92
  2. m. 243 - m. 259

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Bass

Music majors prepare all 5 excerpts, non-majors choose any 3 excerpts

First movement: Adagio - Allegro molto

  1. m. 39 - m. 64
  2. Rehearsal no. 6 (2nd ending) - m. 189

Second movement: Largo

  1. m. 54 - reh. 3

Third movement: Molto vivace

  1. m. 33 - m. 60

Fourth movement: Allegro con fuoco

  1. m. 243 - m. 251

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