Orchestra Audition Info and Excerpts 2012-2013

2012-2013 Orchestra Audition Information and Excerpts

Auditions will take place September 5-7, 2012. Sign up for an audition time by visiting N222 in the Arts and Communication building. For more information, contact Dr. Chmura-Moore, conductor of the Symphony Orchestra, at chmuramd@uwosh.edu.

Information related to registration, orchestra policies, and semester scheduling can be found in the class syllabus. This document can be downloaded online at:www.uwosh.edu/music/ensembles-1/university-symphony-orchestra/

The first rehearsal is scheduled for Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 4:10 PM in Music Hall located in the Arts and Communication building.

Freshmen and transfer students: Perform a solo or etude of your choosing. You will also be asked to perform scales and sight-reading. Plan for auditions to span ten minutes.

All other students: Perform the orchestra excepts found below that are associated with your instrument. Sight-reading will also be asked. Plan for auditions to span ten minutes.

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FLUTE

Play ONE excerpt from Column A (lyrical) and ONE excerpt from Column B (technical) found below. Excerpts are drawn from Jeanne Baxtresserʼs “Orchestra Excerpts for Flute.”

Column A (lyrical)" " " " " Column B (technical)Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 (mvt. 2)" " Mendelssohn, Midsummerʼs Night Dream (Scherzo)Brahms, Symphony No. 4 (mvt. 4)" " Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 (mvt. 4)Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" Prokofiev, Peter & the Wolf (excerpt 1)

Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 (mvt. 2)

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Brahms, Symphony No. 4 (mvt. 4)

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Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

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Mendelssohn, Midsummerʼs Night Dream (Scherzo)

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Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 (mvt. 4)

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Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf (excerpt 1)

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OBOE

Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade

Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin

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Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 (mvt. 2)

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CLARINET

Brahms, Symphony No. 3 (mvt. 2)

Mendelssohn, Midsummer Nightʼs Dream

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48 Etuden by Alfred Uhl (1 and 2)

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(optional) Strauss, Don Quixote (bass clarinet)

(optional) Ravel, Bolero (Eb clarinet)

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BASSOON

Stravinsky, Firebird ("Berceuse" solo)

Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 (mvt. 1)

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Dukas, Sorcerer's Apprentice

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HORN

Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel

Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 2; in F)

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Mahler, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 2; in F)

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TRUMPET

Gershwin, An American In Paris

Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra

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Respighi, Fountains of Rome (beginning in Bb)

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TROMBONE

Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 4)

Wagner, Tannhauser

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Berlioz, Hungarian March

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BASS TROMBONE

Berlioz, Hungarian March

Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 4)

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Wagner, Ride of The Valkyries

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TUBA

Wagner, Die Meistersinger

Mahler, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 3)

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Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5

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VIOLIN

Mozart, Symphony No. 35

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Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 3 and 4)

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Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique (mvt. 1)

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VIOLA

Mozart, Symphony No. 35

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Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 2)

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Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 (mvt. 1; play upper line)

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CELLO

Mozart, Symphony No. 35

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Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 3)

Brahms, Symphony No. 3 (mvt. 3)

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BASS

Mozart, Symphony No. 35

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Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 3)

Mahler, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 3)

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PERCUSSION

Excerpts to be assigned by Dr. Shaw.

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