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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 [email protected].
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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