Classical Saxophone Excerpts

SAXOPHONE

All Students auditioning for Wind Ensemble rotation, please prepare two contrasting
etudes plus one standard orchestral excerpt. (i.e. Prokofiev – Lt. Kije; Rachmaninoff –
Symphonic Dances; Mousorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exibition)

Violin Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

VIOLIN---updated August 10th, 2:20 pm
Tchaikovsky – Sym. #4, mvt. 4 (beginning to B)
Mendelssohn – Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, beginning to 7 after letter D
Mozart – Sym. #35, mvt 2, beginning to repeat

Tchaikovsky Page 1
Tchaikovsky Page 2

Mendelssohn Page 1

Mozart Page 1


If interested in auditioning for Concertmaster, also prepare – (in addition to above)
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnole, solos
Brahms – Sym. #1, solos

Brahms

Rimsky-Korsakov Page 1
Rimsky-Korsakov Page 2
Rimsky-Korsakov Page 3
Rimsky-Korsakov Page 4
Rimsky-Korsakov Page 5

Viola Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

VIOLA---updated August 10th, 2:20 pm
Beethoven – Sym. #5, mvt. 3, pick up to bar 170 to 2nd bar of B
Rossini – La Gazza Ladra, Measure 63 to letter C
Tchaikovsky – Sym. #6, mvt. 1, 1st allegro to bar 38


Some excerpts have multiple pages, and each page is a separate PDF.

Beethoven 5

Rossini Page 1
Rossini Page 2

Tchaikovsky Page 1
Tchaikovsky Page 2

PRINCIPAL VIOLA– (in addition to above)
Strauss– Don Juan, 1st page, beginning to C
Strauss

Tuba Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

TUBA
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Franck– Sym. in D Minor
Stravinsky –Petrouschka NO PDF AVAILABLE
Wagner – Overture to the Flying Dutchman
Holst– The Planets NO PDF AVAILABLE
Tchaikovsky – Sym. #4


Each excerpt has multiple pages, and each page is a separate PDF.

Berlioz Page 1
Berlioz Page 2
Berlioz Page 3
Berlioz Page 4

Franck Page 1
Franck Page 2
Franck Page 3
Franck Page 4
Franck Page 5
Franck Page 6

Tchaikovsky Page 1
Tchaikovsky Page 2
Tchaikovsky Page 3
Tchaikovsky Page 4
Tchaikovsky Page 5

Wagner Page 1
Wagner Page 2

Trumpet Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

TRUMPET (players who double on piccolo trumpet, substitute one selection of your
choice on piccolo)

Beethoven – Leonore #3---off stage call
Strauss – Don Juan, Letter F-G
Respighi – Pines of Rome, offstage solo NO PDF AVAILABLE
Ravel– Piano Concerto NO PDF AVAILABLE
Mahler – Sym. #5, opening
Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel, reh 35 to 38 NO PDF AVAILABLE

Each excerpt may have more than one page, and each page is a separate PDF

Beethoven Page 1
Beethoven Page 2
Beethoven Page 3

Strauss Page 1 DON JUAN
Strauss Page 2 DON JUAN
Strauss Page 3 DON JUAN

Mahler

Tenor Trombone Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

TROMBONE (players who double on bass trombone, play half of each list)
Rosinni– William Tell---Letter C to Letter D
Sibelius – Sym. #7---First page soloNO PDF AVAILABLE
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique----4th Movement, big number 56-58
Wagner – Lohengrin, 3rd act NO PDF AVAILABLE
Schumman – Sym. #3---4th movement, measures 1-8
Ravel – L’Enfant du Sortileges NO PDF AVAILABLE


Some of the excerpts have multiple pages, each page is a separate PDF.

Berlioz Page 1

Rossini Page 1

Schumann

Percussion Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.


PERCUSSION

Snare Drum
Solo Etude of Choice
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Prokofiev – Sym. #5 NO PDF AVAILABLE
W. Schuman – Sym. #3 NO PDF AVAILABLE

Xylophone
Gershwin - Porgy and Bess NO PDF AVAILABLE
Stravinsky - Le Noce NO PDF AVAILABLE

Bells
Debussy - La Mer NO PDF AVAILABLE
Stravinsky - Petrouchka (Goldenberg) NO PDF AVAILABLE

Cymbals
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet NO PDF AVAILABLE
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto #2

Tambourine
Bizet - Carmen Suites 1 and 2

Timpani
Mozart – Sym. #39 NO PDF AVAILABLE
Beethoven – Sym. #9, mvt. 1, Scherzo
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis NO PDF AVAILABLE

All percussion students should prepare for all instruments. Each excerpt has several pages, each page is a separate PDF.

Cymbals- Rachmaninov page 1
Cymbals- Rachmaninov page 2

Snare- Rimsky Korsakov page 1
Snare- Rimsky Korsakov page 2
Snare- Rimsky Korsakov page 3

Tambourine- Carmen Page 1
Tambourine- Carmen Page 2
Tambourine- Carmen Page 3

Timpani- Beethoven Page 1
Timpani- Beethoven Page 2
Timpani- Beethoven Page 3
Timpani- Beethoven Page 4
Timpani- Beethoven Page 5
Timpani- Beethoven Page 6

Oboe Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

OBOE
Rossini – La Scala di Seta Overture---beginning to number 3
Stravinsky– Pulcinella NO PDF AVAILABLE
Strauss – Don Juan---letter L to letter N
Debussy– La Mer
Marcello – Concerto in C Minor, 1st mvt. exposition NO PDF AVAILABLE

Each page is a separate PDF.

Debussy La Mer Page 1
Debussy La Mer Page 2
Debussy La Mer Page 3
Debussy La Mer Page 4
Debussy La Mer Page 5
Debussy La Mer Page 6
Debussy La Mer Page 7
Debussy La Mer Page 8
Debussy La Mer Page 9
Debussy La Mer Page 10
Debussy La Mer Page 11
Debussy La Mer Page 12
Debussy La Mer Page 13

Rossini Page 1

Strauss Don Juan Page 3


ENGLISH HORN – (all play who wish to be considered for doubling)
Ravel – Piano Concerto in G, long solo

Horn Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

HORN---updated August 21st---Borodin is no longer required
Mahler – Sym. #3, 4th horn part at the recap in mvt. 1
Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel---horn call
Shostakovich – Sym. #5, mvt. 1, low horn part
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite---hunting variation NO PDF AVAILABLE
Mozart– Sym. #41, mvt. 4 NO PDF AVAILABLE

The Mahler has multiple pages and each page is a separate PDF.

Mahler Page 1
Mahler Page 2
Mahler Page 3
Mahler Page 4
Mahler Page 5
Mahler Page 6

Strauss

Shostakovich 5

Flute Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

FLUTE (all excerpts can be found in Baxtresser’s orchestral excerpt book)
Debussy– Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Beethoven– Leonore #3
Bizet – Entracte from Carmen Suite
Mendelssohn – Scherzo from “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, solo
Strauss– Salome

Each excerpt may have multiple pages, and each pdf is a separate page unless otherwise noted.

Debussy Prelude-Faun Page 1
Debussy Prelude-Faun Page 2
Debussy Prelude-Faun Page 3
Debussy Prelude-Faun Page 4

Beethoven Page 1
Beethoven Page 2
Beethoven Page 3
Beethoven Page 4

Bizet- Carmen

Mendelssohn Scherzo Page 1
Mendelssohn Scherzo Page 2
Mendelssohn Scherzo Page 3

Prokofiev Peter & the Wolf Page 1
Prokofiev Peter & the Wolf Page 2

Strauss- Salome

PICCOLO – (all play who wish to be considered for doubling)
Tchaikovsky – Sym #4, mvt. 3

Euphonium Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

EUPHONIUM

All Students auditioning for Wind Ensemble rotation, please prepare two contrasting
etudes plus one standard orchestral excerpt. (i.e. Holst – The Planets; Mousorgsky/Ravel
– Pictures at an Exibition)

This excerpt has multiple pages, each pdf is one page

Holst Page 1
Holst Page 2

UPDATED: Clarinet Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

CLARINET (all excerpts in Bonade’s Orchestral Excerpt Book, pub. Leblanc)
Mendelssohn – Sym. #4, Saltarello
Brahms – Sym. #1, Andante Sostenuto, 1st 2 lines (transpose and play on Bb)
Borodin – Polovetsian Dances, Presto and Allegro Vivo solos
Beethoven – Sym. #4, mvt. 2, 2nd solo, page 4 for 3 lines
Shostakovich – Sym. #1, mvt. 1 solos, Allegretto and Allegro non troppo, all on p. 64
Sibelius – Sym. #1, opening, 1st 3 lines

Each Excerpt is a separate PDF.

Please note: We've obtained cleaner copies, please see below (8/12/09)

Mendelssohn 4

Brahms 1

Borodin

Beethoven 4 CORRECTED

Shostakovich 1

Sibelius 1

Eb CLARINET and BASS CLARINET
All candidates who wish to be considered for doubling, prepare one selection of your
choice

Jazz Audition Requirements

Jazz Audition Instructions and Excerpt Information
Fall 2009

Combo Assignments will be available by August 31, 2009

Instrumental Auditions
Large Jazz Ensemble Auditions- Jazz Orchestra, Guitar Ensemble, Latin Jazz Ensemble

Requirements include:
Sight reading
Anthropology by Charlie Parker tempo half note=approx 116
*Melody and one chorus of blowing BY MEMORY! (only jazz majors)
Play along will be with the publication “10 Bebop Classics-Jazz Play Along [Vol.5] Hal Leonard”
Scales possibly
Bass/Guitar/Piano-will need to play melody, walk a chorus, improvise chorus on Anthropology.
Drums-will need to play with metronome at half note=116 playing time while complimenting the melody, sight reading may be required with play along tracks.

The director of the ensemble reserves the right to make personnel changes in the first week of rehearsals and also reserves the right to create a call back audition if necessary.


Vocal Jazz Auditions- Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Two memorized solos (one ballad and one up tempo, including improvisation of at least 16 bars)
Sight-reading
Accompanist will be provided

Cello Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

CELLO
Beethoven – Sym. #8, mvt. 3 trio,
Mozart – Sym. #35, mvt. 4, measures 134-182
Brahms – Sym. #3 mvt. 3 measures 1-48


Each Excerpt may be multiple pages long, and each page is a separate PDF.

Beethoven 8 Page 1
Beethoven 8 Page 2

Brahms 3 Page 1

Mozart 35 Page 2
Mozart 35 Page 3

PRINCIPAL CELLO – (in addition to above)
Rossini- William Tell, solo

Rossini Principal Cello
Please note- the Rossini is a large file, 6 pages long in one pdf, down load may take a while.

Bassoon Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

BASSOON
Tchaikovsky – Sym. #5, mvt. 3
Beethoven– Sym. #4, mvt. 4
Stravinsky – Rite of Spring, opening
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, 2nd movement opening and cadenzas
Brahms – Sym. #4, opening mvt. 2
Mozart – Sym. #35, mvt. 4

Each Excerpt may be multiple pages long, and each page is a separate PDF

Tchaikovsky 5 page 1
Tchaikovsky 5 page 2
Tchaikovsky 5 page 3

Beethoven 4 Page 1
Beethoven 4 Page 2

Stravinsky Rite o' Spring

Scherezade page 1
Scherezade page 2

Brahms 4

Mozart 35 Page 1
Mozart 35 Page 2

CONTRABASSOON
All candidates who wish to be considered for doubling, prepare one selection of your
choice

Bass Trombone Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

BASS TROMBONE (players who double on tenor trombone, play half of each list)

Haydn – Creation NO PDF AVAILABLE
Nielsen – Flute Concerto NO PDF AVAILABLE
Wagner – Lohengrin, 3rd act
Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries


Each Excerpt may be multiple pages long, and each page is a separate PDF


Wagner Valkyrie Page 1
Wagner Valkyrie Page 2

Wagner Lohengrin

String Bass Excerpts

Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided

Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.

BASS---updated August 14th, 9:30 a.m.
Beethoven – Sym. #5, 3rd mvt.---first 16 bars of both the scherzo and trio NO PDF AVAILABLE
Mozart– Sym. #40, mvt. 1---measure 114 to measure 138
Brahms – Sym. #1, mvt. 4----measure 257 to letter N


Each Excerpt is multiple pages long, and each page is a separate PDF


Brahms 1, Page 1
Brahms 1, Page 2
Brahms 1, Page 3
Brahms 1, Page 4
Brahms 1, Page 5

Mozart #40

PRINCIPAL BASS – (in addition to above)
Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals, The Elephant

Saint Saens Carnival Page 1
Saint Saens Carnival Page 2