The Gainesville Orchestra Auditions

Violin Audition List:

• Solo: Concerto of choice
• Mozart Symphony #35, 1st mvt., mm 15-35
• Beethoven Symphony #3, Scherzo beginning through 1st ending, ms 163)
• Brahms 1st Symphony 1st movement, through letter B (1st page)
• Strauss, Don Juan, 1st page

Viola Audition List:

• Solo: Concerto of choice
• MOZART Symphony No. 35 Finale Letter D to E
• BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor -Mvt. 2, beginning to m. 37, m. 98-106
• MENDELSSOHN Scherzo from “Midsummer Night’s Dream” mm 17 through mm 92 (D)
• BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, viola soli from first page
• STRAUSS, Don Juan, 1st page

Cello Audition List:

• Solo: Concerto of choice
• BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
• Mvt. 2, beginning to m. 10, m. 49-59, m. 98-106
• BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F Major, 3rd movement (Trio)
• BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Mvt. 2, mm. 1-18
• MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, Mvt.1, mm. 114-138
• STRAUSS Don Juan, 1st page

Bass Audition List:

• Solo: Concerto of choice
• Mozart Symphony #35, mvt. I, betinning to mm 48
• Mm 59 to B
• Beethoven Symphony #5, mvt. III, beginning to 4 after A
• Trio to 23 after B, no repeats
• Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, mvt. 1, letter P to 10 after Q
• Prokofiev Lt. Kije – Solo

Clarinet Audition List:

• Solo of choice (on clarinet or bass)
• MAHLER Symphony No.9 in D Major • Movement 2; 25th bar of Figure 19 to 26th bar of Figure 21
• STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel (in B)
• 5 bars before “35″ to 3 bars before “38″
• WAGNER: Die Gotterdammerung – Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
• 5 bars before “15″ through “16″
• RAVEL La Valse [9] – [12]; and [56] – 5 m. after [58]; and 2 m. before [63] – [66]

Contra Bassoon Audition List:

• Solo Material:
• Mozart Clarinet Concerto K.622: Mvmt. 1 exposition
• Mvmt. 2 opening to downbeat of m. 54
• orchestral excerpts:
• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6
• Mvt. I, 2 measures before K to 18 after K
• Mvt. II, 1 measure before D to 1 before E
• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8
• Mvt. III: Trio
• RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol
• Mvt. I, A to B and C to 11 measures before the end
• RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherezade
• Mvt. II: Recitative
• Mvt. IV: Letter I to K
• RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
• Mvt. III: Pickup to 13 to downbeat of 15
• SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8
• Mvt. II: mm 66-83; mm 225-233
• TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
• Mvt. I, pickup to mm 116-125
• Mvt. II, mm 232-241; mm 299 (final solo)
• Mvt. III, pickup to one after F to mm.193

Trumpet Audition Repertoire (Solo Material):

• 1st Movement of a standard concerto of applicant’s choice

Trumpet Audition Repertoire (Orchestral Excerpts):

• Symphony Pathetique Tchaikovsky - Allegro molto vivace “B” – “Y” in excerpt book
• Symphony #9 Beethoven Last mvt. - Allegro assai “B” – play 38 measures

Principal Trombone Audition Repertoire September 24, 2016:

• Solo: David (ed. Müller): Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra, Op.4 [A] to [C]

• Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626, Tuba Mirum [Trombone 2] Beginning for 18 measures
• Ravel: Boléro [10] to [11]
• Rossini: Overture to William Tell [C] to 9 after [D]
• Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ” in C minor, Op. 78, Movement I [Q] to [R]
• Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 4 before [36] to 4 before [38]
• Wagner: Ride of the Valkyires Pickup to [11] to 5 after [12]

Horn Audition Repertoire

• Solo Material: Exposition of Mozart Concerto No. 2 or 4

• Beethoven Symphony #3, 2nd horn, Trio
• Beethoven Symphony #6, 1st horn, Mvt 3, ms. 132-161 (50 after A – 77 after A)
• Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, 1st horn, opening
• Shostakovich Symphony #5, 1st horn, low horn tutti
• Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel, 1st horn, opening, and 8 before 28 – 38
• Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, 1st horn, Mvt. 2, solo

All excerpts can be found on hornexcerpts.org. Sight Reading may be required