Orchestra Audition Excerpts for Fall 2009:

STRINGS

Violin I: Beethoven, excerpt from Third Symphony (PDF, 692KB)
Violin I: Brahms, excerpt from Fourth Symphony (PDF, 1.6MB)
Violin I: Wagner, excerpt from Die Meistersinger Overture (PDF, 568KB)

Viola: Excerpts, various (PDF, 672 KB)

Cello: Excerpts, various (PDF, 556KB)

Bass: Franck, excerpt from Symphony in d Minor (PDF, 2.2MB)
Bass: Simandl, Etude #8 (from Thirty Etudes) (PDF, 596KB)

winds

Flute: Saint-Saëns, excerpt from Carnival of the Animals (PDF, 1.1MB)
Flute: Prokofiev, excerpt from Peter & the Wolf (PDF, 816KB)
Flute: Bach, excerpt from Overture in b minor (PDF, 576KB)

Oboe: Stravinsky, excerpt from Pulcinella (PDF, 1.2MB)
Oboe: Beethoven, excerpt from Symphony No. 7 (PDF, 1.3MB)

English Horn: excerpt from Franck Symphony, 2nd mvt (PDF, 704KB)

Clarinet: Mozart, excerpt from Concerto in A Major (PDF, 1.6MB)
Clarinet: Prokofiev/Peter and the Wolf & Respighi/Pines of Rome (PDF, 1.3MB)

Bassoon: Beethoven, excerpt from Symphony in c minor (PDF, 724KB)
Bassoon: Prokofiev, excerpt from Peter & the Wolf (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Bassoon: Tchaikovsky, excerpt from Symphony No. 4 (PDF, 700 KB)

Brass

Horn: Brahms, excerpt from Symphony No. 4, 1st mvt (PDF, 700KB)
Horn: Franck, excerpt from Symphony in d, 2nd mvt (PDF, 1.3MB)
Horn: Tchaikovsky, excerpt from Symphony No. 4 (PDF, 100KB)

Trumpet: Respighi, Pines of Rome, 1st mvt, tpt 1, beginning to 8 before [3] (PDF, 1.3MB)
Trumpet: Respighi, Pines of Rome, 2nd mvt, tpt 2, offstage solo (PDF, 416KB)
Trumpet: Franck, Symphony in dm, 1st mvt, tpt 1 (in F): 17 after [E] to [F] (PDF, 1MB)
Trumpet: Franck, Symphony in dm, 3rd mvt, cornet 2 (in Bb): 5 after [O] to [P] (PDF, 1MB)
Trumpet: Stravinsky, Petrouchka, 3rd part (not movement), tpt 1: 4 after [134] to [139] (PDF, 1.7MB)
Trumpet: Haydn, Concerto for Trumpet in Eb: first movement

Tenor Trombone: A solo of your choice
Tenor Trombone: Berlioz, excerpt from Hungarian March (PDF, 588KB)
Tenor Trombone: Mozart, excerpt from Tuba mirum from Requiem (PDF, 348KB)
Tenor Trombone: Ravel, excerpt from Bolero (PDF, 328KB)
Tenor Trombone: Wagner, excerpt from Ride of the Valkyries (PDF, 620KB)

Bass Trombone: A solo of your choice
Bass Trombone: Berlioz, excerpt from Hungarian March (PDF, 588KB)
Bass Trombone: Franck, excerpt from Symphony in d minor (PDF, 1.4MB)
Bass Trombone: Haydn, excerpt from The Creation (PDF, 672KB)
Bass Trombone: Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries (PDF, 572KB)

Tuba: Berlioz, excerpt from Hungarian March (PDF, 540KB)
Tuba: Prokofiev, excerpt from Symphony No. 5 (PDF, 624KB)
Tuba: Tchaikovsky, excerpt from Symphony No. 4 (PDF, 648KB)

Percussion — Assignments will be made as the result of auditions for the UNM Bands on Wed., Aug. 19. Excerpts (with recordings) are posted on the UNM section of Prof. Ney's website: http://www.scottney.com/