ORCHESTRA AUDITION EXCERPTS

NOTE:  FALL 2013 string excerpts are now posted below. 
All other instruments please consult with your major professor for current audition information.

NOTE:  Many of the audition excerpts are password-protected PDF files. TO OBTAIN THE PASSWORDS:   Email Colleen Sheinberg at colleens@unm.edu. (Be sure to indicate what instrument you play so that you will receive the correct password). SPECIFIC MATERIAL TO PREPARE:   Please refer to the information below for details about what sections you should prepare for the audition.

violin I:

• Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger — from 4 measures before H to K
• Handel, Sinfonia from Messiah — from beginning to end of page 1 (no slow introduction)
• Additional excerpts — Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 as marked:  Mvt I: 22-56, 346-362; Mvt II: 106-123, 164-E, 183-195; Mvt IV: 422-445

violin II:

• Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger — from 4 measures before H to K
• Handel, Sinfonia from Messiah — from beginning to end of page 1 (no slow introduction)
• Additional excerpts — Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 as marked:  Mvt I: 94-110, 270-300; Mvt 2: B-86; 182-195; Mvt III: 177-197; Mvt IV: 407-435

viola:

• Handel, Sinfonia from Messiah — mm. 22-50 and mm. 75-87
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 — Mvt I: 143-195, 271-300; Mvt II: 1-10, 48-59, 98-106; Mvt III: 46-97; Mvt IV: 407-445, 474-513

cello:

• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 — Mvt II: Theme and 3 variations as marked; Mvt III: 1-218; Mvt IV: passage in 3rds as marked (mm. 509-513, note tenor clef)

bass:

• Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger — beginning to 1 after A; J to end
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 — Mvt II: C-downbeat of 123; Mvt III: beginning to 5 after A, 140-218

Winds & brass:

Please contact your major applied instructor for information about excerpts.

percussioN:

Please contact Prof. Scott Ney to obtain the percussion excerpts:  lsney@unm.edu, 505-277-2324.