Beloit-Janesville Symphony 2017 Audition Excerpts
For all instruments, play the exposition of a solo of
your choice from the standard literature for your instrument (5 minutes
maximum), then play the excerpts listed in order.
Bass
Beethoven Symphony no. 9, mvmt 4, beginning to A
Mahler Symphony no. 1, 3rd mvmt solo
Strauss Don Juan, A-C
Cello
Beethoven 5, mvmt 2, Beginning to C
Strauss Ein Heldenleben, 1st page
Clarinet
Beethoven Symphony No. 8, mvmt 3, trio
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, 20 to 21
Horn
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Scherzo Trio (horn 2)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Low horn tutti and Largamente
Strauss Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, opening call
Oboe/English Horn
Mozart Concerto in C, I. Allegro aperto, beginning to end of exposition (m. 76)
Dvorak, Symphony no. 7, II., m. 1 - 8 (2nd oboe part)
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, II. Giuco delle copie, m. 25 - 44 and m. 180 - 197 (2nd oboe part)
(Eng. Horn) Bach Cantata 1, opening through measure 29
(Eng. Horn) Ravel, Piano concerto in G major, II. Adagio assai, m. 79 - 97
Percussion
(Tambourine) Dvorak Carnival Overture, opening to C
(Xylophone) Hary Janos Suite, opening to rehearsal 1
(Snare) Prokofiev Birth of Kije, rehearsal 1 to rehearsal 2
(Snare) Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnole, mvt 3 complete
(Cymbol) Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, 2 before O until 7 before P
Piano
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, mvt 2, 3 before 56 to the end of the mvmt
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, rehearsal 17 through 22
Trumpet
Mahler Symphony No. 5, beginning to rehearsal 2
Respighi Pines of Rome offstage trumpet solo
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, rehearsal 27 to 32
Viola
Tchaikovsky 1812 - pick-up to measure 165 to measure 198
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, mvt. 1 - 9 measures after rehearsal letter I to 5 measures after K
Mahler Symphony No. 5, mvt. 1 part 2 -
pick-up to rehearsal number 31 to rehearsal number 32 (important to
note, there are two sections to mvt. 1)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, mvt. 1 - measures 224 - 253
Violin
Debussy La Mer, 6 before rehearsal 34 to 5 after 38
Strauss Don Juan, 1st page