Audition Materials
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- Prepare three minutes of a solo of contrasting sections from your instrument’s standard repertoire
- Instrument-specific excerpts are linked below
Audition Materials - Strings
Violin
- Mozart – Symphony No. 39, Mvt 4 (beginning to Reh B)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (Quarter note = 95)
- Brahms Symphony No. 1 (leadership audition only)
Viola
Cello
- Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 (prepare both excerpts)
- Brahms – Symphony No. 2 (prepare mm. 1-15 only)
Bass
- Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Scherzo – Beginning to 5 after A
- Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 13 after P to the end of the excerpt
Audition Materials - Winds
Flute
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo (2 before [P] until End)
- Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Mvt. IV (8 before [D] until [E] with repeats
- Dvorak Symphony No. 9 – excerpt 1
- Dvorak Symphony No. 9 – excerpt 2
- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé [176] until 2m after [179]
Piccolo (optional but encouraged)
- Ravel – Ma mere l’oye Third movement (soloist line)
Oboe
NOTE: No solo required. Prepare all of the following excerpts.
- Rossini: Overture to La Scala di Seta (m 6 until [3])
- Strauss: Don Juan
- Mahler: Symphony No. 3, Mvt II
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Mvt. I
- Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Theme) Chorale St. Antoni w/repeats; Oboe II only
English horn (optional but encouraged)
Clarinet (Substitute only); solo required
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Mvt III
- Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Mvt. III (3m after [43] until [44])
- Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Mvt. III: [F] to 6 m. after [G]
2026 Section Clarinet + Bass Clarinet, Both Instruments are Required
No solo. Prepare excerpts as indicated, and play them in the order listed, with a pause between Clarinet and Bass Clarinet (or submit two separate videos)
Video A – Clarinet
- Borodin – Polovtzian Dances – Excerpt 2 – No. 17: Allegro vivo after [B] to 6 measures after [D]
- Puccini – Tosca (figure 11-12)
~ pause ~
Video B – Bass Clarinet
- Tchaikovsky – Party Scene from the Nutcracker (Excerpt 1 – No. 4 – Scène dansante: [33] to [34])
- Grofe – On the Trail from the Grand Canyon Suite (second excerpt)
- Gershwin – American in Paris (#15 to the 4h bar of figure 17 on the last page)
- Mahler – Symphony No. 2 – (Excerpt 1)
Bassoon (substitute)
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique IV. March to the Scaffold mm. 49-63
- Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream I. Scherzo mm. 1-26
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: Mvt II “The Kalendar Prince” m. 5 to Rehearsal A
Contrabassoon (prepare bassoon parts in addition; substitute)
Audition Materials - Brass
Horn III
- Exposition from a Mozart or Strauss horn concerto plus the following excerpts
- Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel (Excerpt 1, beginning to rehearsal 1)
- Franck – Symphony in D minor, Mvt II
- Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, Mvt III Horn II in E-flat
- Brahms – Academic Festival Overture – Horn III, excerpt 2, 12 before G to G only
Horn (sub)
- Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel
- Franck – Symphony in D minor, Mvt II
- Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, Mvt III Horn II in E-flat
- Von Weber – Overture to Der Freischutz Horn IV part
Trumpet
- Mahler – Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I, Trumpet I
- Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition – Opening Promenade
- Stravinsky – Petrouchka
- Beethoven – Leonore No. 2 (offstage trumpet)
Trombone – Second
- Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3 Mvt I Excerpt from Q to R
- Mozart – Requiem, Tuba Mirum only
- Berlioz – Hungarian March Play 1st trombone only
- Wagner – Die Walkure Play 2 excerpts, 1st trombone only for both excerpts
- Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis Play 3 excerpts, 1st trombone only for all excerpts
Trombone – Bass
- Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 Bass Trombone, Mvt. 3, Excerpt 2
- Mahler Symphony No. 2 – Trombone 4 Excerpt 1
- Mahler Symphony No. 2 – Trombone 4 Excerpt 2
- Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Resurrection” Bass Trombone (Page 5)
Excerpt 1 – Start: Allegro Maestoso after B to 11 before D
Excerpt 2 – 21 after E to 14 before G - Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture Trombone 3, Excerpt 1, 7 after 19, through 6/8 bar
Tuba (Substitute)
Expires 01/01/2070
Audition Materials - Percussion
Section Percussion Candidates
Video round: Snare Drum + one of the following: Xylophone, Cymbals, Triangle or Tambourine
In person round: All
Principal Percussion Candidates
Video Round: Section Percussion + Timpani
In person round: All
Cymbals Excerpt
Expires 12/31/2050
Snare Drum Excerpt
Expires 12/31/2050
Tambourine Excerpt
Expires 12/31/2050
Timpani Excerpts
Expires 12/31/2050
Triangle Excerpt
Expires 12/31/2050
Xylophone Excerpt
Expires 08/31/2050