CONCERT Orchestra: Audition Excerpts

All members of the orchestra are expected to submit their audition video by the deadline of Tuesday, October 28.

Instructions:

• Please create one single video with all required excerpts. Cuts are not allowed within excerpts. You may do separate takes for each excerpt and stitch them together into a single video.
• An audible metronome must be used for your videos. The tempos are as follows:
  • Smyth: dotted quarter = 112
  • Brahms (vivo tempo): quarter = 148
• Upload your video to YouTube and make sure to set the video privacy to “unlisted.”
• Submit your audition on this Google form.

Audition Excerpts

Flute 1

• Smyth:  H to m. 233
• Smyth: m. 263 to M
• Brahms: (piccolo part): 8 before H to end

Oboes (both parts)

• Smyth: letter B to m. 53
• Smyth: m. 261 to M
• Brahms: 11 before H to end

Clarinets (both parts)

• Smyth: letter H to m. 228
• Smyth: m. 263 to M
• Brahms: letter G to end

Bassoon 1

• Smyth: letter H to m. 233
• Smyth: m. 263 to M
• Brahms: letter G to end

Horns (all parts)

• Smyth: m. 68, take 1st ending and repeat, end at m. 8
• Smyth: m. 182 to letter G
• Brahms: H to end

Trombones (both parts)

• Smyth: m. 68, take 1st ending and repeat, end at m. 8
• Smyth: m. 182 to letter G

Tuba

• Smyth: m. 179 to letter G
• Brahms: H to end

Violin 1

• Smyth: m. 106 to downbeat of m. 142
• Smyth: m. 265 to downbeat of M
• Brahms: letter G to end (play your assigned divisi)

Violin 2

• Smyth: m. 109 to downbeat of m. 142
• Smyth: m. 263 to downbeat of M
• Brahms: letter G to end (play your assigned divisi)

Viola

• Smyth: m. 105 to downbeat of m. 142
• Smyth: m. 263 to downbeat of M
• Brahms: letter G to end (play your assigned divisi)

Cello

• Smyth: m. 67, take 2nd ending, end at m. 86
• Smyth: 2 before E to downbeat of m. 142
• Brahms: letter C (take repeat and finish at second ending) – quarter note = 69

Bass

• Smyth: m. 35 to m. 51
• Smyth: 2 before E to downbeat of m. 137
• Brahms: letter H to end