OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

AUDITION EXERPTS

VIOLIN
Concerto of your choice (1st Movement)
Violin Orchestral Excerpts (provided here as downloadable PDF files)

• Mozart – Symphony #39, K. 543, 4th Mvt. Beginning to m. 41
• Brahms – Symphony #3, Op. 90, 1st Mvt. Beginning at letter B
• Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream “Scherzo”, Beginning to m. 99
• Prokofiev – Classical Symphony, Op. 25, 1st Mvt. Beginning to 4 bars after #8
• R. Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20, Beginning to m. 60

VIOLA
Concerto of your choice (1st Movement)
Viola Orchestral Excerpts (provided here as downloadable PDF files)

• Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo
• R. Strauss – Don Juan, beginning to 4 before B
• Brahms – Haydn Variations, Var. 5 – beginning to letter H; Entire Var. 7; Finale bars 361-380
  

CELLO
Concerto of your choice (1st Movement)
Cello Orchestral Excerpts (provided here as downloadable PDF files)

• Bach – Continuo for bass aria “Mein teurer Heiland”, Mm. 1 - 20
• Beethoven – Symphony #5, 2nd Mvt., Mm. 1 – 10; Mm. 49 – 59; Mm. 98 - 106
• Brahms – Symphony #2, 2nd Mvt., Beginning to 4 measures before letter A
• Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo
  

PRINCIPAL BASSOON
Concerto of your choice (1st Movement)
Bassoon Orchestral Excerpts (provided here as downloadable PDF files)

• Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Overture, Mm. 139 - 164
• Ravel – Bolero, Bassoon 1 Solo
• Ravel – Piano Concerto in G, combine 1st and 2nd parts, 5th meas. of 14 to 3rd meas. Of 16
• Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, Slow Mvt. Solo at end
• Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6, Mvt. 1, opening solo
  

FRENCH HORN
Concerto of your choice (1st Movement)
French Horn Orchestral Excerpts (provided here as one downloadable PDF file with all exerpts in the same file)

• Mahler – Symphony No. 1, II. Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell ms. 133-175
• R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel, Op. 28, Gemächlich (beginning – 1
• Brahms – Symphony No. 1, Op. 68, II. Andante sostenuto ms. 91-105
• Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, Op. 64, II. Andante cantibile, con alcuna licenza dotted quarter = 54 ms. 9-28
• Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, III. Adagio molto e cantabile quarter = 60 ms. 83-121