Repertoire

Important note: when requesting specific excerpts via e-mail, please include your instrument on the subject of your e-mail.

VIOLIN REPERTOIRE

  1. R. Strauss: "Don Juan" from bar 1 until the end of 1st. page
  2. S. Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, I Mvt. (Allegro) from bar 1 until 4 bars after rehearsal number 8
  3. W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K. 385, (Haffner). I Mvt. (Allegro con spirito) from bar 1 to bar 73
  4. Brahms: Violin and Violoncello Concert, Op. 102, I Mvt. (Allegro) from letter A (bar 57) to letter D (bar 112)
  5. Free piece of your choice / Obra libre (approximate 2 minutes long)

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VIOLA REPERTOIRE 

  1. D. Shostakovich: Symphony Nr. 5, I Mvt. from rehearsal No. 15 to No. 17. * *This excerpts needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / este extracto debe ser pedido via e-mail to via email to mmontano@yoa.org
  2. R. Strauss, Don Juan, 1st Page / primera pagina
  3. Brahms, Symphony No. 2, II Mvt. Adagio non troppo: Letter / letra C to Letter D
  4. Brahms, Symphony No. 2, III Mvt. From Presto ma non assai (m. 33) to seven bars before letter C (m. 107)
  5. Britten, Young Person’s Guide: Variation F. * *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / este extracto debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org

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CELLO REPERTOIRE

  1. One movement from of Bach Suites numbers 4, 5, or 6 / Un movimiento tomad de las Suits para Cello solo No. 4, 5, or 6.
  2. Brahms: Symphony No. 2, II Mvt, bars 1 to 15. See PDF excerpt.
  3. F. Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Tempo beat= 88. See PDF excerpt.
  4. Richard Strauss: Don Juan (Universal Edition/U.E. 2089: page 19 complete + page 22 letter P- 8 measures) - see PDF excerpt
  5. Choose one from either excerpts (for tutti or principal cello chair) / escoja un estracto de los siguientes para para lo que le interese audicionar (principal o fila):
    1. For tutti: Benjamin Britten: The young Person's Guide to the orchestra. Variation "G" (titled by Britten "sing with splendid richness and warmth") * *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org/ este extracto debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org
    2. For principal: Schostakovich: Symphony Nr 1. IV Mvt, number 36 to 39 Largo. *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / este extracto debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org

NB: All and any bowings or numberings on the parts are merely suggestions.

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DOUBLE BASS REPERTOIRE

  1. W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40, 1 Mvt., bars 114-138 and 191-220
  2. R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, from 10 bars before E to 2 bars before F
  3. S. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64, V, from 4 bars after rehearsal 49 to 1 bar after rehearsal 50.
  4. A solo work of the player’s choice with or without orchestral accompaniment such as a concerto movement including a cadenza, a sonata, a solo Bach, etc. / Una obra libre con o sin acompanamiento de piano como por ejemplo un movimiento de un concierto con cadencia, una sonata, o Bach solo, etc.

NB: All and any bowings or numberings on the parts are merely suggestions.

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FLUTE REPERTOIRE

  1. L. V. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, beginning to bar 24 and bars 328- 360
  2. J. Brahms: Symphony No. 4, IV Mvt. from bar 93 to 105
  3. C. Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, beginning to rehearsal #1 and from rehearsal #2 to #3
  4. C. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: Volière (entire)
  5. I. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 version), Variation de l'oiseau de feu (entire)
  6. S. Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2. Mvt. II, 7 after No. 37 to Tempo I; Mvt. IV, opening to 59.
  7. D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1, Mvt. I, four bars after 13 to 14; Mvt. IV, 24-28. * *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / este extracto debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org
  8. B. Britten (Piccolo part) Fugue, opening to C . * *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / este extracto debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org
  9. G. Rossini (Piccolo part) Overture to Semiramide: 4 after G to letter H; 14 after T to U
  10. A melody or folk tune from your native country OR a solo work or orchestral excerpt of your choice not to exceed 3 minutes in length / Una melodia folclorica de tu pais O una pieza solista o un extracto orquestal de tu eleccion (maximo 3 minutos)

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CLARINET REPERTOIRE

  1. B. Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation C; and Con slancio (14 after M) to Animato (9 before the end)**These excerpts need to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / estos extractos debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org. 
    B. Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation C, y Con Slancio (l'istesso tempo) hasta animato 9 compases antes del final.
  2. D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 (move quickly from one excerpt to another) Mvt. 1, Beginning to #2; Mvt. 1, #8 to #9; Mvt. 4, #6 to #9; Mvt. 4, #11 to #12; Mvt. 4, #27 to #28 **This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / este extracto debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org
  3. Sibelius Symph. no 1 Scherzo: 6 after E to 6 after G
  4. L. V. Beethoven: Symphony No.6, I movement, from 2 before K to the end. II movement, from 1 before D to 2 before E
  5. S. Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Mvt. III, beginning to rehearsal number 47
  6. I. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919), Variation (complete)

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OBOE REPERTOIRE

  1. P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, II Mvt. (beginning solo); III Mov. (first solo)
  2. J. Brahms: Symphony No. 1, II Mvt. (first solo)
  3. J. Brahms: Symphony No. 2, III Mvt. (first solo)
  4. One non-classical work of the candidate's choice, representing that candidate's home country culture in a popular or folk style / Una obra no clasica libre que represente la cultura de tu paiz en estilo popular o folclorico

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BASSOON REPERTOIRE

  1. W. A. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, I movement
  2. P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, IV movement, from the beginning until 7 bars after B
  3. L. V. Beethoven: Violin Concerto, from pickup to 12 bars after C to 12 bars before D
  4. A melody or folk tune from your native country OR a solo work or orchestral excerpt of your choice not to exceed 2 minutes in length / Una melodia folclorica de tu pais O una pieza para fagot solista o un extracto orquestal de tu eleccion (maximo 2 minutos)

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FRENCH HORN REPERTOIRE

  1. R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (First horn opening solo)
  2. D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, I movement, low tutti from third measure after #17 to one after #21 (first horn part) **This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / este extracto debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org
  3. M. Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante Défunte (first horn solo)
  4. A melody or folk tune from your native country OR a solo work or orchestral excerpt of your choice not to exceed 2 minutes in length / Una melodia folclorica de tu pais O una pieza solista o un extracto orquestal de tu eleccion (maximo 2 minutos)

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TRUMPET REPERTOIRE

  1. L. van Beethoven: "Leonore Overture No. 3" (given excerpts)
  2. I. Stravinsky: Petruschka (given excerpt)
  3. B. Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Variation K (p. 3); and from letter K until the end (p. 5). )* *These excerpts need to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / este extracto debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org
  4. An improvisation, folk tune, or sample of current classical repertoire, accompanied or not, about 3 minutes long. / Una improvisacion, melodia folclorica, o un obra del repertorio clasico de tu eleccion, maximo 3 minutos

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TENOR TROMBONE REPERTOIRE

  1. W. A. Mozart: Requiem Mass, Tuba Mirum (beginning to bar 34)
  2. H. Berlioz: Marche Hongroise (Hungarian March from "The Damnation of Faust Op.24') (from bar 94 to bar 112)
  3. Free excerpt of your choice representing your country or culture (2 min. maximum) / Obra libre que represente tu paiz o cultura (2 min. maximo)

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BASS TROMBONE REPERTOIRE

  1. J. Haydn: The Creation, No. 26 Chorus (beginning to bar 13)
  2. Hector Berlioz: Marche Hongroise (Hungarian March from "The Damnation of Faust Op.24') (from bar 89 to bar 114)
  3. Free excerpt of your choice representing your country or culture (2 min. maximum) / Obra libre que represente tu paiz o cultura (2 min. maximo)

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TUBA REPERTOIRE

  1. H. Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust, scene I, from rehearsal #20 to the end (bar 156)
  2. R. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (given excerpt)
  3. Free excerpt of your choice representing your country or culture (2 min. maximum) / Obra libre que represente tu paiz o cultura (2 min. maximo)

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PERCUSSION and TIMPANI REPERTOIRE

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Applicants should perform the following works in the order below, according to the position they are auditioning for (i.e. Percussion or Timpani). Cuts/Edits are acceptable, but must only be made between pieces, and not within them. / Aplicantes deben grabar las obras en el orden dado de acuerdo a la posicion que esten aplicando (percusion o timpani). Pueden haber cortes entre obra y obra.

**Applicants may audition for Percussion or Timpani, or may apply for both Percussion and Timpani if they would like to be considered in both categories.

**Aplicantes pueden aplicar para percusion o timpani o para los dos percusion y timpani si quieren ser considerados para las dos categorias.

“PERCUSSION” AUDITION REPERTOIRE:

XYLOPHONE

  1. George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Overture) - m. 4 to m.18
  2. Aram Khachaturian: Dance of the Rose Maidens - #1 to #3 - #8 to the end
  3. D. Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture (2 measures after #9 to #12; 1 measure before #36 to 1 measure before #37) *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org

GLOCKENSPIEL

  1. Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome* - I Mvt. (Pines of the Villa Borghese) Beginning to 21 measures after #2; 13 measures after #7 to the end of the movement *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org
  2. W. A. Mozart: The Magic Flute (Finale from Act I of the Opera) Entire excerpt in "Allegro" section
  3. P. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice -4 measures after #17 to 4 measures after #19; #22 to #24

SNARE DRUM

  1. N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade -III Movement (letter D to letter E) -IV Movement (1 measure before letter C to letter D; 4 measures before letter N to 19 measures after letter N; and letter P to letter R)
  2. S. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé I Movement, /The Birth of Kijé ,/ #1 to #3
  3. ff roll (concert style) - 10 seconds pp roll (concert style) - 10 seconds pp cresc-ff-decresc pp roll (10 seconds total)

TAMBOURINE

  1. A. Dvorak: Carnival Overture - Beginning to 5 measures after letter A - 17 measures after letter K to 26 measures after letter K - Letter T to the end
  2. Emmanuel Chabrier: España, Rhapsody for Orchestra - 25 measures after letter A to 1 measure before letter B - Letter L to 4 measures before letter M
  3. ff roll (5 seconds) pp roll (5 seconds) pp cresc-ff-decresc pp roll (10 seconds total)

CYMBALS

  1. S. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 - #32 to 13 measures after #32
  2. P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
  3. Mvt. IV Finale - First 8 measures - 16 measures after letter H to the end
  4. P. I. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet - 2 measures before letter O to 12 measures after letter O
  5. Single crashes: 4 half notes ff - quarter=100 4 half notes mp - quarter=100

OTHERS

  1. Demonstrate your own abilities on Latin and / or Brazilian percussion with your choice of instruments from the following list: congas, timbales, bongo, tambora, maracas, pandeiro, repinique, tamborim, caixa. Please choose 2 (two) instruments to perform on and play for a maximum of 1 (one) minute on each instrument. Demuestre su habilidad en percusion Latina o Brasilera en su eleccion de instrumento de la siguiente lista: congas, timbales, bongo, tambora, maracas, pandeiro, repinique, tamborim, caixa. Escoja 2 instrumentos y toque por un maximo de un minuto cada uno.
  2. Play a solo of your choice (maximum length not to exceed 3 minutes) on one of the following instruments / toque un solo de su eleccion en un instrumento de los siguientes (maximo 3 minutos): Marimba, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Timpani, Snare Drum
  3. Note: published, unpublished, original, or improvised materials will all be considered appropriate, as well as a 3-minute section from a longer work.

“TIMPANI” AUDITION REPERTOIRE:

  1. Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses* - 5 measures after letter S to 1 measure before letter T - 7 measures after letter Y to the end *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org
  2. P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 - Mvt. I (letter T to 1 measure before letter V)
  3. W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 - Beginning to measure 16
  4. L. V. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Mvt. I - Pick up to measure 17 to measure 35 - Measure 297 to measure 345
  5. L. V. Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Mvt. I - Measure 89 to measure 110
  6. E. Elgar: Enigma Variations - Var. VII, Troyte (Beginning to #25) - Var. XI, G.R.S. (2 measures before #50 to the end of the variation)
  7. Carlos Chávez: Toccata - #40 to #42 - #55 to 2 measures after #62

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HARP REPERTOIRE

  1. B. Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variation I, Variation J, and Fugue beginning to end)*
    (Variacion I, Variacion J, y Fuga desde el principio hasta el final)*
  2. H. Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, 2nd Movement (from beginning to #35) (desde el principio hasta el #35)
  3. E. Chabrier – España (Beginning to 16 before B, and M-N) (Principio al 16, y M-N)
  4. M. Ravel: Tzigane (Cadenza)*
  5. G. Donizetti: Solo from Lucia Di Lammermoor, No. 2, Scena E Cavatina (given excerpt) (estracto dado en el documento PDF)
    *This excerpt needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / esta obra debe ser via e-mail to mmontano@yoa.org

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PIANO REPERTOIRE

  1. Any Chopin Etude except Op. 10 #3 or Op. 25 #1 and #2 / Cualquier estudio de Chopin excluyendo Op. 10 #3 or Op. 25 #1 and #2 
  2. Any chamber music piece (trio or bigger group), 1st. movement.  / Cualquier obra de musica de camera (trio o mas grande ensemble), primer movimiento.
  3. Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2*, From 74 to 121 -From 164 to 198 -From 282 to 345 *This excerpts needs to be requested via email to mmontano@yoa.org / Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2*, desde 74 a 121 - desde 164 a 198 - desde 282 a 345 *La partitura debe ser solicitado de mmontano@yoa.org