Everyone is required to prepare one solo piece. Sight reading may be requested. Seating Auditions will take place on August 17-18 at BMC 159
WW/Brass Tuesday, August 23 2-6 PM
Strings Wednesday August 24 1-6 PM
For questions, contact UNLV Orchestras Director Taras Krysa- taras.krysa@unlv.edu
All music is available free of charge online.
Violin
- Mozart: Symphony #39, First Mov. Beginning to mm.16; 2nd Mov. beginning through mm. 38; Fourth Mov. Beginning to mm. 78
- Strauss: Don Juan, First page only
- Schumann: Symphony #2, Second mov. Scherzo Beginning to 20 after K
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3, First Mov. Beginning to B
- Rimsky Korsakov Sheherazade all solos(only if auditioning for Concertmaster position)
Viola
- Strauss Don Juan, Beginning to Letter D
- Berlioz Roman Carnival, 1to 4
- Mozart Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” Last Mov. mm.134-181
- Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Second Mov, Beginning to Letter C
Cello
- Brahms, Symphony #2, Second Mov. Beginning to A
- Mendelssohn Scherzo from “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Letter C to D
- Mozart Symphony No. 35, Fourth Mov. mm. 134-181
- Strauss Don Juan Beginning through letter C
Double Bass
- Beethoven Symphony #9, Fourth Mov, Beginning through Mm. 91
- Mozart Symphony # 40 First Mov. Mm. 114-133
- Mozart Symphony No. 39, First mov. mm. 14-21 and mm. 40-97
- Strauss Heldenleben, Rehearsal 9 to 6 measure after rehearsal 12
Flute
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 (beg. to m. 25 & ms. 328-360)
- Debussy: Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune (complete)
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (4th Mvt., 13 aft. D to 8 bef. E)
Oboe
- Brahms: Violin Concerto (2nd Mvt., beg. to m. 32)
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (2nd Mvt., A – D)
- Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude & Menuet)
- Strauss: Don Juan (L to N)
English Horn
- Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture – (M. 21-37; M. 53-66)
- Dvořák Symphony No. 9 – Movement II (M. 7-19)
Clarinet
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 (2nd Mvt., F to 7 bef. G)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (2nd Mvt., D to E)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (2nd Mvt., beg. to B)
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)
Bassoon
- Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro - (beg. to m. 24 & ms. 156-171)
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (2nd Mvt., m. 5 to A & L to M)
- Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (beg. to 3 aft. 3)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (2nd Mvt., last 31 bars)
Horn
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (3rd Mvt., Trio [2nd horn])
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (3rd Mvt., ms. 82-98 [4th horn])
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (3rd Mvt., F to G)
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (beg. to 5 aft. 1)
- Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (beg. to 1)
Trumpet
- Bizet: Carmen (Prélude, Andante moderato to end)
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (1st mvt., beg. to 6 aft. 1)
- Schumann: Symphony No. 2 (1st Mvt., first 13 bars [1st & 2nd tpts.])
- Strauss: Don Juan (F to G)
- Stravinsky: Petrouchka, 1911 version, reh. 69-70 (Ballerina’s Dance) or 1947 version reh. 134-139
Trombone
- Berlioz: Hungarian March (Rakoczy) (6 bef. 4 to 5 [2nd trb.])
- Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (1st Mvt., 13-17)
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (62 to 75 [2nd trb.])
- Ravel Bolero reh 10 to reh 11
Bass Trombone
- Haydn: The Creation (No. 26, beg. to C)
- Schumann: Symphony No. 3 (4th Mvt., beg. to 13 aft. A)
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (61 to 65)
- Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser (A to B
Tuba
- Berlioz: Hungarian March (Rakoczy) (4 to 5)
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (1st Mvt., 3 to 6)
- Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger (J to L)
Timpani
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 (3rd Mvt., A to D.C. & 4th Mvt., 18 bef. E to end)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (1st Mvt., 20 bef. C to 2 aft. C & 4th Mvt., 7 bef. K to end)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (1st Mvt., beg. to A & 18 bef. S to end)
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (1st Mvt., beg. to C & 4th Mvt., 9 aft. Q to end)
- Elgar: Enigma Variations (Mvt. VII))
- Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (1st Mvt., beg. to A)
- Sibelius: Finlandia (D to H)
- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (103 to 117 & 189 to end)
Percussion
Xylophone
- Stravinsky: The Firebird (127 to 133)
Glockenspiel
- Debussy: La Mer (2nd Mvt.)
- Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz [No. 5])
Snare Drum
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (3rd Mvt., D to G & 4th Mvt., M to U)
Bass Drum
- Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (72 to end of Part I)
Cymbals
- Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Tambourine
- Dvorák: Carnival Overture (beg. to C & 8 bef. U to end)
Triangle
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (3rd Mvt., I to end)