Audition Information

Seating auditions will take place Tuesday through Thursday, August 22 through 24, 2023 in the Choir Room, BMC 159.

  • Woodwinds and Brass: Tuesday, August 22, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
  • Strings: Wednesday, August 23, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • Thursday, August 24, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Reserve Audition Time

Please reserve your audition time online.

Repertoire

All music is available free of charge online at IMSLP Petrucci Music Library.

  1. Mozart: Symphony #39, First Mov. Beginning to mm.16; 2nd Mov. beginning through mm. 38; Fourth Mov. Beginning to mm. 78
  2. Strauss: Don Juan, First page only
  3. Schumann: Symphony #2, Second mov. Scherzo Beginning to 20 after K
  4. Brahms: Symphony No. 3, First Mov. Beginning to B
  5. Rimsky Korsakov Sheherazade all solos (only if auditioning for Concertmaster position)

  1. Strauss Don Juan, Beginning to Letter D
  2. Berlioz Roman Carnival, 1 to 4
  3. Mozart Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" Last Mov. mm.134-181
  4. Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Second Mov, Beginning to Letter C

  1. Brahms, Symphony #2, Second Mov. Beginning to A
  2. Mendelssohn Scherzo from “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Letter C to D
  3. Mozart Symphony No. 35, Fourth Mov. mm. 134-181
  4. Strauss Don Juan Beginning through letter C

  1. Beethoven Symphony #9, Fourth Mov, Beginning through Mm. 91
  2. Mozart Symphony # 40 First Mov. Mm. 114-133
  3. Mozart Symphony No. 39, First mov. mm. 14-21 and mm. 40-97
  4. Strauss Heldenleben, Rehearsal 9 to 6 measure after rehearsal 12

  1. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 (beg. to m. 25 & ms. 328-360)
  2. Debussy: Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune (complete)
  3. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)
  4. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (4th Mvt., 13 aft. D to 8 bef. E)

  1. Brahms: Violin Concerto (2nd Mvt., beg. to m. 32)
  2. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (2nd Mvt., A – D)
  3. Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude & Menuet)
  4. Strauss: Don Juan (L to N)

  1. Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture – (M. 21-37; M. 53-66)
  2. Dvořák Symphony No. 9 – Movement II (M. 7-19)

  1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 (2nd Mvt., F to 7 bef. G)
  2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (2nd Mvt., D to E)
  3. Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (2nd Mvt., beg. to B)
  4. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

  1. Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro - (beg. to m. 24 & ms. 156-171)
  2. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (2nd Mvt., m. 5 to A & L to M)
  3. Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (beg. to 3 aft. 3)
  4. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (2nd Mvt., last 31 bars)

  1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (3rd Mvt., Trio [2nd horn])
  2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (3rd Mvt., ms. 82-98 [4th horn])
  3. Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (3rd Mvt., F to G)
  4. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (beg. to 5 aft. 1)
  5. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (beg. to 1)

  1. Bizet: Carmen (Prélude, Andante moderato to end)
  2. Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (1st mvt., beg. to 6 aft. 1)
  3. Schumann: Symphony No. 2 (1st Mvt., first 13 bars [1st & 2nd tpts.])
  4. Strauss: Don Juan (F to G)
  5. Stravinsky: Petrouchka, 1911 version, reh. 69-70 (Ballerina’s Dance) or 1947 version reh. 134-139

  1. Berlioz: Hungarian March (Rakoczy) (6 bef. 4 to 5 [2nd trb.])
  2. Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (1st Mvt., 13-17)
  3. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (62 to 75 [2nd trb.])
  4. Ravel Bolero reh 10 to reh 11

  1. Haydn: The Creation (No. 26, beg. to C)
  2. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 (4th Mvt., beg. to 13 aft. A)
  3. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (61 to 65)
  4. Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser (A to B)

  1. Berlioz: Hungarian March (Rakoczy) (4 to 5)
  2. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (1st Mvt., 3 to 6)
  3. Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger (J to L)