Photography by Bob Young
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS FOR STRINGS, WOODWINDS, BRASS, PERCUSSION AND HARP
Violin
1. One three-octave major scale and one three-octave minor scale (one scale playing quarter notes with quarter note = 80, the other scale playing 16th notes with quarter note = 80).
2. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Viola
1. One three-octave major scale and one three-octave minor scale (one scale playing quarter notes with quarter note = 80, the other scale playing 16th notes with quarter note = 80).
2. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Cello
1. One three-octave major scale and one three-octave minor scale (one scale playing quarter notes with quarter note = 80, the other scale playing 16th notes with quarter note = 80).
2. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Bass
1. One major scale in two or more octaves and one minor scale in two or more octaves (one scale playing quarter notes with quarter note = 80, the other scale playing 16th notes with quarter note = 80).
2. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Flute
Scales: Sixteenth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 80 beats per minute:
1. One Major Scale of your choice, in two octaves – tongued
2. One Minor Scale of your choice, in two octaves – slurred
3.. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
4. Piccolo audition: 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Oboe/Eng. Horn
Scales: Sixteenth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 80 beats per minute:
1. One Major Scale of your choice, in two octaves – tongued
2. One Minor Scale of your choice, in two octaves – slurred.
3. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
4. English Horn audition: 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Clarinet/bass clarinet
Scales: Sixteenth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 80 beats per minute:
1. One Major Scale of your choice, with 3 or more sharps or flats, in two octaves – tongued
2. One Minor Scale of your choice, with 3 or more sharps or flats, in two octaves – slurred
3. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
4. Bass clarinet: 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Bassoon
Scales: Sixteenth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 80 beats per minute:
1. One Major Scale of your choice, in two octaves – tongued
2. One Minor Scale of your choice, in two octaves – slurred
3. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Horn
Scales: Should be memorized, and played in sixteenth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 80 beats per minute:
1. One Major Scale of your choice, in two octaves – tongued.
2. One Minor Scale of your choice, in two octaves – slurred.
3. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Trumpet
Scales: Should be memorized, and played in sixteenth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 72 beats per minute:
1. One Major Scale of your choice, in two octaves – tongued.
2. One Minor Scale of your choice, in two octaves – slurred.
3. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Trombone
Scales: Should be memorized, and played in sixteenth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 72 beats per minute:
1. One Major Scale of your choice, in two octaves – tongued.
2. One Minor Scale of your choice, in two octaves – slurred.
3. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
4. Bass Trombone: 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Tuba
Scales: Should be memorized, and played in sixteenth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 72 beats per minute:
1. One Major Scale of your choice, in two octaves – tongued.
2. One Minor Scale of your choice, in two octaves – slurred.
3. 2 minutes of a prepared solo.
Percussion
1. Intermediate Snare Studies - Study 17 up to bracket. Rolls should be buzzed, not double stroked.
3. Rudiments - to be played at a speed you are comfortable with and repeated multiple times: 5-stroke roll, single paradiddle, flam, drag
4. Discuss your experience with mallet percussion, timpani, and auxiliary percussion (tambourine, crash cymbals, triangle, etc.)
Harp
Solo: A short solo work of your choice.