Orchestra Auditions

High School Audition Information

Entry Deadline: On entry website

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Violin

Etude #1 - Wohlfahrt, Book 2, Op. 45, No. 32 - #12 - Quarter Note = 132

Carl Fischer Edition 02466X - page 24

• 8/1 Region Cut - Beginning to the downbeat of measure 57 (play the downbeat)

Etude #2 - Wohlfahrt, Book 2, Op. 45, No. 34 - #14 - Dotted Quarter Note = 90-104

Carl Fischer Edition - 02466X - page  26

• 8/1 Region Cut - Measure 25 to the end 

• 9/1 Tempo changed

Viola

Etude #1 - Wohlfahrt, Book 2, Op. 45, No. 32 - #12 - Quarter Note = 132

Carl Fischer Edition - 02660X - page 24

• 8/1 Region Cut - Beginning to the downbeat of measure 57 (play the downbeat)

Etude #2 - Wohlfahrt, Book 2, Op. 45, No. 34 - #14 - Dotted Quarter Note = 90-104

Carl Fischer Edition - 02660X - page 26

• 8/1 Region Cut - Measure 25 to the end 

• 9/1 Tempo Changed

Cello

Etude #1 - Dotzauer/Grant, Fundamentals of Violin Cello Technique - #145 - Quarter Note = 72-84

Ludwig Publishing BK - 16 - pages 32-33 

Errata: Top line only (5/6)

• 8/1 Region Cut - Measure 9 to the downbeat of measure 37

Etude #2 - Schroeder 170 Foundation Studies Book 1 - #38 - Dotted Quarter = 60

Carl Fischer Edition - 02469 - pages 26-27

• 8/1 Region Cut - Pickup to measure 9 (start on the mf) to the downbeat of measure 35 (play the downbeat)

Bass

Etude #1 - Sturm - 110 Studies, No. 1 - Quarter Note = 85-95

International Edition - No. 2079 - page 2

• 8/1 region cut - m. 5 - end.

Etude #2 - Simandl New Method for Double Bass - No. 2 - Quarter Note = 95 - 110

International Edition - No. 1296 - page 4

• 8/1 region cut: Beginning - m. 33

Harp

Etude #1 - Emma Wood, Chorale - Quarter note = 96-116

Music Works Harp Edition - Harp Solos (Graded Recital Pieces) Book 1 - Groth Music: MWHE01

MS Audition Cuts - Posted above.

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HS Audition Music and Errata

Violin Selection 1

Book: 24 Caprices for Violin
Editor: Rode/Galamian
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: 2066

Etude: Introduzione & Agitato e con fuoco, No. 24, page(s) 50-51
Tempo: Quarter Note = 54–60

Area Cut: Track 5

Violin Selection 1 Errata:
Tempo at Agitato goes to Quarter Note = 108-120 (posted 5/1)
m. 7-11- one bow per measure (posted 5/2)
m. 9- All downbow with a slight detache breaks in sound for shifting. (posted 5/1)
m. 58- should have "ten." like measures 52, 54, and 56. (posted 5/5)
m. 80- alternate fingering acceptable- may stay in 5th position then shift down to 3rd position in m. 81 (posted 5/5)
m. 89- beat 2 (E) starts with a 1st finger, continuing the progression from previous beats. (posted 5/5)

Violin Selection 2

Book: Etude Spéciales, Op. 36, Book I
Editor: Mazas (Galamian)
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 2177

Etude: Romance, No. 18, page(s) 23
Tempo: Dotted Quarter Note = 44–50

Area Cut: Track 1

Violin Selection 2 Errata:
Start at m. 21 - e minor section (posted 5/1)
m.28- last note (B) should be played regular, not a harmonic (posted 5/5)
m. 43- beginning dynamic should be mf (posted 5/5)
m. 56- should have the > on beat 2 like m. 60. (posted 5/5)
Printed alternate fingerings in parenthesis are acceptable (posted 5/1)

Viola Selection 1

Book: 16 Fantasy Etudes for Viola
Editor: Fuchs
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 2786

Etude: Aria Parlante (Andante), No. 14, page(s) 28-29
Tempo: Half Note = 46–52

Area Cut: Track 1

Viola Selection 1 Errata:
m. 5, 31, and 79- the second note (A) should be played with the second finger on the D string (posted 5/1)
m. 16 and 42- should be played on the D string (posted 5/1)
m. 21 and 47 - should be played on the G string (posted 5/1)
m. 74 and 88- the fourth, fifth and sixth notes are played using half-string octave harmonics on the G and D strings (the notated pitch is the sounding pitch) (posted 5/1)
m. 75- continues the upbow from the previous measure (posted 5/1)
m. 76, beat 3 - shift to 3rd position (same as mm. 2 and 28) (posted 5/8)

Viola Selection 2

Book: 41 Caprices, Op. 22 for Viola
Editor: Campagnoli
Publisher: Peters
Edition: EP2548

Etude: Allegro Moderato, No. 3, page(s) 4-5
Tempo: Dotted Quarter Note = 60–69

Area Cut: Track 3

Viola Selection 2 Errata:
m. 7- play beat 2 entirely in first position, shift to 3 on beat 3 (posted 5/1)
m. 15- play beat 1 starting on 3rd finger (second position), play beat 2 starting on 3rd finger (first position) (posted 5/1)
m. 15- beat 3, first note - D-natural also applies to the upper octave through beats 3 and 4 (posted 5/8)

Cello Selection 1

Book: 40 Studies High School of Cello Playing, Op. 73
Editor: Popper (Stutch)
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 811

Etude: Andante grazioso, No. 22, page(s) 46-47
Tempo: Quarter Note = 90–104

Area Cut: Track 5

Cello Selection 1 Errata:
M. 30- this measure can be more improvisatory in nature and as such bowing is left up to the performer with a focus on intonation and maintaining rhythmic integrity. (posted 5/6)
M. 45 - On beat 4 the first 16th note should be an E Natural not an E Flat as the carryover accidental indicates. (posted 5/1)
M. 10 - beat 4 dotted eighth note should be played as a harmonic. (posted 5/1)

Cello Selection 2

Book: 170 Foundation Studies for Violoncello, Vol. 3
Editor: Alwin Schroeder
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Edition: CF.O2471

Etude: Adagio, più mosso ma non troppo, No. 143, page(s) 15-17
Tempo: Quarter Note = 70–76

Area Cut: Track 3

Cello Selection 2 Errata:
Tempo for the "piu mosso ma non troppo" should be: Quarter Note = 86-92 (posted 5/1)
Stop at the end of page 2 (m. 61) (posted 5/1)

String Bass Selection 1

Book: 57 Studies, Vol I
Editor: Storch-Hrabe (Zimmermann)
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 1034

Etude: Andante, No. 23, page(s) 23-24
Tempo: Dotted quarter = 48–56

Area Cut: Track 3

String Bass Selection 1 Errata:
m. 36- play the last two notes of the measure separate up bows. (posted 6/4).

String Bass Selection 2

Book: 12 Studies
Editor: Libon/Sankey
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 3098

Etude: Moderato, No. 8, page(s) 10
Tempo: Quarter Note = 60–70

Area Cut: Track 1

String Bass Selection 2 Errata:
m. 41- the last 16th note is an F natural. (posted 5/2)
There is a missing bar line between m. 48 and 49. (posted 5/1)

Harp Selection 1

Book: Jazz Band, Op. 33
Editor: Marcel Tournier
Publisher: Lyra Music Company
Edition:

Etude: Jazz Band, Op. 33
Tempo: Quarter Note = 132–152

Area Cut: Track 5

Harp Selection 1 Errata:
m. 36-37, and m. 40-41- the left hand glissandi should be an octave higher than the written notes (posted 6/9)
m. 51- beat 2 eighth notes are played as a slide (posted 5/1)

Harp Selection 2

Book: Watching the Wheat
Editor: John Thomas
Publisher: Salvi Publications or Lyra Music Company
Edition:

Etude: Watching the Wheat (Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn)
Tempo: Quarter Note = 56–69

Area Cut: Track 3

Harp Selection 2 Errata:
No repeats (posted 5/1)
m. 3, 5-6, the D is natural throughout these measures in all registers. (posted 6/9)
The last 6 measures, the arpeggio is an E double-flat all the way up. (posted 5/1)
mm. 48 and 51, the last note of beat 2 should be F not E. (posted 5/15)

Piano Selection 1

Book: 12 Etudes of Dexterity, op. 41; Louise Farrenc
Editor: Farrenc / Gena Raps
Publisher: Louise Farrenc - Hildegard Publishing
Edition: UPC: 6-80160-10197-9

Etude: Andante con moto , No. 5 (beginning - end of m.59), page(s) 13-14
Tempo: Eighth Note = 98–108

Area Cut: Track 5

Piano Selection 1 Errata:
m. 30- tempo is eighth note = 110-120 (posted 5/1)
m. 31- the first chord should be F#-G#-C# rather than E-F#-C#. (posted 6/29)

Piano Selection 2

Book: Three Preludes for Piano
Editor: Gershwin
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Edition:

Etude: Prelude 3, Allegro Ritmato e Deciso
Tempo: Quarter Note = 106–116

Area Cut: Track 1