Repertoire for Substitute & Extra Musician Auditions

(Repertoire subject to change)

Violin

Mozart - first mvmt of Concerto #3, 4, or 5 with cadenza.

(All First Violin Parts)

Strauss - Don Juan, page 1
Schubert - Symphony #2 in B flat: 1st mvmt. Allegro Vivace to letter C
Debussy La Mer - 2nd mvmt. six bars before reh. #34 until four bars after reh. #38
Schumann - Symphony #2, scherzo (no trio)

Possible Sight Reading

Viola

I. An Allegro movement of a concerto or sonata

II. Strauss - Don Juan, lst page
Beethoven - Symphony #5, slow movement
Brahms - Symphony #4, 4th mvmt, B-D (m. 41-80)

Possible Sight Reading

Cello

I. The exposition of an Allegro movement of a concerto

II. Beethoven - Symphony #5, Movement 2
Mozart - Symphony #35, Movement 4
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, 1st page

Possible Sight Reading

Bass

I. Solo of your choice

Beethoven - Symphony #5 - Movements II & III
Mozart - Symphony #40 - 1st movement only
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben - #9 to 6 bars after #12
Brahms - Symphony #2 - IV movement only

Possible Sight Reading

Harp

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol (Cadenza)
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker (Cadenza)

Possible Sight Reading

Flute & Piccolo

Flute (solos from:)

Beethoven - Leonore Overture #3
Brahms - Symphony #4
Debussy - Afternoon of a Faun
Ravel - Daphnis & Chloe #2
Mendelssohn - Scherzo from "Midsummer Nights Dream"
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf - #2 to #4
Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals - Voliere (Aviary)

Piccolo (optional):

Sousa - Stars & Stripes (in G)
Beethoven - Symphony #9
Tchaikovsky - Symphony #4 - scherzo
Ippolitow-Iwanow - Caucasian Sketches-Procession of the Sardar

Possible Sight Reading

Oboe

Rossini - Overture to the "Silken Ladder" (lst oboe)
Brahms - Symphony #l, Movement l and 2 (1st oboe)
Dvorak - Symphony #7 in d, Movement 2, (2nd oboe)
Brahms - Violin Concerto - Movement 2 (1st oboe)
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 - Movement 2 (2nd oboe)

Possible Sight Reading

English Horn

Berlioz - "Roman Carnival" Overture
Dvorak - Symphony #9 (New World)

Possible Sight Reading

Clarinet (See ** Note)

(All first clarinet)

I. Mendelssohn - Scherzo from "Midsummer Nights Dream"
Beethoven - Symphony #6 (1st, 2nd and 3rd movement solos)
Mozart - Concerto in A, K. 622, Exposition-lst movement
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol (1st, 3rd, & 4th movement solos)
Brahms - Symphony #3 (1st movement solos)
Beethoven - Symphony #8 (Trio)

II. If you wish to be heard on Eb clarinet, you must also play Section I;

Plus

Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel
Ravel - Bolero

III. If you wish to be heard on Bass Clarinet, you must also play Section I;

Plus

Strauss - Don Quixote
Grofe - On the Trail
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
Franck - D Minor Symphony

Possible Sight Reading

** NOTE CLARINET CANDIDATES: You are encouraged to audition on Eb and bass clarinet as well as Bb because many of the subbing opportunities involve these instruments.

Saxophone (See *Note)

(Soprano, alto, tenor)

Classical
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (alto)
PROKOFIEV Lt. Kije Suite (tenor)
RAVEL Bolero (soprano, tenor)

Possible Sight Reading

Pops
Sight Reading covering three (3) styles - jazz, popular, big band

If you wish to audition for Flute Double:

BIZET Carmen: Intermezzo

* NOTE Saxophone candidates please list major and secondary instrument in both sax and woodwind.

Bassoon

Mozart - Concerto - mvt. 1, exposition
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 - mvt.3 (6 after M to 2 before N) - bassoon 2
Brahms - Violin Concerto - 2nd mvt. opening - bassoon 2
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique - mvt. 4 (52 to 53), mvt. 5 (8 after 63 through 4th of 64) - bassoon 2/4
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture - m. 101 through downbeat of m. 123, m. 139 through downbeat of m. 171 - bassoon 1

Possible Sight Reading

Contra-Bassoon

PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to be heard on Contra-bassoon you must also audition on Bassoon.

Ravel - Mother Goose, 4th movement
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Brahms - Symphony No. 3

Possible Sight Reading

Horn

Mendelssohn - Midsummernight's Dream: Nocturne (1st horn)
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben (1st horn)
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel (lst and 3rd horn)
Shostakovich: - Symphony #5 (1st horn)
Stravinsky - Jeu de Cartes

Possible Sight Reading

Trumpet

Solo Repertoire:

Haydn Trumpet Concerto 1st Movement Exposition

Orchestra Repertoire:

1st Trumpet
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 Offstage Solo
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Opening Promenade
Resphigi Pines of Rome Offstage Solo
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 4th Movement: C-E, Q-R, T-U
Stravinsky Petrouchka (1947) Ballerina Dance

2nd Trumpet
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 1st Movement (opening fanfare)
Schumann Symphony No. 2 1st Movement (opening)

Sight Reading

Tenor Trombone

Berlioz - Hungarian March
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
Rossini - La Gazza Ladra
Mozart - Tuba Mirum
Ravel - Bolero

Possible sight-reading

Bass Trombone

Strauss - Ein Heldenleben
Wagner - Prelude to Act III, Lohengrin (both octaves)
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
Berlioz - Hungarian March
Brahms-Symphony No. 2  first movement

Possible sight-reading

Tuba

Vaughn-Williams - Concerto, 2nd Movement, 1st page
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, 4th and 5th Movements
Mahler - Symphony #l 3rd Movement
Prokofiev - Symphony #5
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner - Overture to "Die Meistersinger" (solo)

Possible sight-reading

Percussion

Triangle

DVORAK: Carnival Overture

Sight Reading

Tambourine

DVORAK: Carnival Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: "Trepak" from Nutcracker Suite
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances

Sight Reading

Snare Drum

RIMSKY KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol
BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture

Sight Reading

Cymbals

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony #4
RIMSKY KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol

Sight Reading

Xylophone

BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture
GERSHWIN: Porgy & Bess
SHOSTAKOVITCH: Polka, Age of Gold

Sight Reading

Bells

MOZART: Magic Flute

Sight Reading

Bass Drum

Sight Reading

Piano (Classical)

Stravinsky - Petrouchka
Stravinsky - Firebird
Saint Saens - Carnival of the Animals (1st piano part, 2 mvmts: "Aquarium" & "Finale")

Possible Sight Reading

Celeste

Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite (Sugar Plum Fairy mvmt)

Possible Sight Reading

Jazz Piano

Ray Noble - Cherokee
Dave Brubeck - It's A Raggy Waltz
Clifford Brown - Joy Spring
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven
Monk - 'Round Midnight
Duke - Prelude to a Kiss - Mercy-Mercy
Bernstein - The Mambo
W. C. Handy/arr. Chase - San Luis Samba

Possible Sight Reading

Guitar (Jazz)

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