Precollege applicants:
Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla – opening to letter “C”

College applicants:
Brahms Haydn Variations #5

Beethoven’s 5th symphony
Movement II: Pickups to mm. 1-10
Movement II: mm. 49-59
Movement II: mm. 98-106

Select ONE of the 3 excerpts below. You do not have to prepare all three, just either #1, or #2, or #3

1. Beethoven Symphony no.5, mvt 3: Scherzo (mm. 1-78) AND Trio (pickup to m. 141 to 178) with no repeat
OR
2. Wagner Die Miestersinger Prelude: rehearsal J to rehearsal N
OR
3. Mozart’s Symphony no. 40 mvt. 1, pickup to m. 115 to m. 138

Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo: 2 bars before letter P until the end
Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe: 176 until 2 bars after 179

Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses 1st mvmt.
Shostakovich 1st symphony, 3rd movement

Select TWO of the excerpts below:

Beethoven, Symphony 8, movement 3, Trio only
Brahms, Symphony 3, movement 2, measures 1-22
Kodaly, Galanta Dances, measures 31-65
Mendelssohn, Scherzo, measures 1-48 from a Midsummer Nights Dream
Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2, beginning through tied C at 47

Mozart Marriage of Figaro overture
1st bassoon – mm. 139 to 171

Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade
1st bassoon – 2nd movement solo and cadenzas

All applicants ( pre-college and college):
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Mvt 3, Horn 1 — 50 after A through 79 after A
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Mvt 2, Horn 1 — 8 before A through 13 after A

For college applicants only (optional for pre-college students):
4 — Shostakovich: Symphony No 5, Mvt 1, Horn 1 — 3 after 17 through the first bar of 21

Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition
Beginning to rehearsal 2

Mahler 5th symphony
Beginning to 5 after reh. 1
1 before reh. 13 to reh. 14

Tenor Trombone
Select ONE of the two solo’s listed below:
Grondahl – Concerto, mvt. 1
OR
David – Concertino, mvt. 1

AND

Select TWO of the excerpts listed below:
Tomasi – Fanfares Liturgiques, mvt. 2 (Evangile – solo)
Strauss – Ein Heldenleben (Battle Scene – trombone 2)
Mozart – Tuba Mirum
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis (March)

Bass Trombone
Select ONE of the solos listed below:
Lebedev – Concerto in One Movement
OR
Bozza – New Orleans

AND

Select TWO of the excerpts listed below:
Haydn – The Creation (Achieved is the Glorious Works)
Respighi – Fountains of Rome
Wagner – Das Rheingold (Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla)
Berlioz – Hungarian March

Berlioz – Hungarian March – Reh. 4 to 4 measures after Reh. 5
Prokofiev – Symphony #5, 1st mvt., Reh 3 to the end of the passage
Wagner – Meistersinger Overture J – L

Solo: one solo on each snare drum ( Delecluse, Peters, Cirone etc…), timpani ( Deleclude, Hochrainer, Carter etc…),  and marimba ( bach, or contemporary solo).

If the solo work is over 10 minutes, or multi-movement, selections or a single movement – example:  Druckman, Reflections on the Nature of Water, 1st and 2nd movement only would be enough.

Snare drum – Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade 4th movement letter P-R

Xylophone – Gershwin Porgy and Bess, opening as it appears in the Goldenberg Book

Timpani – Beethoven 9th Symphony Coda of the first movement

Tambourine – Dvorak Carnival Overture, beginning to letter C

Two contrasting works that represent both lyrical and technical ability

Two contrasting orchestral excerpts
OR
An unaccompanied solo work and an orchestra excerpt

Composition applicants should submit scores of PDF ’s two contrasting works written for solo, chamber or large ensemble (orchestra, chamber orchestra or wind band). Recordings or midi realizations are not required but encouraged. In addition, two letters of recommendation are required.

A video audition is required. Videos must be in the orchestra’s POV and give focus upon the conductor. The video must include at least two contrasting works and not exceed 15 minutes. Videos should show applicants conducting a full orchestra, wind ensemble or chamber ensemble. Applicants may also submit videos with piano, but an ensemble of at least six musicians is preferred.

Two contrasting arias