Auditions: Excerpts
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Due to licensing issues, AYPO is not permitted to post certain excerpts online. If one of your excerpts is not posted, you will receive a copy by e-mail once your application has been processed. All excerpts are marked with brackets to indicate the sections to be used for auditions. AYPO suggests that musicians listen to a recording of the work prior to preparing the excerpts. Excerpts are the same for both Round 1 and Round 2.

STRINGS: These excerpts are for advanced level only. Preparatory level does not use excerpts for Round 1. Preparatory level excerpts for Round 2 will be e-mailed to applicants in May.

VIOLIN [download]
Advanced level only - read above for details
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 (Classical)

VIOLA [download]
Advanced level only - read above for details
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture

CELLO [download]
Advanced level only - read above for details
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 (Classical)

BASS [download]
Advanced level only - read above for details
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Overture

WOODWINDS: Excerpts listed are for both preparatory and advanced levels unless otherwise noted.

PICCOLO [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Rossini – Semiramide Overture
Ippolitov-Ivanov – Caucasian Sketches

FLUTE [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8

ENGLISH HORN [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture
Debussy – Noctures (Fetes)
Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez

OBOE [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3
Brahms – Symphony No. 3
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6
Bizet – Symphony No. 1

CLARINET [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Symphony No. 3
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5
Sibelius – Symphony No. 1

E flat CLARINET [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé
Copland – El Salón México

BASS CLARINET [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5
Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé
Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels

BASSOON [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4
Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Overture
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9

BRASS: Excerpts listed are for both preparatory and advanced levels unless otherwise noted.

FRENCH HORN [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Brahms – Symphony No. 2
Brahms – Symphony No. 4
Dvorak – Symphony No. 9
Kopprasch Etude #15

TRUMPET [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Beethoven – Leonore Overture
Moussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Stravinsky – Petrushka
Respighi – Pines of Rome

TROMBONE [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Berlioz – Hungarian March
Ravel – Bolero
Wagner – Die Walküre
Rossini – William Tell Overture

BASS TROMBONE [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Berlioz – Hungarian March
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Brahms – Symphony No. 4
Wagner – Die Walküre

TUBA [download]
All applicants must prepare:
Tchaikovsky – Symphonie pathétique
Berlioz – Hungarian March
Wagner – Die Meistersinger

PERCUSSION Possible sight reading on mallets and snare drum.

All applicants [download]
Timpani: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
Snare Drum: Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Xylophone: Kabalevsky - Colas Bruegnon
Glock: Mozart – Magic Flute

To be considered for AYP [download]
Timpani: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
Snare Drum: Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Xylophone: Kabalevsky - Colas Bruegnon
Glock: Mozart – Magic Flute
Marimba: Bach – Presto from G Minor Violin Sonata
Snare Drum: Delecluse – Etude #1 from Douze Etudes

HARP

Preparatory level only [download]
Bizet – Carmen Entr’acte
Borodine – Polovetsian Dances

Advanced level only [download]
Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov – Cappricio Espagnol
Verdi – La Forza del Destino
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker

QUESTIONS? Browse through the Auditions pages (including the Frequently Asked Questions section) or contact the AYPO office: manager@aypo.org, (703) 642-8052.

Page last updated: February 17, 2012 2:18 PM