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Note:
'rhl' refers to a rehearsal letter or number; 'mm'
refers to specific measure numbers; 'mvt' refers to
specific movements.
Applicants
may also be asked to sight-read.
All
musicians must perform a 20th century/contemporary
piece.
Musicians
may provide their own accompanist, though one is not
required.
Bassoon
1) Mozart concerto - first movement
2) a 20th c./contemporary piece
3) excerpts (all first bassoon):
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4, mvt IV: solo
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, mvt II:
mm 177-248; mvt IV: mm 116-140
MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro Overture:
mm 101-123 and mm 139-171
RAVEL
Bolero: solo
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, mvt
II: opening solo and cadenzas
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring:
opening solo
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4, mvt
II: last 31 bars
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, mvt
I: mm 1-12
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Trumpet
1) Bach, Brandnberg Concerto 2, mvt. I
2) a 20th c./contemporary piece
3) excerpts (all first trumpet):
MAHLER
Symphony No. 3: posthorn solo (1 mm before rhl 14
to 3 mm after rhl 15);
Choral mvt 6: m} 251-267
MAHLER
Symphony No. 5, mvt I
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5, mvt
I
STRAUSS
Don Juan: 5 mm after rhl
F to 5 mm before rhl G
STRAVINSKY
Petrouchka, Ballerina's
Dance and Waltz
STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, Katschei's
Dance: 4 mm before rhl 2 to rhl 3; rhl 8 through 2
mm after rhl 11
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
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Violins
1) a movement from a concerto
2) a movement of Bach
3) a 20th c./contemporary piece
4) excerpts (all first violin):
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.3, mvt III, mm 1-70
BRAHMS
Symphony 4, mvt IV (mm 33 ‚
80)
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Scherzo: 8 mm before rhl A to 7 mm after rhl D
MOZART
Symphony No. 39, mvt II
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2, mvt I: beginning
to the first ending; mvt III: beginning to rhl B
STRAUSS
Don Juan, beginning to 13
after C
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Violas
1) a movement from a concerto
2) a movement of Bach
3) a 20th c./contemporary piece
4) excerpts:
BRAHMS
Symphony
No. 3, mvt I: mm 77-100 and mm 187-201; mvt IV: mm
1-18
BARTÓK
Music for Strings, Percussion
and Celesta, pick-up to m. 325 to m. 399
MENDELSSOHN
Midsummer Night's Dream,
Scherzo, beginning to D
SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht
(sextet version), viola I: mm 29-49, viola I &
II: 310- 337
STRAUSS
Don Juan: pickup to 2 mm
before rhl A to rhl B (mm 20-39)
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Violoncellos
1) a movement from a concerto
2) a movement of Bach
3) a 20th c./contemporary piece
4) excerpts:
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5, mvt III: mm 53-78 and mm 141-177
(no repeat)
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3, mvt I: mm
77-100 (rhl E to rhl G) and mm 187-201 (rhl L to rhl
M); mvt III: mm 1-16
DEBUSSY
La Mer, 2 before 9 to 6
after 9
STRAUSS
Don Juan: beginning to
rhl B
SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht;
measures 69-81, 161-168, 310-319
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Double
Basses
1) a movement from a concerto
2) a movement of a Bach suite
3) a 20th c./contemporary piece
4) excerpts:
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, last mvt: complete recitative
MOZART
Symphony No. 35, mvt IV:
mm 1-37 and mm 134-140
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5, mvt III
STRAUSS
Don Juan: rhl F to 4 mm
before rhl G; and 7 mm after rhl O to rhl S
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4, mvt
I: rhl B to rhl C, and rhl P to 8 mm after rhl Q
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