AUDITION REPERTOIRE

FALL 2009 AUDITIONS FOR SYMPHONY BAND, CONCERT BAND, UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY, & PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRAS (not for Campus Bands or Orchestras)

Screened auditions except as noted. Audition sign-up sheets will be posted by Tuesday, September 1st on the Band and Orchestra Bulletin Boards next to Rm. 1320 (Rehearsal Hall). Be prepared to play the excerpts listed below and STRING PLAYERS should be prepared to play (2) minutes of a solo piece at any callback auditions.

ALL AUDITIONEES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN UP DURING THE AUDITION TIMES FOR THEIR INSTRUMENT.

SPECIAL NOTE: There may be callbacks for any string instrument. These callback auditions (which may or may not be screened) may be for final determination as to who will be in which orchestra, final placement between orchestras, or initial placement within the particular orchestral ensemble.

You may download the music by clicking the instrument links below. The majority of these pieces can also be found in standard excerpt books, or you can make a copy from the excerpts held on reserve in the Music Library (3rd floor) at the School of Music. If you have any problems getting the music, contact Mr. David Aderente (at aderente@umich.edu or U-M School of Music, 1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085) and a copy of all the excerpts will be sent to you.

FLUTE & PICCOLO – Friday, 9/4, 9:00-10:15am
Beethoven Leonore Ov. No. 3 (ms 328-360); Brahms Symphony #4: Mvt 4 (ms 93-105); Rossini William Tell Ov. (ms 181-
226); Strauss Salome: Salome's Dance (2 before D - 3 after H)
PICC: Prokofieff Lt. Kije Suite: Mvt 4 (1 before #51 - 3 after #52); Ravel Piano Concerto in G: Mvt 1 (solo)

OBOE – Thursday, 9/3, 9:00-10:15am
Bach St. Matthew Passion: No. 26 (1st choir); Beethoven, Symphony #9: Mvt 2 (ms 180-248, 454-489); Bizet Symphony
in C: Mvt 2 (1 before #7-10, play both Ob 1 & 2 parts); Variations on a Theme by Haydn: (ms 1-29, 264-292); Mozart
Quartet in F, K. 370 (368b): Mvt 1 (ms 1-63)

CLARINET – Thursday, 9/3, 2:00-4:45pm
Beethoven Symphony #4: Mvt 2 (ms 81-99); Symphony #8: Mvt 3 (minuet solo); Brahms Symphony #4:
Mvt 2 (ms 1-30); Dahl Sinfonietta: Mvt 1 (P-S); Mendelssohn Symphony #3: Mvt 2 (ms 1-102); Mozart Clarinet Concerto:
Mvt 1 (ms 57-98); R.-Korsakov Le Coq D'Or (#4-5)

BASSOON – Friday, 9/4, 11:00am-12:15pm
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn (ms 327-360); Mozart Serenade in Eb, K. 375: Mvt 1 (ms186-211); Ravel
Rhapsodie Espagnole: Mvt 1 (#8-9); Rossini Barber of Seville: No. 2 (ms 17-43); Stravinsky The Rake's Progress: Act I,
scene 3 Aria (#183 - 3 after189)

SAXOPHONE – Sunday, 9/6, 1:30-3:00pm
Creston Sonata: Mvt 2 (ms 1-37); Dahl Concerto (rev. 1953): Mvt 1 (start-F); Eccles/Rascher Sonata: Mvt 1; Heiden
Sonata: Mvt 2; Hindemith Symphony in Bb: Mvt 2 (ms 1-37); Ibert Concertino da Camera: Mvt 1; Lennon Rhapsody: Mvt
1 (M - 4 after N); Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: Mvt 2 (solo)

FRENCH HORN – Sunday, 9/6, 4:00-5:30pm
HORN 1: Franck Symphony in D Minor: Mvt 2 (ms 32-48); Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (solo);
Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3: Mvt 1 (ms 28-69); Wagner Das Rheingold: Prelude (opening); Siegfried: Siegfried's Call
(long call)
HORN 2: Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3 (ms 16-50 - Horn in D)

TRUMPET – Monday, 9/7, 9:00-10:15am
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: Mvt 1; Berstein West Side Story (ms 524-541, 679-700); Copland An Outdoor Overture
(ms 16-34); Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle; Schumann Symphony #2: Mvt 1
(ms 1-13); Strauss Don Juan; Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Danse Napolitaine (A-D)

TROMBONE (tenor) – Thursday, 9/3, 7:00-8:00pm
Bach Cello Suite No. 5: Sarabande (ms1-20); Berlioz Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March (ms 89-114); Ravel Bolero
(#10-11); Strauss Till Eulenspiegel (#35-38); Tomasi Fanfare Liturgiques: Mvt 2 (Evangile)

TROMBONE (bass) – Thursday, 9/3, 8:30-8:45pm
Bach Cello Suite No. 5: Sarabande (ms1-20); Berlioz Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March (ms 89-114); Hindemith
Symphony in Bb: Mvt 1 (ms 147-155); Strauss Till Eulenspiegel (#36-38); Wagner Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods
into Valhalla

EUPHONIUM – Sunday, 9/6, 12:30-1:00pm
Grainger Colonial Song (ms 21-45): Holst Suite in Eb: Chaconne (A-C); King Barnum and Bailey's Favorite; Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo; Sullivan Pineapple Poll: No. 1 (ms 5-26, 81-94); V. Williams Toccata Marziale (#14-end)

TUBA – Sunday, 9/6, 11:00am-Noon
Berlioz Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March (#20 - 2 after #21); Grainger "Shepherd's Hey" (ms 24-25,
42-81); Hindemith Sym. Metamorphosis: Turandot, Scherzo (L - 2 after P); Mahler Symphony #5: Mvt 5
(#21-24); Prokofieff Lt. Kije Suite: Mvt 5 (ms 48-51); Symphony #5: Mvt 1 (#3 - 7 after #5)

PERCUSSION – Friday, 9/4, 2:30-6:00pm
TIMPANI: Beethoven Symphony #7: Mvt 1 (ms 89-110, 411-end), Mvt 4 (ms 234-284, 388-432, 448-end); Brahms
Symphony #1: Mvt 4 (ms 419-end); Hindemith Sym Metamorphosis: Mvt 2 (M-Q, S-T)
CYMBALS: Sight-Reading
SNARE DRUM: Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: Mvt 2 (ms 1-9); R.-Korsakov Scheherazade (D-G, P-R)
XYLOPHONE: Copland Appalachian Spring Suite (5 after #48 - 4 after #49); W. Schuman Symphony #3:
Mvt 4 (ms 230-244); Messiaen Oiseaux Exotiques (#6-7)
GLOCKENSPIEL: Debussy La Mer: No.2 (4 after #25, 3 ms); Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice (#17-24)
TAMBOURINE: Stravinsky Petrouchka: Gypsies & a Rake Vendor(#201-206)
MARIMBA: Mackey Red Line Tango (ms 59-78)
VIBRAPHONE: Mackey Red Line Tango (ms 63-78, 109-120)

HARP – Thursday, 9/3, 11:00am-Noon
Debussy La Mer: No. 1 (5 after #3-6); Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Act 2 No. 13 (ms 6 - end of cad.); Wagner Tristan and
Isolde: Prelude & Love Death (20 before D - 10 after D)

PIANO – Monday, 9/7, 6:30-7:00pm
Copland Appalachian Spring: Suite (#9-14, #48-51); Mozart (a fast and a slow movement from same or different
sonata(s); Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: No. 3

VIOLIN* - Monday, 9/7, 12:30-3:00pm, 3:15-5:00pm (Callbacks begin ca. 5:15-5:30pm)
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo (start-E); Mozart Symphony #39: Mvt 2 (ms 1-53, 96-107), Mvt 4 (ms
1-42); Strauss Don Juan (Start-D, 10 after G - I)
CALLBACKS-in addition to a 2 minute solo-may include: Brahms Symphony #1: Mvt II (1 before E-end); R.-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Mvt 1 (ms 55-end), Mvt 3 (H-I), Mvt 4 (solo cadenza); Strauss Till Eulenspiegel #13-15)

*NOTE: There will be callback auditions for the USO (and possibly UPO) violin principals. Postings of those being called back
will be put up at the end of each of the two audition sessions.

VIOLA – Saturday, 9/5, 1:30-3:00pm (Callbacks begin ca. 3:15-3:30pm)
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo (start-D); Rossini La Gazza Ladra Ov; Shostakovich Symphony #5:
Mvt I (#15-17); Wagner Die Meistersinger Ov: (E-G)
CALLBACKS-in addition to a 2 minute solo-may include: Strauss Don Quixote (#26-34)

CELLO - Sunday, 9/6, 12:30-2:45 (Callbacks begin ca. 3:00-3:15pm)
Brahms Symphony No. 2: Mvt 2 (ms 1-32); Debussy La Mer: No. 1 (2 before #9 – 10); Strauss Ein Heldenleben (ms 1-49)
CALLBACKS-in addition to a 2 minute solo-may include any of the excerpts above

DOUBLE BASS – Saturday, 9/5. 11:00AM-Noon (Callbacks begin ca. 12:15-12:30 pm)
Brahms Symphony #2: Mvt I (E-F), Mvt IV (start-B); Mozart Symphony #39: Mvt I (ms 40-96),
Mvt IV (ms 104-105, 115-137)
CALLBACKS may include: Bach Orchestral Suite #2: Badinerie; Strauss Ein Heldenleben (#9-11, 1 before #49 for 5 ms)