Concert Orchestra Audition Requirements

Please prepare a single video with all of the components (scales/arpeggios and solo):

• Scales/arpeggios – please see below for details. 
• One solo work of your choice, between 2 and 4 minutes in length. Select a piece that demonstrates your technical ability as well as your musicality. 
  
  

Violin 

• G Major and D Major Scales – 2 octaves 
• A Major and C Major Arpeggios – 2 octaves ​

Viola 

• C Major and G Major Scales – 2 octaves 
• D Major and F Major Arpeggios – 2 octaves

Cello 

• C Major and G Major Scales – 2 octaves 
• D Major and F Major Arpeggios – 2 octaves

Bass

• G Major and F Major Scales – 1 octave

Winds and Brass

• B-flat Major and E-flat Major Scales – 1 octave (2 octaves, if possible) 
• Chromatic scale (starting note, your choice) – 1 octave 

Percussion 

• Snare Drum – Etude from Goldberg: Modern School for Snare Drum, or comparable etude.
• Timpani – Two Drum Etude, from Goodman: Modern Methods for Timpani, or comparable etude.
• Mallet Demonstration – on xylophone, marimba, etc.​

​Harp

• Arpeggios-A7, G7, C7; 2 octaves up and down, root position.
• Glissando-starting on C with B# and Fb pedals.
• Solo/etude of choice that best demonstrates your musicianship.