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2012-2013 Orchestra Audition Information and Excerpts

Auditions will take place September 5-7, 2012. Sign up for an audition time by visiting N222 in the
Arts and Communication building. For more information, contact Dr. Chmura-Moore, conductor of the
Symphony Orchestra, at chmuramd@uwosh.edu.
Information related to registration, orchestra policies, and semester scheduling can be found in the
class syllabus. This document can be downloaded online at:
www.uwosh.edu/music/ensembles-1/university-symphony-orchestra/
The rst rehearsal is scheduled for Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 4:10 PM in Music Hall located in
the Arts and Communication building.
Freshmen and transfer students: Perform a solo or etude of your choosing. You will also be asked
to perform scales and sight-reading. Plan for auditions to span ten minutes.
All other students: Perform the orchestra excepts found below that are associated with your
instrument. Sight-reading will also be asked. Plan for auditions to span ten minutes.
2012-2013 UWO Orchestra Excerpts 1
FLUTE
Play ONE excerpt from Column A (lyrical) and ONE excerpt from Column B (technical) found below.
Excerpts are drawn from Jeanne Baxtresser!s Orchestra Excerpts for Flute.
Column A (lyrical) Column B (technical)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 (mvt. 2) Mendelssohn, Midsummer!s Night Dream (Scherzo)
Brahms, Symphony No. 4 (mvt. 4) Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 (mvt. 4)
Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Prokoev, Peter & the Wolf (excerpt 1)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 (mvt. 2)
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Brahms, Symphony No. 4 (mvt. 4)
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Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
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Mendelssohn, Midsummer!s Night Dream (Scherzo)
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Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 (mvt. 4)
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Prokoev, Peter and the Wolf (excerpt 1)
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OBOE
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
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Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 (mvt. 2)
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CLARINET
Brahms, Symphony No. 3 (mvt. 2)
Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night!s Dream
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48 Etuden by Alfred Uhl (1 and 2)
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(optional) Strauss, Don Quixote (bass clarinet)
(optional) Ravel, Bolero (Eb clarinet)
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BASSOON
Stravinsky, Firebird ("Berceuse" solo)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 (mvt. 1)
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Dukas, Sorcerer's Apprentice
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HORN
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 2; in F)
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Mahler, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 2; in F)
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TRUMPET
Gershwin, An American In Paris
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
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Respighi, Fountains of Rome (beginning in Bb)
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TROMBONE
Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 4)
Wagner, Tannhauser
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Berlioz, Hungarian March
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BASS TROMBONE
Berlioz, Hungarian March
Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 4)
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Wagner, Ride of The Valkyries
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TUBA
Wagner, Die Meistersinger
Mahler, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 3)
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Prokoev, Symphony No. 5
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VIOLIN
Mozart, Symphony No. 35
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Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 3 and 4)
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Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique (mvt. 1)
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VIOLA
Mozart, Symphony No. 35
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Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 2)
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Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 (mvt. 1; play upper line)
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CELLO
Mozart, Symphony No. 35
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Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 3)
Brahms, Symphony No. 3 (mvt. 3)
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BASS
Mozart, Symphony No. 35
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Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (mvt. 3)
Mahler, Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 3)
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PERCUSSION
Excerpts to be assigned by Dr. Shaw.
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