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Auditions for the 2013-2014 Season
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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 email 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.

STRINGS (preparatory level only): There are no excerpts for preparatory level strings for Round 1 auditions in April. These excerpts are for Round 2 auditions in June.

PREPARATORY VIOLIN [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Aaron Copland: The Red Pony
Franz von Suppe: Overture to Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

PREPARATORY VIOLA [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Aaron Copland: The Red Pony
Franz von Suppe: Overture to Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

PREPARATORY CELLO [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Aaron Copland: The Red Pony
Franz von Suppe: Overture to Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

PREPARATORY BASS [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Aaron Copland: The Red Pony
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5, mvt. 4

STRINGS (advanced level only): Excerpts are the same for both Round 1 and Round 2 auditions.

ADVANCED VIOLIN [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. 4
Stravinsky: The Firebird (1919)

ADVANCED VIOLA [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. 4

ADVANCED CELLO [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. 2

ADVANCED BASS [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. 2

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

PREPARATORY FLUTE [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 4

ADVANCED FLUTE [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 mvt. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 4

PREPARATORY CLARINET [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
B-flat clarinet - Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo
B-flat clarinet - Strauss: Don Juan, measure M
C clarinet - Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Allegro giocoso
A clarinet - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Andante
Note: preparatory level may play all excerpts on B-flat clarinet but must transpose the Tchaikovsky and Brahms excerpts.

ADVANCED CLARINET [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
B-flat clarinet - Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo
B-flat clarinet - Strauss: Don Juan, measure M
A clarinet - Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Andante moderato
C clarinet - Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Allegro giocoso
A clarinet - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Allegro non troppo
A clarinet - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Andante
Note: A clarinet and B-flat clarinet are both required for the advanced level audition. Only the Brahms Symphony No. 4 should be transposed to B-flat clarinet.

PREPARATORY OBOE [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, mvt. 1
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 2

ADVANCED OBOE [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, mvt. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, mvt. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (2 pages)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 2

PREPARATORY BASSOON [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Mvt. 1

ADVANCED BASSOON [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, mvts. 4 and 5
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2 pages)
Prokofieff: Peter and the Wolf
Ravel: Bolero

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

FRENCH HORN [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, mvt. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, mvt. 4 (a and b)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, mvt. 2
Wagner: Gotterdammerung, Act I (short call)

TRUMPET [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. 1 (1st trumpet; a, b, and c)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 1 (1st trumpet; a and b)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 3 (1st trumpet)
Respighi: Pines of Rome, mvt. 2
Stravinsky: Petrushka, Tanz der Ballerine

TROMBONE [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, mvt. 5
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses, Turandot Scherzo
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses, mvt. 4
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser (1st trombone)

BASS TROMBONE [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Introduction
Franck: Symphony in D minor, mvt. 1
Franck: Symphony in D minor, mvt. 3
Wagner: Lohengrin, Overture to Act III
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, mvt. 4

TUBA [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, mvts. 4 and 5
Berlioz: Le Cosaire, Overture
Franck: Symphony in D minor, mvt. 1
Franck: Symphony in D minor, mvt. 3
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, mvt. 4

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

PICCOLO [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Prokofieff: Lieutenant Kije, mvt. 1
Brahms: Haydn Variations, Finale
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust, Dance of Sprites
Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione, mvt. 2

E flat CLARINET [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, mvt. 5
Copland: El Salon Mexico
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, mvts. 1 & 2

BASS CLARINET [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (2 pages)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, mvt. 1
Grofe: Grand Canyon, 2. Painted Desert and 3. On the Trail

ENGLISH HORN [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Franck: Symphony in D minor, mvt. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, mvt. 2
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole, mvt. 2 and 4 (2 pages)

PERCUSSION Possible sight reading on mallets and snare drum.

All Applicants [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Snare Drum - Prokofieff: Lt. Kije, mvt. 1
Snare Drum - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Glock - Stravinsky: Petrushka
Xylophone - Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet, Dance of the Rose Maidens
Timpani - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 1 (6 pages)

To be considered for AYP [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Snare Drum - Prokofieff: Lt. Kije, mvt. 1
Snare Drum - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Snare Drum - Delecluse: #2 from Douze Etudes
Glock - Stravinsky: Petrushka
Xylophone - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Xylophone - Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet, Dance of the Rose Maidens
Marimba - Bach: Courante from D Minor Partita
Timpani - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. 1 (6 pages)
Timpani - Hochrainer: Etude #48 from Book 1

HARP

Preparatory level only [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Meyer: Spring Breezes (3 pages)

Advanced level only [DOWNLOAD] Includes marked excerpts from:
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, mvt. 3
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol (2 pages)
Verdi: La Forza fel Destino, Overture

PIANO [Piano FAQ]

Advanced level only (there is no preparatory level piano) [DOWNLOAD]
Haydn: Trio I, Finale (8 pages)
Schubert: Nocturne (6 pages)
Bartok: Contrasts, mvt. 3 (10 pages)
Piazzolla: Cinco Piezas (6 pages)

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

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