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CSUN Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra Auditions for 2022-2023

ALL ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS WILL BE DONE LIVE ON CAMPUS in ROOM 159
Audition Dates / Times and Excerpt info is included below


Friday, August 26
4-6 p.m.         All Brass


Saturday, August 27
10-1               Percussion Auditions
2:00-3:30       Required Percussion Area Meeting 
4-5 p.m.         Flutes
5-6:30 p.m.    Oboes / Clarinets / Bassoons
 

Sunday, August 28
10-1               Violins
2-3                Violas
3-4:30           Celli and Bass

  

EXCERPT INFORMATION

The exact excerpt passage can be found at orchestraexcerpts.com. You do not need to purchase excerpts from that site. Full parts can be found on the IMSLP website, New York Philharmonic Digital Archives site or in many excerpt books. Be sure to listen to recordings too!

Excerpt information is included toward the end of this page. Auditions will include only orchestra excerpts unless otherwise noted.

Please prepare only the portion of the excerpt shown on the website!!

https://orchestraexcerpts.com/

Violin

       Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 1 (page 1)

         Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 4 (33-80)

Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Mvt. 4 (two excerpts from violin 2)

 

Viola

       Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 3 (all 3 excerpts)

         Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)

         Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture (36-66)

 

Cello

       Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 2 (C until 55)

         Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 4 (B-D)

         Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream (C-D and N-O)

        

Bass

         Mozart: Symphony No. 41, mvt 4 (95-162)

         Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals (Mvt 5 – Elephant)

         Strauss: Don Juan (beginning to D)

 

Flute

Beethoven Symphony #3 Mvt. IV, bars 173-200

Brahms Symphony #4 Mvt 4, bars 89-105

Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer's Night's Dream

         2 bars before {P} to 23 bars after {Q}

PICCOLO: Rossini - Overture to Semiramide

8 bars before {U} to {U}

 

Oboe     

       Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Mvt 4 (9-35)

         Rossini: Overture to La Scala di Seta

 

Clarinet

       Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, (excerpts 1 and 3)

         Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Mvt. 2 (m 1-32)

 

Bassoon

       Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4 (374-436)

         Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (3 excerpts)

 

Horn

       Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 1 (B to E)

         Liszt: Les Preludes (55-86)

         Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night Nocturne (C to end)

      

Trumpet

       Beethoven: Leonore No. 3 (offstage fanfare)

         Gershwin: An American in Paris (4 bef 46 to 2 bef 47)

         Strauss: Don Juan (Trumpet 1 – Excerpts 1 and 2)

 

Trombone

       Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (Letter E - 2nd trombone!)

         Rossini: William Tell Overture (C to D)

         Mozart: Requiem (Tuba Mirum only beginning to B)

 

Bass Trombone

       Rossini: La Gazza Ladra (TB 3 – all 3 excerpts)

 

Tuba

       3 short orchestra excerpts of your choice

 

Percussion 

E-mail Dr. Roscigno for information.