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.