Fall 2008 Auditions:
Please sign up on the audition sign-up sheet on the bulletin board outside 104 Morrsion Hall.
Music majors auditioning for Music 150A: All new and continuing students wanting to take Music 150A (private instruction on your instrument, for Music Majors only) sign up for an audition on Monday, August 27 if at all possible. Be sure to inform Prof. Milnes that you are auditioning for Music 150. For more information about Music 150A see: http://music.berkeley.edu/music150.html.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Note that, unless otherwise noted, the following audition requirements remain the same for each semester in which you audition for the symphony or Music 150A.
Auditionees on all instruments should prepare a solo piece which will demonstrate fast and slow playing (may be two different pieces or movements).
In addition auditionees should prepare two orchestral excerpts. String players should prepare the pieces listed below. Wind and brass players can choose from the solo passage orchestral excerpts listed below or other equivalent excerpts. All music is available in the Music Library in Morrison Hall. Suggested orchestral excerpts are listed below. You can download a .pdf* file of the music where indicated. Some pieces will have more than one page that you will need to download.
*.pdf fiiles can be opened using the freely available Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 5.0 or greater).
Violin Viola & Cello Bass Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon French horn Trumpet Trombone Tuba Percussion
Excerpts for String Players
Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 1st movement: .pdf ;
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement: .pdf
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement: Viola.mvt2.pdf ; Cello.mvt2.pdf
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement: Viola.mvt3.pdf ; Cello.mvt3.pdf
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, 2nd and 3rd movement: .pdf
Suggested Excerpts for Wind and Brass Players
Brahms, Symphony No. 4, 4th movement: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf , Pg3.pdf , Pg4.pdf
Beethoven, Leonora Overture No. 3: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf , Pg3.pdf , Pg4.pdf
Dvorák, Symphony No. 8, 4th movement: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf , Pg3.pdf
Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 1st movement Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf
Ravel, Le Tombeau Couperin: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf
Rossini, La Scala d'Seta Overture: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf , Pg3.pdf
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, 1st and 2nd movements: Mvt1.Pg1.pdf
, Mvt1.Pg2.pdf , Mvt1.Pg3.pdf
;
Mvt2.Pg1.pdf , Mvt2.Pg2.pdf
, Mvt2.Pg3.pdf
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8, 3rd movement: .pdf
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol Overture
Stravinsky, Firebird Suite, Berceuse: .pdf
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade: .pdf
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4, 4th movement
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, 1st movement: .Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf
Brahms, Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement: .pdf
Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition, opening solo: .pdf
Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf
Beethoven, Leonora Overture No.3: .pdf
Mozart, Requiem Tuba Miram: .pdf
Rossini, La Grazza ladra Overture: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf
Berlioz, Damnation of Faust, Rákóczi March: Pg1.pdf , Pg2.pdf
Wagner, Die Meistersinger, Prelude: .pdf
Wagner, Die Walküre, Ride of the Walküres: .pdf
Prepare mallet pieces
Updated 7/15/2008.
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