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Strings Audition Information

 

Violin (BM)

An accompanist is neither required nor provided. You may bring an accompanist at your own discretion.

 

  • Two contrasting movements from Bach solo sonatas or partitas.
  • Scales with arpeggios and double stops.
  • The first movement of a standard concerto such as Mendelssohn, Vieuxtemps, Wienyavsky, Bruch, Lalo, or Viotti.

 

Viola (BM)

An accompanist is neither required nor provided. You may bring an accompanist at your own discretion.

 

  • Etudes from Hans, Sitt, Dont, or Kreutzer
  • One movement from a sonata such as the Marcello Sonata in E Minor or others of equal difficulty
  • Major and minor scales

 

Cello (BM)

An accompanist is neither required nor provided. You may bring an accompanist at your own discretion.

 

An Etude (choose one)

  • Popper, “High School of Cello Playing”
  • Grutzmacher, Book One (Nos. 1-12)

A Sonata (choose one)

  • Breval, G major (1st mvt., Cassado ed.)
  • Francoeur, E major (1st and 2nd mvts., Schott ed.)

Bach

  • Bach Prelude and any other movement from Suites 1, 2, or 3

Concerto (choose one)

  • Lalo (D minor, 3rd mvt.)
  • Haydn (C major, 1st or 3rd mvt.)
  • Saint-Saens (entire concerto)
  • Elgar (1st and 2nd mvts.)
  • Dvorak (1st mvt.)

Scales and arpeggios of choice.

 

Double Bass (BM)

An accompanist is neither required nor provided. You may bring an accompanist at your own discretion.

 

  • One movement from any bass concerto
  • One movement from any Bach Suite
  • Two orchestral excerpts of your choice

 

Harp (MM)

An accompanist is neither required nor provided. You may bring an accompanist at your own discretion.

 

  • Perform two works of contrasting styles and periods from memory to be chosen from the below pieces or of equivalent or higher difficulty

·         Handel Concerto for Harp

·         Nadermann Sonata

·         Boschsa Etudes

·         Bach-Grandjany Etudes

·         Salzedo Chanson dans la nuit

·         Tournier Etude de concert: Au matin

                  One orchestral excerpt of your choice

                  Sight reading

 

 

Updated on 10/03/2018