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PYPO AUDITION MUSIC

VIOLIN
Concerto in A minor Opus 21, Pgs. 1-2 (by Rieding/Bosworth)
Excerpt (2.5 min.) from concerto/sonata of your choosing
C Major scale in addition to Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

VIOLA
Concerto in G Major, mvt. 2 (by Telemann-International/Katims Edition)
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

CELLO
Suite #1 in G Major - mvt. 1
(by Bach-Fournier / International)
Another solo of your choosing
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

STRING BASS
L’elephant from “Carnival of the Animals” (by Saint Saens-Garban/Presser)
Major scales up to 2 sharps/2 flats, memorized

FLUTE
Chopin Variations on a Theme (by Rossini/Rampal)
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

OBOE
Concerto G minor #3 - mvts. 1 & 2 (by Handel/Southern)
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

"B" CLARINET
Weber Concertino Op. 26 - Beginning to Var. II (Fischer)
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

BASSOON
Adagio & Allegro (by Marcello-Merriman/Southern)
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

TRUMPET
From the Shores of the Mighty Pacific (by Clark/Warner)
Chromatic 2 octave scale, and
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

FRENCH HORN
Concerto #1 - both mvts. (by Mozart/Schirmer)
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

TROMBONE
Concert Piece #5 (by Blasewitch/Warner)
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

TUBA
Air & Bouree (by Bach-William Bell/Carl Fischer)
Major scales up to 3 sharps/3 flats, memorized

PERCUSSION
(Audition on all 3)
1. Snare: Three Dances - Mvt. 1 (by Warren Benson)
2. Mallets: Concerto A minor - Beginning to C (by Bach/Goldenberg)
Major scales up to 3 sharps / 3 flats and their relative minor scales
3. Timpani: Ballad for Dance (by Saul Goodman/Warner Bros.)
Match pitch with voice in addition to tuning Timpani
Knowledge of solfege syllables are suggested, but not required

PIANO & HARP
Two contrasting solos of your choosing

 



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