2010-2011 Season Audition Schedule
Auditions are held at St. Luke's Lutheran Church at 3200 Park Road (corner of Park and Marsh Roads).
Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra
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Sunday, May 9
Tuesday, May 11
Thursday, May 13
Saturday, May 22
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1:00-8:00pm
4:15-9:00pm
4:15-9:00pm
9:00am-4:00pm |
Viola/Cello/Bass
Woodwinds
Brass/Percussion
Violin/Harp |
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Junior Youth Orchestra
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Sunday, April 25
Wednesday, May 12
Thursday, May 13
Friday, May 14 |
1:00-8:00pm
5:00-9:00pm
4:15-9:00pm
5:00-9:00pm |
Violin/Harp
Woodwinds/Brass
Percussion
Viola/Cello/Bass |
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2010 JYO AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
ALL INSTRUMENTS:
Sight reading; play a solo of your choice showing your abilities and range. Please bring a copy of your solo for the judges.
IN ADDITION:
Winds and Brass:
Major scales of one or two octaves from the following: C, Bb, F, Eb, G, D, A, and a chromatic scale.
Violin:
Major scales, 2 octaves required, 3 preferable: G, A, Bb, D.
Viola:
Major scales, 2 octaves: C, D, Eb, G.
Cello:
Scales, 3 octaves: C and D Major; 2 octaves: Eb Major and d melodic minor.
Bass:
Major scales, 2 octaves: E, F, G.
Percussion:
All percussion audition candidates must pick a solo of your choice on EITHER a mallet keyboard instrument, snare drum or timpani, showing your best abilities. Sight reading will also be given on that particular instrument.
In addition, each person is REQUIRED to perform on all of the following:
Snare Drum:
Rudimental Roll, Orchestral Roll, Flams, Paradiddles.
Mallet Instruments:
2 Octave Major Scales & Arpeggios: C, F, Bb, Eb, G, & D. Plus, Chromatic Scale, 2 Octaves.
Timpani:
Long Roll, ppp to fff. Interval tuning to 4ths, 5ths and 3rds.
Harp:
All major scales and arpeggios.
2010 CSYO AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
WOODWINDS:
All major scales and arpeggios, minimum of two octaves. Required solo – no substitutions accepted; sight-reading. If you play and have access to a piccolo, English horn or bass clarinet you must also prepare a short selection of your choice for your audition.
Flute:
Three octave chromatic scale from low C.
Solo: G. P. Telemann Suite in A Minor,
mvmts. I & II.
Oboe:
Chromatic scale low C to high Eb (three ledger lines above staff).
Solo: G. P. Telemann Sonata in A Minor, mvmts. I & II.
Clarinet:
Chromatic scale low E to high G (four ledger lines above staff).
Solo: C. Stamitz Concerto No. 3 in Bb Major, mvmts. I & II.
Bassoon:
Three octave chromatic scale from low Bb.
Solo: W. A. Mozart Concerto in
Bb Major, K. 191, mvmts. II & III, no cadenzas.
BRASS:
All instruments - all major scales, 2 octaves. Required solo -- no substitutions accepted; listed excerpt(s); sight reading.
Horn:
Chromatic scale low C to high Bb; Morceau de Concert, mvt. 1 by Camille Saint-Saens
Excerpt: Nocturne from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night's Dream from Max Pottag “French Horn Passages” vol. I (pub. Belwin Mills)
Trumpet:
Chromatic scale low F# to high C; Sonata for Trumpet, mvt. 1 by Kent Kennan
Excerpt: Pines of Rome, second movement off stage solo (Please click here to download excerpt)
Trombone:
Chromatic scale low E to high Bb; Concerto for Trombone, mvt. I by Rimsky Korsakov
Excerpt: Tuba Mirum - Mozart Requiem K626 from “Orchestral Excerpts” vol. I, Ed Brown (pub. International Music) or go to www.trombone.org/orchexcerpts/gph-tubamirum.asp
Bass Trombone:
Chromatic scale low E to high Bb; Alexander Lebedev Concerto in One Movement for Bass Trombone/Tuba
Excerpt: 'Achieved is the Glorious Work' (#26) from Haydn Creation, in "Orchestral Excerpts" vol. 5, Ed Brown (pub. International Music or go to:
http://www.yeodoug.com/resources/handbook/image_files/text_files/creationexc.html
Tuba:
NC All-State Band scale requirements.Please click here to download scale sheet.
Sonata for tuba, mvt. I by Beversdorf
Excerpt: Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, Wagner Ride of the Valkyrie
STRINGS:
All instruments: Sight reading.
Violin:
3 octave scales: G, A, Bb, D, and g melodic minor; Mozart Concert No. 3 (1st mvmt.) or Bach Concerto No. 1 in a minor or a piece of equivalent difficulty.
Viola:
3 octave scales: C, D, Eb; Hoffmeister Concerto (1st or 3rd mvmt.) or Telemann Concerto (2nd or 4th mvmt.) or any one movement from J.S. Bach Cello Suites for viola or a piece of equivalent difficulty.
Cello:
3 octave scales: C,F,Bb,Eb,G,D,A; the exposition of a standard concerto movement.
Bass:
2 octaves C major (into thumb position) and g harmonic minor. Solo choices (pick one):
Marcello - Sonata #2 in e minor/2nd movement
Vivaldi - Sonata #5 in e minor / 2nd movement
Simandl - Etude #17 from 30 Etudes
Harp:
All major scales and arpeggios; Tchaikovsky "Waltz of the Flowers" cadenza from Nutcracker and solo work of your choice.
PERCUSSION:
All percussion audition candidates must prepare the following excerpts. Several excerpts will be chosen from this list on the day of the audition.
Excerpts:Percussion Excerpts
