2018/2019 Bass Audition If you have questions about the appropriateness of your prepared pieces, please email us at [email protected]. Allow 7 days for a response. Preparatory Orchestra Bernotas: It Takes Two ♩ = 100 – 105 Time Signature: 4 4 Audition Requirements 1. Major scales, 1 octave, memorized, using separate bows at ♩= 60-70. Prepare the following scales: G, A, F, B-flat Major. 2. One prepared piece demonstrating current technical level. Selected piece should be equivalent to Suzuki Book 3 or higher and should be well-played, polished and at appropriate tempo. 3. Excerpt for Preparatory Orchestra, played at marked tempo. 4. Sight reading. Expected skills for Preparatory Orchestra: • Ability to produce a full clear tone • Vibrato • Proficiency in half, 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd positions
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1. Major scales, 1 octave, memorized, using separate bows at ♩= 60-70. Prepare the following scales: G, A, F, B-flat Major.
2. One prepared piece demonstrating current technical level. Selected piece should be equivalent to Suzuki Book 3 or higher and should be well-played, polished and at appropriate tempo.
3. Excerpt for Preparatory Orchestra, played at marked tempo. 4. Sight reading.
Expected skills for Preparatory Orchestra: • Ability to produce a
full clear tone • Vibrato • Proficiency in half, 1st,
String Orchestra Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, mvt. I
♩ = 120
Allegro
Audition Requirements 1. Major scales up to three sharps and flats in two octaves, memorized. 2. One prepared piece demonstrating current technical level. Selected piece
should be equivalent to Suzuki Book 3 or higher and should be well-played, polished and at appropriate tempo.
3. Excerpt for Preparatory Orchestra and String Orchestra, played at marked tempo.
Audition Requirements 1. Major and natural minor scales up to four sharps and flats in two octaves,
memorized. 2. Two prepared pieces, one slow and one fast, preferably an etude, sonata
or concerto movement. Selected pieces should be equivalent to Suzuki book 4 or higher and should be well-played, polished and at appropriate tempo (an All-State etude may be used as one selection).
3. Excerpts for String Orchestra and Sinfonia, played at marked tempos. 4. Sight reading.
Expected skills for Sinfonia:
• Full, clear tone • Vibrato • Proficiency through
Audition Requirements 1. Major and minor (your choice of harmonic or melodic) scales up to five
sharps and flats in two octaves, memorized. 2. Two prepared pieces, one slow and one fast, preferably an etude, sonata
or concerto movement. Selected pieces should be from the Classical era or later and be well-played, polished and at appropriate tempo (an All-State etude may be used as one selection).
3. Excerpts for Sinfonia and Philharmonia, played at marked tempos. 4. Sight reading.
Audition Requirements 1. All major and minor (your choice of harmonic or melodic) scales in three
octaves, memorized. 2. Two prepared pieces, one slow and one fast, preferably from major
concertos or sonatas by two different composers from the Classical era or later (do not play multiple movements from the same piece or use All-State etudes). Pieces should be well-played, polished and at appropriate tempo.
3. Excerpts for Philharmonia and Symphony, played at marked tempos. 4. Sight reading.