FLUTE AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, flute applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

  1. One unaccompanied work or One movement from Concerto or Sonata (with or without piano).

  2. Excerpts (see the music provided below):

a. Flute:

I. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2

II. Beethoven: Overture “Leonore” No. 3

b. Piccolo:

I. Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches, No. 4: Procession of the Sardar

II. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4: III Scherzo

Required excerpts: all flute audition requirements are listed on this scan

FOOSA 2024 Oboe Audition List

Please submit all repertoire as individual videos. Excerpts can be downloaded here.

1. Tuning A: Please play a tuning note A=442 for 10 seconds with a crescendo in the first four counts.

2. Solo Work: J.S. Bach Partita in g minor for Solo Oboe. Allemande. No repeat.

3. Excerpts:

a. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3. Movement 2, Beginning to rehearsal B.

b. Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin: First movement. Beginning to rehearsal 2

c. Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin: First movement. Rehearsal 8-9

clarinet AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, clarinet applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

1. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: 1st movement: Allegro - exposition.

2. Excerpts (click here for music):

a. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, mvt. I – [K] – end

b. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances: [B] to 9 before [C]

c. Rimsky Korsakow- Capriccio Espagnole- Movement 1: [A] - to [B], [C] to 11 before the end

d. Rachmaninoff 2nd Symphony- 3rd movement: Bar 6 to one bar before no. 47

BASSOON AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, bassoon applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

1. Three octave chromatic scale: Low Bb to High Bb

2. Solo work: Choose one of the following

a. Mozart Bassoon Concerto in Bb 1st mvt as marked

b. Weber Bassoon Concerto in F 1st mvt as marked

3. Excerpts (click here for music):

a. Marriage of Figaro meas. 139-171 (as marked) quarter = 152

b. Ravel Bolero: Solo

c. Tchaikovsky 4th Symphony mvt. 2 solo as marked

HORN AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, horn applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

1. Choose one of the following solos:

a. Movement 1 of Richard Strauss, Concerto No. 1

b. Exposition of W.A. Mozart Concerto 2 or 4

c. First page of Hermann Neuling, Bagatelle

d. Franz Strauss, Nocturno, ALL

2. Play the following excerpts (click here for music):

a. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Horn 1 OR 2, Movement 1, mm. 423-the end

b. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Horn 1, Movement 2, Rehearsal 54-57

c. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Horn 2, Movement 3, Rehearsal 13-15

d. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Horn 1, beginning to Rehearsal 5

e. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Horn 1, Rehearsal 37 for 16 bars

TRUMPET AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, trumpet applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

1. One etude or solo work of the participant’s choice that best demonstrates the level of their playing.

2. Excerpts (click here for music):

a. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, opening solo

b. Respighi: Pines of Rome, offstage solo

c. Stravinsky: Petrushka, Ballerina’s Dance, pick-up to mm. 135-139

LOW BRASS AUDITIONS

PLEASE PREPARE FOR YOUR AUDITION VIDEO THE MUSIC APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT

Trombone Repertoire:

1. Solo: One solo work of the participant’s choice.

2. Excerpts (click here for trombone excerpts):

a. Mozart: Tuba Mirum

b. Ravel: Bolero (solo)

c. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, Rehearsal [Q] - 2 measures before [R]

d. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (major section)

e. Mahler: Symphony No. 7, movement 1, 5 after 46 (Allegro come prima) to 3 before 48

Bass trombone Repertoire:

1. Solo: One solo work of the participant’s choice.

2. Excerpts (click here for bass trombone excerpts):

a. Haydn: Creation, Achieved is the Glorious Work, mm. 1-15

b. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”, Movement 4, chorale and solo

c. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (major section)

d. Kodaly: Hary Janos

e. Mahler: Symphony No. 7, movement 1 solo, 4 after 42 Adagio to 44, Etwas Drangend

Tuba repertoire:

1. One solo work of the participant’s choice.

2. Excerpts (click here for tuba sheet music):

a. Berlioz: Hungarian March from Damnation of Faust

b. Prokoviev: Symphony No. 5, movement 1, [3] – [6]

c. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (major section)

d. Wagner: Meistersinger Overture - solo up to the resolution of the trill to G

e. Mahler: Symphony no. 7, Movement 1, 6 after 47 to 3 after 48 and 53 to key change before 54

f. Mahler: Symphony no. 7, Movement 2, 1 after 96 (Tempo) to 97

PERCUSSION AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, percussion applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

1. A solo piece from the standard mallet repertoire (2-4 mallets), that best shows applicant’s technical and musical abilities: 2-4 minutes in length.

2. Excerpts (click here for sheet music):

1. Snare Drum:

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Mov. 3, [D] to [E]; 5th measure after [F] to [G]

2. Glockenspiel:

Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, [17] to 4th measure after [19]

3. Timpani:

Tchaikovsky: 4th Symphony, Movement 1, [T] to reh [U]

4. Cymbals:

Tchaikovsky: 4th Symphony, Movement 4, m. 272 to the end

5. Tambourine:

Dvorak: Carnival Overture, beginning to m. 40 only

HARP AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, harp applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

1. A solo work from the standard harp literature: excerpt to be no longer than 5 minutes in length. (Preferably not a transcription unless it’s something like Bach/Grandjany Etudes or Liszt/Renie Le Rossignol)

2. Excerpts (click here for sheet music)

a. Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique: Un Bal, Harp 1

1. Beginning to Rehearsal 25

2. Rehearsal 32 to 35

b. Mahler, 5th Symphony: Adagietto:

1. Beginning through 8 measures after Rehearsal 2 (key change).

Note: all rest beats or measures to be counted as you would in performance.

VIOLIN AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, violin applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

Solo: One solo work or one movement from a Concerto or a Sonata (with or without piano) of the participant’s choice that best demonstrates the level of their playing.

Required excerpts: click here for scans

  1. Mahler, Symphony No. 7: Movement 1: 2 before [58] until [61]

  2. Mahler, Symphony No. 7: Movement 2: 1 before [101] to 4 before [103]

  3. Mahler, Symphony No. 7: Movement 4: [203] to 1 before [206]

VIOLA AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, viola applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

Solo: One solo work or one movement from a Concerto or a Sonata (with or without piano) of the participant’s choice that best demonstrates the level of their playing.

Required excerpts: click here for scan of all required viola excerpts

  1. Mahler, Symphony No. 7, Movement 3: [122] – [125]

  2. Mahler, Symphony No. 7, Movement 5: [254] – [258]

  3. Mahler, Symphony No. 7, Movement 5: [268] – 3 after [273]

CELLO AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, cello applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

Solo: One solo work or one movement from a Concerto or a Sonata (with or without piano) of the participant’s choice that best demonstrates the level of their playing.

Required excerpts: click here for scan of required excerpts

  1. Mahler, Symphony No. 7, Movement 1: [6] – [13]

  2. Mahler, Symphony No. 7, Movement 2: [82] – 4 after [83]

  3. Mahler, Symphony No. 7, Movement 3: [114] – 4 after [115]

BASS AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, double bass applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

Solo: One solo work or one movement from a Concerto or a Sonata (with or without piano) of the participant’s choice that best demonstrates the level of their playing.

Required excerpts: click here for scans

a. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, movement 3 (mm. 1-18, mm. 53-100. Trio: beginning to letter B)

b. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 movement 1, (pickup to measure 115-138, 191-225.), Movement 4, (mm. 33-54)

c. Mahler: Symphony No. 1, movement 3 (mm. 3-10)

d. Britten: Young Person’s Guide to The Orchestra (variation H)