Orchestral Audition Excerpts, Winter Semester 2026/27

Please prepare all excerpts listed for your instrument.

Violin3 orchestral excerpts
  • Mahler, Symphony No. 1, 1st movement, rehearsal marks 16-18Sheet music
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 4th movement, bars 348-367Sheet music
  • Mozart, The Magic Flute, bars 16-29Sheet music
Viola2 orchestral excerpts
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 1st movement, bars 157-189Sheet music
  • Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, 2nd movement, rehearsal mark CSheet music
Cello2 orchestral excerpts
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D major, 2nd movement, beginning to bar 15Sheet music
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, 3rd movement, bars 141-160Sheet music
Double Bass2 orchestral excerpts
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 1st movement, bars 229-246Sheet music
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, bars 79-96Sheet music
Flute3 orchestral excerpts
  • Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, bars 1-4 and 21-30Sheet music
  • Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, beginning to rehearsal mark CSheet music
  • Dvořák, Symphony No. 8, 4th movement, rehearsal marks D-ESheet music
Oboe2 orchestral excerpts
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 2nd movement, bars 90-98Sheet music
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, 3rd movement, bars 133-144Sheet music
Clarinet3 orchestral excerpts
  • Sibelius, Symphony No. 1, 1st movement, bars 0-28Sheet music
  • Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo (1st part, complete page)Sheet music
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”, 1st movementSheet music
Bassoon2 orchestral excerpts
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 1st movement, bars 70-88Sheet music
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, 1st movement, bar 33Sheet music
Horn2 orchestral excerpts
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 2nd movement, bars 90-105Sheet music
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement, beginning to 16 bars before rehearsal mark BSheet music
Trumpet2 orchestral excerpts
  • B-flat trumpet: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, 4th movement, bars 490-504Sheet music
  • Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 2/3Sheet music
Tenor Trombone2 orchestral excerpts
Bass Trombone2 orchestral excerpts
  • Schumann, Symphony No. 3, 4th movement, beginning to bar 3/2Sheet music
  • Wagner, Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3, rehearsal mark 2 to 3, then from rehearsal mark 5Sheet music
PercussionRequired: snare drum, plus two additional instruments of your choice

Updated: Winter Semester 2026/27 Open in Google Docs