UNT CHAMBER & SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS
FALL 2008 AUDITIONS

Sunday, August 24, 2008 - Cello & Bass
12:00pm – 6:00pm - COM Bldg, Concert Hall

Monday, August 25, 2008 - Violin, Viola, & Harp
10:00am – 7:00pm - MPAC, Winspear Hall

Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Students should contact your Applied Private Lesson Teacher. Faculty contact info is located at www.music.unt.edu or call 940-565-2791

Beginning August 1, 2008, String and Harp students may email Dr. Clay Couturiaux, UNT Assistant Director of Orchestras, at ccoutur@music.unt.edu to sign-up for an audition time.  Students should be prepared to play a portion of a solo work – no accompanist is needed – plus any requested excerpts from the repertoire list above.  Excerpt material will be available online (www.music.unt.edu/orchestra) by June 15, 2008.

STRING AUDITION REPERTOIRE FOR FALL 2008

Concertmaster - pdf
All excerpts listed below for section violin,
plus the following solo excerpts–
● Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade;2nd mvt. m. 1-5, 4th mvt. m. 8-9 & m. 29.

Violin - pdf
● Mozart: Symphony No. 39;2nd mvt. m. 1-27 (no repeats) & 4th mvt. m. 1-40.
● Brahms: Symphony No. 1; 1st mvt. m. 1-9. 
● Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream; Scherzo 1st page.               

Viola - pdf
● Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; 2nd mvt. m. 1-10, m. 49-59, m. 72-86, m. 98-106.
● Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream;
Scherzo  B  to  D  , & p/u to  K  through 3 before  L.
● Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; p/u to 3 bars after  1  to 1 bar after  4.
● Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; 32 to 2 bars before 38.

Cello - pdf
● Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; 2nd mvt. m. 1-10, m. 49-59, m. 98-106, m. 114-124.
● Brahms: Symphony No. 2; 2nd mvt. Beginning to m. 17 & m. 49-57.
● Mozart: Symphony No. 40; 1st mvt. m. 114-138 & m. 191-198.
● Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet; m. 126-163.

Bass - pdf
● Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; 4th mvt. Beginning through end of basso recitativo.
● Mozart: Symphony No. 40; 4th mvt. m. 49-62.
● Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4;1st mvt. m. 52-94; 4th mvt. A to B.
● Beethoven: Symphony No. 5;3rd mvt. Trio. p/u to m.141 to m. 213.

Harp - pdf
● Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers (Cadenza) from Nutcracker.
● Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; 4th mvt. p/u to 43 to 58.
● Rimsky-Korsakoff: Capriccio Espagnol;
4th mvt. Cadenza & 5th mvt. S to 12 bars after U.
● Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; Variation I & Rehearsal I to  L.
● Mahler: Symphony No. 5; 4th mvt. Adagietto.