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Video Recording Guidelines
• We accept audition repertoire in single or multiple uploads. Any indication of editing will result in the disqualification of the applicant.
• Live concert video recording within past 12 months can be used in the solo repertoire category.
We strongly recommend you view your recording all the way through before submitting
Solo
First movement exposition of a major concerto (If it is a video of a live concert, the entire movement can be uploaded)
- A movement of J. S. Bach sonata or partita for solo violin (if Chaconne, please end at bar 89)
Excerpts (music provided)
L. v. Beethoven : String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1, excerpt of 1st movement
E. Elgar : Enigma Variations, excerpts of Variation II and XI (play upper line when divisi)
A. Dvořák : Symphony No. 7, excerpt of 1st movement
Solo
- Exposition of either W. A. Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 OR R. Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1
Excerpts (music provided)
- L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, excerpt of 3rd movement
- J. Brahms: Symphony No. 3, excerpt of 3rd movement
- R. Strauss: Excerpt from Till Eulenspiegel
- P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, two excerpts of 1st movement
- R. Wagner: Götterdämmerung (short call)
Solo
- One prelude movement of J. S. Bach solo cello suites or a movement of J. S. Bach solo violin sonatas or partitas
- The first movement of a major concerto
Excerpts (music provided)
- B. Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, excerpt of 1st movement
- E. Elgar: Enigma Variations, excerpt of Variation VI
- A. Dvořák: Symphony No. 7, excerpt of 3rd movement
Solo
- A movement of J. S. Bach Cello Suites
- Exposition from a major Concert (F. J. Haydn included)
Excerpts (music provided)
- A. Dvořák: Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 87, excerpt of 2nd movement
- W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 Haffner, K. 385, excerpt of 4th movement
- C. Debussy: La Mer, excerpt of 1st movement
- R. Strauss: Excerpt from Also Sprach Zarathustra
Solo
- One solo piece of the applicant’s choice
Excerpts (music provided)
- L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, excerpt of 1st movement
- W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 39, two excerpts of 1st movement
- R. Strauss: Excerpt from Ein Heldenleben
- J. Brahms: Symphony No. 1, excerpt of 2nd movement
Solo
- Exposition of 1st movement of either W. A. Mozart G Major OR D Major Concerto
- Own choice of J. Ibert, C. Nielsen OR C. Reinecke Concertos (1st movement) OR Dutilleux Sonatine
Excerpts (music provided)
- G. Rossini: Excerpt from William Tell Overture
- M. Ravel: Excerpt from Daphnis and Chloe
- G. Rossini: Excerpts from Semiramide Overture *Should anyone be interested in playing the piccolo, this is an optional work you can submit on the piccolo.
Solo
- W. A. Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314 , 1st movement, beginning to mm. 97
Excerpts (music provided)
- G. Rossini: La Scala di Seta Overture
- L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Eroica, excerpt of 2nd movement
- S. Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14, excerpt of 2nd movement
- M. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, excerpts of 1st and 3rd movements
Solo
- W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 , 1st movement exposition
- I. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, 2nd movement
Excerpts (music provided)
- Z. Kodály: Dances of Galánta, mm. 31 to 65
- G. Verdi: Excerpt from Luisa Miller Overture
Solo
- W. A. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, 1st and 2nd movement OR C. M. v. Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F Major, 1st and 2nd movement
Excerpts (music provided)
- L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral, excerpt of 5th movement
- M. Ravel: Excerpt from Boléro
- N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, two excerpts of 2nd movement
- P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, excerpt of 2nd movement
- R. Strauss: Two excerpts from Don Quixote
Solo
- Exposition of either W. A. Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 OR R. Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1
Excerpts (music provided)
- L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, excerpt of 3rd movement
- J. Brahms: Symphony No. 3, excerpt of 3rd movement
- R. Strauss: Excerpt from Till Eulenspiegel
- P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, two excerpts of 1st movement
- R. Wagner: Götterdämmerung (short call)
Solo
- F. David: Trombone Concertino, Op. 4 (International edition), 1st movement, Rehearsal A to first bar of Rehearsal D
Excerpts (music provided)
- W. A. Mozart: Requiem, Tuba Mirum
- M. Ravel: Boléro, solo
- G. Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture, bars 115 to 139 and 275 to 292
- R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel‘s Merry Pranks, 4 bars before Rehearsal 36 to 5 bars after Rehearsal 37
- R. Wagner: Ride of The Valkyries, B Major section (Arr. Hutschenruyter)
Solo
- A. Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement (ed. Hoffmeister), beginning to mm. 57
Excerpts (music provided)
- L. H. Berlioz: Hungarian March, 6 before Rehearsal 4 to 2 after Rehearsal 5
- F. J. Haydn: The Creation, No. 26
- G. Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture, bars 115 to 139 and 275 to 292
- R. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97, 4th movement, beginning to mm. 18
- R. Wagner: Ride of The Valkyries (Arr. Hutschenruyter), 5 bars after Rehearsal 11 (with upbeat) to 5 bars after Rehearsal 12
Solo
- J. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb, 1st movement exposition and 2nd movement up to end of mm. 26
Excerpts (music provided)
- M. Mussorgsky (orch. M. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition, opening of Promenade
- L. v. Beethoven: Excerpt from Leonora Overture No. 3
- J. Brahms: Excerpt from Academic Festival Overture
- I. Stravinsky: Excerpt from Petrushka
- M. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, excerpt of 1st movement