Updated forms will be posted here following string auditions in May.
Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion audition excerpts for March 30 Gold Orchestra Auditions:
WOODWINDS - Please prepare two-octave major scales from 0-3 sharps and 0-3 flats (tongued quarter notes). Please prepare at 90-100 bpm. One major scale will be selected and posted on the audition day.
FLUTE: Excerpt 1 - Beethoven only; Excerpt 2 - Mendelssohn only
OBOE: Excerpt 1 mm. 9-45; Excerpt 2 - Scherzo only; take 2nd ending, no trio
CLARINET: Excerpt 1 - Brahms only; Excerpt 2 Mendelssohn only (second excerpt)
BASSOON: Excerpt 1 - Beethoven only; Excerpt 2 - Mozart only (second excerpt)
BRASS - Please prepare a two-octave chromatic scale (tongued ascending, slurred descending; eighth notes) and one-octave major scales from 0-3 sharps and 0-3 flats (tongued quarter notes). Please prepare at 90-100 bpm. One major scale will be selected and posted on the audition day.
FRENCH HORN: Excerpt 1 - 1st horn only; Excerpt 2
TRUMPET: Excerpt 1; Excerpt 2 - 1st Petrouchka excerpt only
TROMBONE: Excerpt 1 - Mozart only; Excerpt 2 - Wagner only (second excerpt, "Aufzug")
TUBA: Excerpt 1 p. 1 - mm. 1-28, p.2 - mm. 1-32; Excerpt 2
PERCUSSION - Please prepare all three excerpts
Timpani Excerpt - only measures between brackets (two sets)
Snare Excerpt
Keyboard Excerpt - Shostakovich (Polka) only
WOODWINDS - Please prepare two-octave major scales from 0-3 sharps and 0-3 flats (tongued quarter notes). Please prepare at 90-100 bpm. One major scale will be selected and posted on the audition day.
FLUTE: Excerpt 1 - Beethoven only; Excerpt 2 - Mendelssohn only
OBOE: Excerpt 1 mm. 9-45; Excerpt 2 - Scherzo only; take 2nd ending, no trio
CLARINET: Excerpt 1 - Brahms only; Excerpt 2 Mendelssohn only (second excerpt)
BASSOON: Excerpt 1 - Beethoven only; Excerpt 2 - Mozart only (second excerpt)
BRASS - Please prepare a two-octave chromatic scale (tongued ascending, slurred descending; eighth notes) and one-octave major scales from 0-3 sharps and 0-3 flats (tongued quarter notes). Please prepare at 90-100 bpm. One major scale will be selected and posted on the audition day.
FRENCH HORN: Excerpt 1 - 1st horn only; Excerpt 2
TRUMPET: Excerpt 1; Excerpt 2 - 1st Petrouchka excerpt only
TROMBONE: Excerpt 1 - Mozart only; Excerpt 2 - Wagner only (second excerpt, "Aufzug")
TUBA: Excerpt 1 p. 1 - mm. 1-28, p.2 - mm. 1-32; Excerpt 2
PERCUSSION - Please prepare all three excerpts
Timpani Excerpt - only measures between brackets (two sets)
Snare Excerpt
Keyboard Excerpt - Shostakovich (Polka) only
| goso_health_form_2018.pdf |
| goso_may_2018_audition_expectations.pdf |
| goso_handbook_2017.pdf |
| goso_excused_absence_practice_chart.pdf |
| GO Poster.pdf |
| finger_patterns_vln_va.pdf |
| finger_patterns_cello.pdf |
| finger_patterns_bass.pdf |
