Orchestral Performance

• Solo Works
  • One movement of a concerto
  • One movement of a sonata or suite by J.S. Bach
• Excerpts, Select one excerpt from group A and one from group B
  • Group A, choose one of the following
    • W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 39
    • W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 40, Movements 1 and 2
    • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, Movement 3
    • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Scherzo
    • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Movement 4
    • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2, Movement 4
    • Richard Strauss – Don Juan, 1st page
    • Richard Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, Rehearsal #9
  • Group B
    • Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1, solo from Movment 3
    • Sergei Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé, solo from “Romanze”
    • Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella, solo from “Vivo”
    • Benjamin Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, bass variation
    • Giuseppe Verdi – Otello, 4th act soloGroup B, choose one of the following\

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Double Bass who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

There is no prescreen requirement for Orchestral Bassoon.

• Solo Works
  • The first movement exposition of a standard concerto.
  • The Prelude of an unaccompanied suite by J.S. Bach.
• Excerpts
  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3, Movement 3, beginning through measure 39
  • W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 35 – Movement 4, beginning through measure 37
  • Richard Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, beginning through 3 measures before rehearsal 3

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Double Bass who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

• Solo Works
  • W.A. Mozart – Clarinet Concerto, Exposition, with piano accompaniment, include video of yourself tuning to concert A before performing.
  • Franz Schubert – Octet, Movement 2 Adagio un poco mosso, first 12 bars only, clarinet alone.
• Excerpts
  • Zoltán Kodály – Galanta Dances, measures 31-66 (cadenza plus solo measures).
  • Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, from beginning to rehearsal letter G.
  • Lugwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6:
    • Movement 1, measures 474-492.
    • Movement 2, measures 68-77.

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Clarinet who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

• Solo Works
  • Jacques Ibert – Concerto, Movement 3, beginning at rehearsal #51, performed with piano accompaniment.
  • C.W. Gluck – Minuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits, with Da Capo repeat, with piano accompaniment from a publisher of the applicant’s choice.
  • One additional solo work of applicant’s choice, with piano accompaniment.
• Excerpts
  • Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, begin at 2 bars before Rehearsal P.
  • Gioachino Rossini – William Tell, Andante, measure 181 to Allegro vivace, measure 226 .
  • Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel, rehearsal 5 to 15, and rehearsal 27 to 36.

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Flute who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

There is no prescreen requirement for Orchestral Harp.

There is no prescreen requirement for Orchestral Horn.

There is no prescreen requirement for Orchestral Oboe.

Tambourine

• Antonin Dvorak – Carnival, Overture, beginning to letter C

Timpani

• Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, movement 1, measure 513 to the end
• Richard Strauss – Burleske, beginning to measure 20
• Bela Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra, movement IV

There is no prescreen requirement for Orchestral Trombone.

There is no prescreen requirement for Orchestral Bass Trombone.

There is no prescreen requirement for Orchestral Trumpet.

There is no prescreen requirement for Orchestral Tuba.

• Solo Works
  • The exposition from the first movement, with cadenza, of one of the following concerti:
    • Bela Bartók – Violin Concerto No. 2
    • Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Concerto
    • Johannes Brahms – Violin Concerto
    • Antonin Dvorák – Violin Concerto
    • Édouard Lalo – Violin Concerto
    • Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
    • Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2
    • Jean Sibelius – Violin Concerto
    • Camille Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto No. 3
    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto
    • Henri Vieuxtemps – Concerto No. 5
    • Henryk Wieniawski – Concerto No. 2
  • The first movement exposition, with cadenza, of Concerto No. 3, 4, or 5 by W.A. Mozart.
• Excerpts
  • W.A Mozart – Symphony No. 39, Movement 4, measures 1-104
  • Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Page 1
  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 4, Movement 1, measure 392 to the end

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Violin who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

• Solo Works
  • The first movement of a standard concerto with applicable cadenzas
  • The Prelude from an unaccompanied suite by J.S. Bach
• Excerpts
  • Maurice Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, Page 2
  • Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, First page
  • Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Page 1 to 5 measures before D
  • Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, variation 5

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Viola who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

• Solo Works
  • Three works of the applicant’s choice from contrasting periods including a standard concerto or a complete sonata
  • The MSM OP Department strongly encourages applicants to include a work by an underrepresented creator when choosing repertoire for auditions
• Excerpts, Select three excerpts from Group A and two from Group B
  • Group A, choose three:
    • W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 39
    • W.A. Mozart – No. 40, Movements 1 and 4
    • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, Movement 3
    • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Scherzo
    • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Movement 4
    • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2, Movement 4
    • Richard Strauss – Don Juan, 1st page
    • Richard Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, Rehearsal #9
  • Group B (choose two)
    • Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1, solo from movement 3
    • Sergei Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé, solo from “Romanze”
    • Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella, solo from “Vivo”
    • Benjamin Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, bass variation
    • Giuseppe Verdi – Otello, 4th act solo

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Double Bass who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

• Solo Works
  • W.A. Mozart – Concerto K. 191
  • Choose one of the following:
    • Margie Giebling-Haigh – Sortilège
    • Libby Larsen – Concert Piece, one movement
    • Francisco Mignone – Waltzes, one complete waltz
    • Jeff Scott – Elegy for Innocence
    • Natalie Moller – Translations, one movement
    • Jose Siqueira – Three Etudes
• Excerpts
  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 4, Movement 4, measures 15 – 25, 184 – 188, 300 – 303, 348 – end
  • W.A. Mozart – Marriage of Figaro, overture, measures 139 – 171)
  • Maurice Ravel – Bolero, solo
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Movement 2, solo and cadenzas
  • Igor Stravinsky – Rite of Spring, opening solos
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4, Movement 2, solo to end
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 6, Movement 1, opening solo

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Bassoon are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

• Solo Works
  • The first movement of a standard concerto with applicable cadenzas.
  • The Prelude and one additional movement of an unaccompanied suite by J.S. Bach.
• Excerpts
  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2, slow movement, beginning to 2 before letter A
  • W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 40
    • Movement 1, pickup to 115 to letter C
    • Movement 4, measure 35 to downbeat of measure 154; 7 measures after letter C to 17 before letter E
  • Claude Debussy – La Mer, top line of divisi passage
  • Richard Strauss – Don Juan, 1st page
  • Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, Letters C-D and N-O
  • Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6, Movement 2, beginning through second ending omitting the first ending repeat

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Cello who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

• Solo Works
  • W.A Mozart – Concerto
  • Claude Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
  • Franz Schubert – Octet, Movement 2 Adagio un poco mosso, first 12 bars only
  • Giuseppe Verdi – Forza del Destino
• Excerpts
  • Giacomo Puccini – Tosca, Act III, solo only
  • Béla Bartok – Miraculous Mandarin, first two cadenzas
  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6, Movements 1, 2, and 3
  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8, Trio from “Minuetto”
  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3, Movements 1 and 2
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9
  • Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo
  • Franz Schubert – Unfinished Symphony, Movement 2
  • Zoltán Kodály – Galanta Dances, measures 31-66 & measures 571-580
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2, Movement 3, opening solo to rehearsal #47

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Clarinet who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

Applicants to Orchestral Flute will perform a preliminary round of auditions and be possibly called back later in the day for a final round, similar to an orchestral audition.

• Solo Works
  • W.A. Mozart – Concerto in G Major or Concerto in D Major, complete, with cadenzas
• Excerpts
  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3 Op. 72, complete
  • Sergei Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, complete
  • Maurice Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, solo only
  • Richard Strauss – Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils, 2 bars before Rehearsal D through 3 bars after Rehearsal H
  • Igor Stravinsky – Firebird (1919), Variation
• Technique to be prepared in all major and harmonic minor keys, over three octaves, and with various articulations:
  • Scales
  • Inverted Arpeggios
  • Broken Arpeggios
  • Scales in Thirds

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Flute who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

• Solo Work
  • First movement from a concerto of the applicant’s choice
  • The MSM OP Department strongly encourages applicants to include a work by an underrepresented creator when choosing repertoire for auditions
• Excerpts
  • Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Harp are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

• Solo Works
  • W.A. Mozart — Concerto No. 2, No. 3, or No. 4
  • Strauss — Concerto No. 1 or No. 2
• Standard Excerpts from the Following Orchestral Works
  • Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7, Movement 1 (horn I)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 9, Movement 3 (horn IV)
  • Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 2, Movements 1 & 2 (horn. I)
  • Richard Strauss — Till Eulenspiegel (horn I & horn III)
  • Richard Strauss — Ein Heldenleben, opening (horn I)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5 (low tutti passage)
  • Richard Wagner — Rhine Journey, short call (horn I)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5 (horn I solo)

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Horn are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

Please be prepared to play all excerpts, although the committee will determine final selections and order of performance at the time of audition.

• Solo Works (Choose One)
  • W.A. Mozart – Concerto (1st Movement Exposition)
  • Ralph Vaughan-Williams – Concerto (1st Movement Beginning to Letter F)
• Excerpts
  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 (1st Movement: bars 28-33; 2nd Movement: bars 17-23 and 38-43)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1 (3rd Movement: 1-16)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade (2nd Movement Letters A to B)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3  (2nd Movement: bars 8-17, 36-47; 3rd Movement: bars 80-115)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 (2nd Movement: beginning to bar 21; 3rd Movement: bars 133-144)
  • Georges Bizet – Symphony in C (2nd Movement: bars 8-19)
  • Richard Strauss – Don Juan (Beginning to letter B; 4 bars after letter L to 17 bars after letter M)
  • Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella (Serenata #8-#10; Gavotte Variation 1a #77-8 bars after #80)
  • Gioacchino Rossini – La Scala (Beginning to #3)
  • Maurice Ravel – Tombeau de Couperin (1st movement beginning to #2; Forlane #1-#2; Minuet beginning to #4)

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Bassoon are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

Snare Drum

• Two contrasting solos or etudes of the applicant’s choice, one of them rudimental style
• Sergei Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, movement III, D-E
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, movement IV, P-R
• William Schuman – Symphony No. 3, 2 measures before 145 to 165

Marimba

• A 3-5 minute solo work or excerpt from a longer work of the applicant’s choice

Xylophone

• A 3-4 minute solo work or excerpt from a longer work of the applicant’s choice
• George Gershwin – Porgy and Bess, Overture
• William Schuman – Symphony No. 3, measure 230-244
• Dmitry Kabalevsky – Colas Breugnon, Overture
• Olivier Messiaen – Oiseaux Exotiques, #6-#7

Glockenspiel

• Paul Dukas – Sorceror’s Apprentice

Cymbals

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet
• Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2

Tambourine

• Antonin Dvorak – Carnival, Overture

Timpani

• A 3-4 minute solo work or excerpt from a longer work of the applicant’s choice
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 1, movement III
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, movement I
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, movement I, T-U
• Richard Strauss – Burleske, opening
• Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis, movement II
• Bela Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra, movement IV

The MSM OP Department strongly encourages applicants to include a work by an underrepresented creator when choosing repertoire for auditions.

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Percussion are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

• Solo Works
  • Gordon Jacob — Concerto; or Johann Georg Albrechtsberger – Concerto
  • Paul Hindemith — Sonata, or other complete work from the 20th Century
  • The MSM OP Department strongly encourages applicants to include a work by an underrepresented creator when choosing repertoire for auditions
• Standard Excerpts from the Following Orchestral Works
  • Richard Wagner — Die Walküre, 1st Trombone
  • W.A. Mozart — Requiem, “Tuba mirum,” 2nd Trombone
  • Paul Hindemith — Symphonic Metamorphoses, 1st Trombone
  • Maurice Ravel — Bolero, 1st Trombone
  • Gioachino Rossini — La Gazza Ladra (one Trombone version)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns — Symphony No. 3, 1st Trombone

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Trombone are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

• Solo Works
  • Two solos of contrasting styles
  • The MSM OP Department strongly encourages applicants to include a work by an underrepresented creator when choosing repertoire for auditions
• Standard Excerpts from the Following Orchestral Works
  • Richard Wagner — Das Rheingold
  • Richard Wagner — The Ride of the Walküre
  • Joseph Hadyn — The Creation, Rehearsal 26
  • Hector Berlioz — Hungarian March
  • Richard Strauss — La Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • Zoltán Kodály — Hary Janos

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Trombone are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

• Solo Works
  • Joseph Haydn — Concerto; or Johann Hummel – Concerto
  • A complete work from the 20th Century
  • The MSM OP Department strongly encourages applicants to include a work by an underrepresented creator when choosing repertoire for auditions
• Standard Excerpts from the Following Orchestral Works
  • Igor Stravinsky — Petrushka, Ballerina’s Dance and Waltz
  • Modest Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition, Movements 1 & 6, Promenade & Schmuyle
  • Ottorino Respighi — Pines of Rome, Movement 2, offstage solo
  • Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 5, Movement 1
  • Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 2, Movement 1, opening chorale
  • Richard Strauss — Also Sprach Zarathustra, (complete)

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Trumpet are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

• Solo Work
  • Ralph Vaughan-Williams — Concerto; and a complete contrasting work
  • The MSM OP Department strongly encourages applicants to include a work by an underrepresented creator when choosing repertoire for auditions
• Standard Excerpts from the Following Orchestral Works
  • Hector Berlioz — Corsair Overture
  • Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 4
  • Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 1
  • Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 6
  • Sergei Prokofiev — Symphony No. 5
  • Richard Strauss — Till Eulenspiegel

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions in place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to Orchestral Trumpet are also eligible to be considered for the Classical program without submitting a second application. If you are interested in applying to both programs, please indicate your desire to do so when prompted in the application. If you are only interested in the Classical Program, please view the Classical requirements here.

• Solo Works
  • One movement of an unaccompanied partita or sonata by J.S. Bach
  • First movement (with cadenza) of one of the following concerti:
    • Bela Bartók – Violin Concerto No. 2
    • Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Concerto
    • Johannes Brahms – Violin Concerto
    • Antonin Dvorák – Violin Concerto
    • Édouard Lalo – Violin Concerto
    • Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
    • Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2
    • Jean Sibelius – Violin Concerto
    • Camille Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto No. 3
    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto
    • Henri Vieuxtemps – Concerto No. 5
    • Henryk Wieniawski – Concerto No. 2
  • First movement (with cadenza) of Mozart Concerto No. 3, 4, or 5
• Excerpts
  • Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, Beginning to 5 measures before letter D
  • W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 39, slow movement, Beginning to the down beat of 9 measures after letter A
  • W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 39, Finale, Beginning until measure 104
  • Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3, Movement 1, Beginning until one beat after letter F
  • Sergei Prokofiev – Classical Symphony, Movement 1, Beginning until letter H
  • Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 2, Scherzo, Beginning until measure 54
  • Richard Strauss – Don Juan, 1st page, beginning until 13 measures after letter C

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Violin who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.

• Solo Works
  • The first movement of a standard concerto with applicable cadenzas
  • The Prelude of an unaccompanied suite by J.S. Bach
  • The MSM OP Department strongly encourages applicants to include a work by an underrepresented creator when choosing repertoire for auditions
• Excerpts
  • W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 35 “Haffner,” Movement 4, measure 134 to Letter E
  • Maurice Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, Page 2
  • Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, Page 1
  • Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Page 1
  • Richard Wagner – Tannhäuser, Overture, rehearsal letter K to 37 measures after K
  • Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, variations 5, 7, and 8

*You are currently viewing the requirements for the Orchestral Performance Program. The OP program is a small, specialized curriculum that includes rigorous orchestral repertoire classes and regular mock auditions place of traditional recital requirements. Applicants to OP Viola who are also interested in the Classical program are required to submit a separate application. If you are also interested in the Classical Program, please view the requirements for this program here.