Peoria Symphony Orchestra

Section & Substitute Auditions

All musicians: A solo work of your choosing

Sight-Reading will be required.

Please prepare the following excepts and bring your music to the audition:

The Peoria Symphony will send you copies of these excerpts if requested.

Strings:

Violin: Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture – Beginning to 18 after letter A

Beethoven – Symphony #7 – Movement 1 – m. 84 to m. 130

Brahms – Symphony #2 – Movement 1 – Letter D to Letter F

Mozart – Marriage of Figaro overture – beginning to A (m58); m. 221 to F (m.251)

Viola: Beethoven - Symphony 5 - mvt. II (beginning to m. 10, m. 49 - 59, m. 98 - 106)

Brahms - Symphony 1 - mvt. I (letter K to letter L [m. 321 - 343]

letter O - 4 to O + 24 [m. 430 - 458]

Mendelssohn – Symphony #4 “Italian” – Mvt. 4, mm 122-149

Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture

Cello: Beethoven - Symphony 5 - mvt. 2 (beginning to m. 10, m. 49 - 59,

m. 98 - 106, m. 114 - m. 123, m. 180 - 185)

mvt. 3 (beginning to m. 18, m. 52 - 80, m. 140 - 181 [use 2nd ending])

Mozart – Marriage of Figaro overture – beginning to A (m58)

Brahms - Symphony 1 - mvt. 1 (beginning to m. 9, m. 321 - 370)

Beethoven – Symphony 9 – Mvt 4 – Beginning to [B]

Bass: Beethoven - Symphony 7 - mvt: 1: (17 ms. before letter F to 3

ms. after letter G, 21 before letter H to letter H, pickup into letter I to 23 ms. after letter I)

Beethoven - Symphony 9 - mvt. 4: (Presto: beginning to m. 90, m. 92 - 115)

Brahms - Symphony 1 - mvt 1: (4 ms. before letter E to 2nd ending (no repeat)

mvt 2: (pickup into 9 ms. after letter B to 2 ms. before letter C)

Mozart - Symphony 39 - mvt 1: (Allegro to letter C, letter D to letter E

[omit repeat]) mvt 2: (6 ms. before letter A to 10 ms. after letter A)