AUDITION ENTRY FORM Suggested String Repertoire for String Solos
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2010-2011 Colorado All State High School Orchestra
Audition Information for: Strings and Harp
Auditions for All-State Orchestra strings and harp will use the same materials as the 2009 UNC Western States Honor Orchestra. Schools or directors who did not receive or can no longer locate the materials will find them listed below.
Please read the recording procedure carefully and complete the audition form clearly and correctly. CD’s or Tapes, materials and fees (payable to Colorado Music Educators Association) must be postmarked by October 15, 2010. No CD/ tape will be accepted for adjudication thereafter.
CDs/Tapes should contain the following material: (To maintain anonymity, please do not announce the student’s name on the recording!)
Violin:
1. Scales: Eb-flat major and C melodic minor – dotted quarter note = 80
2. Excerpt from Symphony No. 4 the “Italian” by Felix Mendelssohn
3. Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration
Viola:
1. Scales: Eb major and C melodic minor – dotted quarter note = 80
2. Excerpt from Overture to the Opera “Euryanthe” by Carl Maria von Weber
3. Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration
Cello:
1. Scales: C major and A melodic minor – quarter note = 40
2. Excerpt from Symphony No. 40, K. 550 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration
Double Bass:
1. Scales: C major and A melodic minor – dotted quarter note = 70
2. Excerpt from Symphony No. 4, mvt. IV by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration
Harp:
Harp etudeSuggested String Repertoire for String Solos:
Please refer to the ASO website for repertoire suggestions. Certain works are assigned a numerical score according to difficulty. Based on the overall performance, and the particular excerpt chosen from the repertoire, the student could receive points up to this numerical score. Works not on the list may still be used in the audition. In this situation adjudicators will assign a difficulty rating at the time of the audition and the work will be added to the list for next year. Please audition only on solo literature. Orchestral excerpts from school orchestral music are not acceptable solo selections for All-State Orchestra auditions.
DO NOT ANNOUNCE THE STUDENT’S NAME ON THE RECORDING!
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Attention: All state auditions will now be adjudicated a little differently. Applicants will given full points for the difficulty rating only if the overall performance of the solo was well done and if the chosen excerpts of the solo were difficult enough to deserve the points.
Suggested String
Repertoire for String Solos
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ALL STATE ORCHESTRA 2011