ALL STATE ORCHESTRA  February 12-14, 2009

All-State Orchestra Moving to Fort Collins

2008-09 Colorado All State High School Orchestra

Audition Information for: Strings and Harp

Auditions for All-State Orchestra strings and harp will be the same format as the 2008 UNC Western States Honor Orchestra. Schools or directors who did not receive or can no longer locate the materials should promptly contact a nearby colleague, an ASO Board member, or the official Colorado All-State Orchestra website. (http://www.coloradoallstateorchestra.com)

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 17, 2008. 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: E-flat major scale and C melodic minor - dotted quarter note = 80 (Please do not send in scales prepared under tempo)
2. Excerpt from Schubert’s Symphony No. 2, Allegro Vivace (half note = 96)
3. Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration

Viola:
1. Scales: E-flat major scale and C melodic minor - dotted quarter note = 80 (Please do not send in scales prepared under tempo)
2. Excerpt from Brahms’ Variations on a theme By Haydn, fifth variation, Vivace (quarter note = 136)
3. Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration

Cello:
1. Scales: A major and A melodic minor – quarter note = 40 (Please do not send in scales prepared under tempo)
2. Excerpt from Suppe’s Overture “Poet and Peasant”, Andante maestoso (quarter note = 70)
3. Excerpt from Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, Allegro molto (half note= 104)
4. Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration

Double Bass:
1. Scales: C major and A melodic minor – dotted quarter note = 70 (Please do not send in scales prepared under tempo)
2. Excerpt from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Allegro assai Vivace (dotted quarter note= 104-108)
3. Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration

Suggested String Repertoire for String Solos
PDF file     Excel file

Please refer to the ASO website for repertoire suggestions. Certain pieces have been assigned a numerical score according to difficulty. This is the numerical score the student will receive for that piece when the recording is judged by the panel. If the piece you have selected to play is not on the list it is fine to audition on your piece. Just find another piece that is close to the difficulty of yours to determine the score it will receive. The titles of pieces heard this year and not yet on the All-State repertoire list will be added to the list for next year. Please audition only on solo literature. Orchestral excerpts and parts from your school orchestra music are not acceptable solo selections for All-State Orchestra auditions.

Harp:
Etude, Allegro moderato, quarter note= 40
Excerpt from Prokofiev’s Scherzo, Allegro con brio (dotted quarter note= 120)
Solo piece of 2 – 2+1/2 minutes duration


DO NOT ANNOUNCE THE STUDENT’S NAME ON THE RECORDING!
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