Orchestra Audition Requirements: Strings

Saluzzo Opera Academy Summer Program in Italy

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Audition Repertoire Requirements

Piano accompaniment is not required. Please submit two recordings that show your musical abilities. Cuts between excerpts are fine.

Violin

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bruch, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Wieniawski, Vieuxtemps or Dvorak.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.

Viola

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto, such as Hoffmeister, Stamitz, Bartok, Walton or Casadesus.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.

Cello

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto, such as Haydn, Elgar or Dvorak.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.

Double Bass

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto, such as Bottesini, Koussevitzky, Tubin, Dittersdorf or Hoffmeister.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.

Harp

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto, such as Handel, Mozart, Debussy, Ravel or Ginastera.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.

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