Orchestra Audition Requirements: Winds

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.

Flute (Piccolo optional)

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto, such as Mozart, Stamitz, Devienne, Nielsen or Ibert.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.
  • If auditioning with piccolo, include a contrasting piccolo excerpt.

Oboe

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto, such as Mozart, Bellini, Krommer, Vaughan Williams or R. Strauss.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.

Clarinet

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire concerto, such as Mozart, Weber, Copland, Nielsen, Finzi, Krommer or Stamitz.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.

Bassoon

  • First movement exposition from a standard repertoire composition, such as a Mozart concerto or Saint-Saens sonata.
  • Three standard, contrasting orchestral excerpts of your choice.

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