Audition Repertoire Guide

 

Violin | Viola | Cello | Double Bass

Flute | Oboe | Clarinet | Bassoon

French Horn | Trumpet | Trombone | Tuba

 Harp | Percussion

 This serves only as a guide for your audition video. You may opt to play something of comparable standard and you do not have to play the complete work. The audition video should ideally be less than 10 mins in length.

We encourage you to apply for the program even if what you are currently working on does not align with our repertoire guide. It is most important to play something that is well prepared and will best represent your current abilities. If you have any questions, please email info@pmayartists.org.

 

VIOLIN

 

  • 4th Grade

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Suzuki Book 2; Whistler Introducing the Positions, Volume 1; Kuchler Concertino in D

    • Scale requirements: Scales as appropriate

  • 5th Grade

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Suzuki Book 3; Wohlfahrt Foundation Studies Book 1; Rieding B minor, Seitz G major, Mvt. 3; Seitz D major, Mvt. 1

    • Scale requirements: Scales as appropriate

  • 6th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Suzuki Book 4; Wohlfahrt Foundation Studies Book 2; Vivaldi a minor, Mvts. 1 and 3; Fiocco Allegro

    • Scale requirements: All major scales up to two sharps and two flats (2 octaves)

  • 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Suzuki Book 4-5; Bach Concerto for Two Violins D minor; Vivaldi Concerto G minor; Rieding Op. 25; Sitt 20 Double Stop Etudes, op. 32

    • Scale requirements: All major scales up to three sharps and three flats (2 octaves)

  • 8th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Accolay Concerto in a minor, Vivaldi Concerto in G major , Vivaldi 4 Seasons, DeBeriot 9, Seitz Concerti 1, 2, 5

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (2 octaves)

  • 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Beethoven Romance; Haydn Concerto in C major; Mozart Concerto No. 3 in G major; Kabalevsky Concerto

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (2 octaves)

  • 10th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Mendelssohn Concerto; Bruch Concerto; Wienawski D minor Concerto; Lalo Symphonie Espagnole; Mozart Concerto No. 5 in A major

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (3 octaves)

  • 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Concerti by Tchaikovsky and Saint Saens; Mozart Concerto No. 4 in D major; Bruch Scottish Concerto

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (3 octaves)

VIOLA

 

  • 4th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Suzuki 2; Hook Sonatina; Whistler Introduction to Positions, Volume 1

    • Scale requirements: Scales as appropriate

  • 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Suzuki 3; Wohlfahrt book 1; Whistler Introduction to Double Stops

    • Scale requirements: Scales as appropriate

  • 6th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Suzuki 4; Wohlfahrt book 2

    • Scale requirements: All major scales up to two sharps and two flats (2 octaves)

  • 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Telemann Concerto in G; Vivaldi d minor; Sitt 20 Double Stop Etudes (selections)

    • Scale requirements: All major scales up to three sharps and three flats (2 octaves)

  • 8th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Hummel Fantasie; Bach G major Suite

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (2 octaves)

  • 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: JC Bach Concerto; Bloch Suite Hebraique

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (2 octaves)

  • 10th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Concerti by Hoffmeister and Stamitz

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (3 octaves)

  • 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Concerti by Walton and Hindemith; Hindemith Der Schwanendreher

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (3 octaves)

CELLO

 

  • 4th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Suzuki Book 2

    • Scale requirements: Scales as appropriate

  • 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Breval sonata, Book 3

    • Scale requirements: Scales as appropriate

  • 6th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Saint Saens Allegro Appassionato; Squire Tarantella; Popper #1; Bach Arioso; Saint Saens, The Swan

    • Scale requirements: All major scales up to two sharps and two flats (2 octaves)

  • 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Goltermann Concerto No. 4 in G major; Bach G major suite; Faure Elegie; Popper #5; Popper #6; Popper #34; Vivaldi Concerto in G minor; Eccles Concerto in G minor

    • Scale requirements: All major scales up to three sharps and three flats (2 octaves)

  • 8th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Brahms Sonata in E minor; Lalo Concerto in D minor; Haydn Concerto in C major

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (2 octaves)

  • 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Elgar Concerto in E minor; Boccherini Concerto in B-flat; Kabalevsky Concerto No. 1 in G minor

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (2 octaves)

  • 10th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (3 octaves)

  • 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Schumann Concerto in A minor; Dvorak Concerto in B minor

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (3 octaves)

DOUBLE BASS

 

  • 4th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Vance Progressive Repertoire Book 1 (1st half)

    • Scale requirements: Scales as appropriate

  • 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Vance Progressive Repertoire Book 1 (2nd half)

    • Scale requirements: Scales as appropriate

  • 6th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Vance Progressive Repertoire Book 2 (1st half)

    • Scale requirements: All major scales up to two sharps and two flats (2 octaves)

  • 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Vance Progressive Repertoire Book 2 (2nd half)

    • Scale requirements: All major scales up to three sharps and three flats (2 octaves)

  • 8th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Vance Progressive Repertoire Book 3 (1st half)

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (2 octaves)

  • 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Vance Progressive Repertoire Book 3 (2nd half)

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (2 octaves)

  • 10th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Koussevitsky Concerto for Double Bass, Op. 3; Anderson 4 Short Pieces; Bach Cello Suites 1 and 3

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (3 octaves)

  • 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Bottesini Concerto No. 2 in B minor; Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40; Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor; Bach Suites 2, 4, and 5

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (3 octaves)

FLUTE

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Piece from Concert and Contest Collection for Flute

    • Scale requirements: 1-octave major scale through 3 sharps and 3 flats, chromatic scale from low-G to D above the staff. All scales are slurred up and tongued down, with even rhythm

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Handel Sonata, Telemann Flute Sonata in F Major, Gaubert Madrigal, Faure Morceau de Concours, Schumann Romances

    • Scale requirements: 1-octave major scale - all keys; 1-octave harmonic minor scales through 3 sharps and 3 flats; chromatic scale from low-D to high-G; All Scales are slurred up and tongued down, with even rhythm

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces (or movements from different pieces), 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: JS Bach Sonata, Telemann Fantasie, CPE Bach Hamburger Sonata, Godard Suite, Hue Fantasie, Saint-Saens Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio

    • Scale requirements: 2-octave major and harmonic minor scales, chromatic scale from low-B/C (depending on footjoint) to high-C. All Scales are slurred up and tongued down, with even rhythm

  • 10th & 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces (or movements from different pieces), 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: JS Bach Sonata, Telemann Fantasie, Piece from Flute Music by French Composers, Mozart Concerto, Ian Clarke Hypnosis, Bozza Image, Dutilleux Sonatine

    • Scale requirements: 2-octave major scale; 2-octave minor scales in all forms, chromatic scale from low B/C (depending on footjoint) to high-D. All Scales are slurred up and tongued down, with even rhythm

OBOE

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Rubank Intermediate Method Book; Selected Studies (Voxman)

    • Scale requirements: All five-note major scales

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Rubank Advanced Method; Barlow, The Winter’s Passed

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (1 octave)

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Barret Oboe Method Melodic Studies 1-20; Telemann, Sonata in A minor

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor two-octave scales

  • 10th & 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Barret Oboe Method Melodic Studies 21-40; Marcello, Oboe Concerto in C minor; Cimarosa, Oboe Concerto in C minor

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor two-octave scales

CLARINET

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Rubank Intermediate Method Book; Selected Studies (Voxman)

    • Scale requirements: All five-note major scales

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Mozart Concerto, Mvt. 2; Weber Concertino; Schumann Fantasy Pieces

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (1 octave)

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Rose Etudes; Mozart Concerto, Mvt. 1; Weber 1st Concerto

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor two-octave scales

  • 10th & 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Hindemith Sonata; Brahms Sonata Nos. 1 and 2; Weber Concerto No. 2

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor two-octave scales

BASSOON

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 1 scale

    • Sample repertoire: Roy Johnson Saraband

    • Scale requirements: All five-note major scales

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Gounod March of the Marionette

    • Scale requirements: All major scales (1 octave)

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Hindemith Sonate, Mvt. 2

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (2 octaves)

  • 10th & 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Premier Solo - Eugene B

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales (2 octaves)

FRENCH HORN

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, F major scale

    • Sample repertoire: Sigmund Hering Forty Progressive Etudes, 9-32; Saint Saens, Romance, Op. 36

    • Scale requirements: F major (B-flat concert pitch)

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Richard Strauss Nocturne op. 7; Mozart Concerto No. 3, Mvt. 2; Sigmund Hering Forty Progressive Etudes 33-40; Sigmund Hering 32 Etudes

    • Scale requirements: Major scales in the keys of G major (C concert), A-flat major (D-flat concert), A major (D concert), B-flat major (E-flat concert), C major (F concert), D major (G concert), E-flat major (A-flat concert), F major (B-flat concert)

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Mozart Concerto No. 3, Mvt. 1 or 3; Mozart Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 2; Mozart Concerto No. 4, Mvt. 2; Beethoven Sonata Op. 17

    • Scale requirements: All major scales

  • 10th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Mozart Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 1 or 3; Mozart Concerto No. 4, Mvt. 1 or 3; Bozza, En Foret; Strauss Concerto No. 1; Gliere Concerto; Hindemith Sonata

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

  • 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Strauss Concerto No. 2; Dukas Villanelle

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

TRUMPET

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, C major scale

    • Sample repertoire: Sigmund Hering Forty Progressive Etudes, 9-32; H.A. VanderCook Trumpet Stars; Sigmund Hering Trumpet Course Book 2

    • Scale requirements: C major (B-flat Concert Pitch)

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Sigmund Hering Forty Progressive Etudes 33-40; Sigmund Hering 32 Etudes; Balay Petite Piece Concertante; G. Alary, Morceau de Concours

    • Scale requirements: Major scales in the keys of: G major (F concert), A major (G concert), B-flat major (A-flat concert), C major (B-flat concert), D major (C concert),

      E-flat major (D-flat concert), E major (D concert), F major (E-flat concert)

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Kennan Sonata, Mvt. 1; Senee Concertino

    • Scale requirements: All major scales

  • 10th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Haydn Concerto; Kennan Sonata, Mvt. 3; Neruda Concerto; Ropartz Andante and Allegro; Haydn Concerto; Goedicke Concert Etude

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

  • 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Hummel Concerto; Hindemith Sonata; Arutunian Concerto;

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

TROMBONE

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, B-flat major scale

    • Sample repertoire: Sigmund Hering Forty Progressive Etudes, 9-32, H.A. VanderCook Trombone Gems

    • Scale requirements: B-flat major scale

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Sigmund Hering Forty Progressive Etudes 33-40, Sigmund Hering 32 Etudes, Balay Petite Piece Concertante, Alary Morceau de Concours

    • Scale requirements: Major scales in the keys of F major, G major, A-flat major, B-flat major, C major, D-flat major, D major, E-flat major

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Bordogni/Rochut Etude No. 5; Bordogni/Rochut Etude No. 13; Saint Saens Cavatine Op. 144

    • Scale requirements: All major scales

  • 10th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Bordogni/Rochut Etude No. 9; Clarke Southern Cross; Barat Andante and Allegro; Guilmant Morceau Symphonique

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

  • 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: David Concerto; Marcello Sonata No. 5; Bordogni/Rochut Etude No. 44; Bordogni/Rochut Etude No. 55

    • Scale requirements:All major and minor scales

TUBA

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, B-flat major Scale

    • Sample repertoire: Essential Elements 2000

    • Scale requirements: B-flat major Scale

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 1 solo piece, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: 6 Studies in English Folksong; Marco Bordogni 43 Bel Canto Studies for Tuba/Bass Trombone

    • Scale requirements: Major scales in the keys of F major, G major, A-flat major, B-flat major, C major, D-flat major, D major, E-flat major

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Hadad Suite for Tuba; Capuzzi Andante and Rondo; Kopprasch 60 Studies; Arban Complete Method for Tuba; Snedecor Low Register Studies

    • Scale requirements: All major scales

  • 10th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Walter S. Hartley Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba; Vaughn Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba (Starting with either F or Eb Tuba)

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

  • 11th Grade:

    • Audition requirements: 2 contrasting solo pieces, 2 scales

    • Sample repertoire: Penderecki Cappriccio for Solo Tuba

    • Scale requirements: All major and minor scales

HARP

All Grades:

  • Two contrasting selections. These pieces may contrast in dynamic, tempo, style, etc.

PERCUSSION

 

  • 4th & 5th Grade:

    • Snare

      • 1 solo piece

      • Demonstration of buzz-roll (pp to ff)

  • 6th & 7th Grade:

    • Snare

      • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Peters, Whaley, PMEA solo

      • Demonstration of buzz-roll (pp to ff)

      • Demonstration of open-roll

    • Mallets

      • 1 two-mallet solo piece. Sample Repertoire includes: Goldenberg, McMillian, Whaley, PMEA solo

      • 2 major scales

  • 8th & 9th Grade:

    • Snare

      • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Cirone, Delecluse, Peters, Whaley, PMEA solo

      • Demonstration of buzz-roll (pp to ff)

      • Demonstration of open-roll

    • Mallets

      • 1 two-mallet solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Sammut, Davila, Smadbeck, Peters, Zeltsman

      • 2 major scales (two octaves) and arpeggios

    • Timpani

      • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Beck, Firth, Goodman, PMEA solo

  • 10th & 11th Grade:

    • Snare

      • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Cirone, Delecluse, Peters, Whaley, PMEA solo

      • Demonstration of buzz-roll (pp to ff)

      • Demonstration of open-roll

      • Demonstration of select rudiments from the 40 International Drum Rudiments

    • Mallets

      • 1 four-mallet solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Abe, Sammut, Davila, Smadbeck, Peters, Zeltsman

      • 2 major scales (two octaves) and arpeggios

    • Timpani

      • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Carter, Beck, Firth