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)