Bassoon II

Auditions are first come, first served from 11:30-1:30 pm on Friday, September 24 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 1400 West Stadium Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.

Prepare the following samples to be played at your audition.  Sight reading will be asked for as needed.

Solo Work:
Concerto of candidate’s choice

Orchestral Excerpts:
Beethoven, L.                  Violin Concerto
                                             Allegro ma non troppo: m. 1-15

Beethoven, L.                  Symphony #4 – Movement IV (Finale)
Allegro ma non troppo: m. 1-21

Brahms                            Violin Concerto 

Mozart, W. A.                    Le Nozze di Figaro – Overture
m. 1-24
m. 101-123

Dukas                               Sorcerer’s Apprentice
See excerpt

Prokofiev, S.                     Peter and the Wolf
See excerpt   

Ravel, M.                           Bolero
Solo: m. 35-57

Rimsky-Korsakov           Scheherazade – Movement II
Andantino: m. 1-27
Allegro molto ed animato: m. 1-24

Shostakovich                   Symphony #9 – Movement IV
Solo: see excerpt

Stravinsky                         Firebird
Berceuse (Solo): m. 1-14

Stravinsky                         Rite of Spring – Introduction: L’adoration de la terre
m. 1-18
m. 42-51

Tchaikovsky                     Symphony #6 – Introduction
m. 1-12

Wagner                            Overture to Tannhauser

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