Audition Materials for the Repertory Orchestra should be emailed to Jessica Olson at byoexecutivedirector@gmail.com, or mailed to the Billings Youth Orchestra at PO Box 80842, Billings, MT 59108.
The following audition materials are the same as 2011 Spring All-State Audition Requirements.
Flute & Piccolo
If interested in playing piccolo, please include both flute and piccolo playing, flute first. State at beginning of recording that you are auditioning on both. Please include a piccolo excerpt of your choice at the end of the exercises below:
Chromatic Scale: Middle C to C4. Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m. = 132 ascending and descending.
Selected Studies for Flute by H. Voxman. Published by Rubank.
Page 6 to first ending. Quarter Note: m.m. = 132
Page 50 – First 7 lines plus two measures Dotted Quarter Note: m.m. = 66
Page 31 – First 3 lines plus one measure + 1 note Adagio Cantabile
Oboe and English Horn
Chromatic Scale: Low Bb (Bb below middle C) to F3 (B on English Horn). Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m. = 132 ascending and descending. Oboist who wish to be considered for English Horn parts should include an example of their English Horn playing.
Rubank Advanced Method for Oboe, Vol. 1
Page 50 – #18 (e Minor) Quarter Note: m.m. = 96-100
Page 50-51 – #20 (Bb Major)(Take second ending) Dotted Quarter Note: m.m. = 92
Page 67 – #3 (F Major) Quarter Note: m.m. = 72-80
Bassoon
Chromatic Scale: Contra BBb (BBb below bass clef) to Bb1 (3rd line treble clef). Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m. = 132 ascending and descending.
Julie Weissenborn: 50 Studies, OP. 8: Book II. Published by Carl Fischer
Page 3, #2 — (no repeats) Dotted Quarter Note = 63
Page 18, #22 – First 8 measures only Dotted Quarter Note: m.m. = 88
(Stop at fermata)
Page 21, #27 – First 16 measures only Quarter Note: m.m. = 72
Bb Clarinet
Chromatic Scale: Low E (E below middle C) to G3. Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m. = 132 ascending and descending.
Rubank Advanced Method for Clarinet Vol. 1 by Voxman/Gower
Page 27 (Top Line), No repeats Dotted half m.m. = 60
Page 47 – #24 (Top Line) Quarter Note: m.m. = 72
Page 49 – Last 21 measures Half Note: m.m. = 88 (cut time)
Page 55 – #19 Quarter Note: m.m. = 100
Alto and Bass Clarinet
Chromatic Scale: Low E (E below middle C) to C3. Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m. = 132 ascending and descending.
Rubank Advanced Method for Clarinet Book 1
Page 10 – #31 Quarter Note: m.m. = 112
Page 50 – #5, Play to the end, no repeats Dotted Quarter Note: m.m. = 112
Page 25 – #7 bottom part, no repeats Quarter Note: m.m. = 120
Trumpet
Chromatic Scale: Low F# (F# below middle C) to C3. Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m.=132 ascending and descending.
Arban’s Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet. Published by Carl Fischer.
Page 30 – #24 Quarter Note: m.m. = 120
Page 144 – #50, line 4 Quarter Note: m.m. = 92
Page 145 – #51, line 8 Quarter Note: m.m. = 84
Page 149 – #55, lines 2 & 10 Quarter Note: m.m. = 92
Page 192 – #6 No required m.m.
French Horn
Chromatic Scale: C (1 octave below middle C) to C3 or as high as possible. Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m. = 132 ascending and descending.
Rubank Advanced Method Vol. 1 Gower/Voxman.
Page 25 – #7, bottom part – no repeats Quarter Note: m.m. = 90
Page 50 – #10 Quarter Note: m.m. = 120
Page 72 – First 6 lines As Marked
Trombone
Chromatic Scale: G (bottom line bass clef) to G1. Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m. = 132 ascending and descending.
Arban’s Complete Method for Trombone and Baritone. Published by Carl Fischer.
Page 63 – #3 Quarter Note: m.m. = 92
Page 156 – Line 1 and 8 Dotted Quarter Note: m.m. = 88
Page 236 – Theme As Marked
Page 236 – Variation 1 (cont. on 237) Quarter note: m.m. = 80
Bass Trombone
All applicants must have an F attachment or bass trombone and be able to play down to Low C.
Chromatic Scale: Low E (E below bass clef) to E1. Use legato-tongued quarter notes at m.m. = 132 ascending and descending.
Arban’s Complete Method for Trombone. Published by Carl Fischer.
Page 63 – #3 Quarter Note: m.m. = 76
Page 156 – Line 1 Dotted Quarter Note: m.m. = 72
Ostrander F Attachment and Bass Trombone. Published by Charles Colin.
Page 21 – #54, Etude Quarter Note: m.m. = 100
Percussion
Students with sufficient background should attempt to submit one CD playing all or some of the percussion excerpts. An effort will be made to select versatile musicians in the percussion section.
Snare Drum
Orchestral (multiple bounce) roll: play pp < ff > pp
Rudimental (double stroke) roll: play slow-fast
Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion and Multiple Percussion. Meredith Musical Publications.
Page 7 – #6 Quarter Note: m.m. = 108
Timpani
Roll on low G play pp < ff > pp
Roll on high D play pp < ff > pp
F Major Scale using 2 timpani– legato stroke
ascending and descending Quarter Note: m.m. = 80
Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion and Multiple Percussion. Meredith Musical Publications.
Page 13 – #3 Quarter Note: m.m. = 104
Violin
42 Studies for Violin by Kreutzer, International Edition (Galamian)
D Major Scale (Three octaves, eighth notes, slur 4 notes to a bow, no vibrato, quarter note = 72)
g Melodic Minor Scale (Three octaves, detache, quarter notes with vibrato, quarter note = 72)
C Major Scale (One octave, four sixteenth notes per pitch, spiccato, quarter note = 84 – 92)
Kreutzer, Study #6 (martele, first 7 lines, (21 m.), forte, quarter note = 56-60)
Identify and play a two-minute excerpt from your solo literature
Viola
Foundation Studies for the Viola by Wolhfarht. Compiled by Merle J. Isaac and Ralph C. Lewis, published by Carl Fischer, Inc. Book II (From Opus 45, 74) Thirty Studies in Three Positions (02660).
Eb Major Scale (Three octaves, eighth notes, slur 4 notes to a bow, no vibrato, quarter note = 72)
e Melodic Minor Scale (Three octaves, detache, quarter notes with vibrato, quarter note = 72)
F Major Scale (One octave, four sixteenth notes per pitch, spiccato, quarter note = 92)
Wolhfarht, Book II, #35, page 5, quarter note = 80
Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
Cello
170 Foundation Studies for the Violoncello by Alwin Schroeder, published by Carl Fischer, Inc. Volume I (02469).
1. Eb Major Scale (Three octaves, eighth notes, slur 4 notes to a bow, no vibrato, quarter note = 72)
2. e Melodic Minor Scale (Three octaves, detache, quarter notes with vibrato, quarter note= 72)
3. F Major Scale (One octave, four sixteenth notes per pitch, spicatto, quarter note = 84 – 92)
4. Schroeder, Vol. 1, #71, p. 80, (first four lines, (12 m.), eighth note =132)
5. Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
Bass
Nuovo Metodo Per Contrabasso (New Method for Double Bass) by Isaia Bille, published by G. Ricordi, Milan, Italy. Bille 263 = Part III, Practical Course III. E. R. 263
1. G Major Scale (Two octaves, eighth notes, slur 2 notes to a bow, no vibrato, quarter note = 72)
2. e Melodic Minor Scale (Two octaves, detache, quarter notes with vibrato, quarter note = 72)
3. Bille 263, #19, p. 15 (quarter note = 84)
4. Bille 2263, #8, p. 9 (quarter note = 60)
5. Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature