Audition Requirements
Audition Requirements
Auditions - USYO (Ages 13–21)
•Strings
oScales and arpeggios - slurred 4 per bow scales and 3 per bow arpeggios
cViolin
•G, A and B-flat major 3 octaves scales and arpeggio
•F Major 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
•D melodic minor 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
cViola
•C, D and E-flat major 3 octaves scales and arpeggio
•B-flat Major 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
•G melodic minor 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
cCello
•C and D Major 3 octaves scales and arpeggio
•E-flat Major and B-flat Major 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
•G melodic minor 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
cBass
•E, F, G, and A major 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
•E melodic minor 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
oPrescribed selections
cViolin
•Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6: movements 1 or 3
•Handel - Violin Sonata in F Major: movement 1
•Mozart - Violin Sonata in E Minor: movement 1
•Or piece of equivalent or greater difficulty
cViola
•Telemann - Viola Concerto in G Major: movement 4
•Marcello - Sonata in E Minor: movement 2
•Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major: Courante
•Or piece of equivalent or greater difficulty
cCello
•Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major: Courante
•Breval - Sonata in C Major: movement 1
•Grieg - Cello Sonata in A Minor: movement 1
•Or piece of equivalent or greater difficulty
cBass
•Bach - Gavotte
•Marcello - Sonata in E Minor: movement 2
•Vivaldi - Sonata No.5 in E Minor: movement 2
•Or piece of equivalent or greater difficulty
oSight reading
•Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
oRequirements as described in the All-District 9-10 Auditions Requirements as posted at ncbandmasters.org.