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Audition Requirements
Union Symphony Youth Orchestra (Ages 13–21)
- Strings
- Scales and arpeggios – slurred 4 per bow scales and 3 per bow arpeggios
- Violin
- 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
- Viola
- 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
- Cello
- 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
- Bass
- E, F, G, and A major 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
- E melodic minor 2 octaves scale and arpeggio
- Prescribed selections
- Violin
- 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
- Viola
- 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
- Cello
- 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
- Bass
- 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
- Harp
- Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Waltz of the Flowers Cadenza
- Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Mvt 2 beginning to Rehearsal 23
- Solo Piece of Choice
- Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
Prelude Junior String Orchestra
- String
- Perform all scales and arpeggios from memory.
- The tonic may be repeated in each octave.
- Perform scales as sixteenth notes at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50.
- Perform arpeggios the same number of octaves as the corresponding scales, eighth note triplets at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50.
- Violin, Viola, Cello
- C, G, D major 2 octaves
- F major 1 octave
- Any melodic minor of the student’s choice 1 octave
- Slur scales 4 notes per bow and arpeggios 3 notes per bow
- Bass
- C, D, F major 1 octave
- G major 2 octaves
- Any melodic minor of the student’s choice 1 octave.
- Slur scales 2 notes per bow and arpeggios separate bows
- ALL INSTRUMENTS
- Play a solo of your choice showing your abilities and range. Please state your selection in the video. (ex. Suzuki Book II, III, or IV)