Solo Repertoire:

• Strings, Woodwinds, & Brass: Please prepare two contrasting pieces or orchestral excerpts which demonstrate your musicality, tone, and technical skill. Each solo selection should be no more than two minutes in length.

• Percussion:

  • Please prepare two etudes of your choice on snare drum.

  • Then, demonstrate the following:

    1. Long roll (concert-style) – pp<FF->pp

    2. Single paradiddles

    3. Flams

    4. Drags

Scales:

• Violin: D major & A melodic minor, 3 octaves

• Viola: G major & D melodic minor, 3 octaves

• Cello: E major & G melodic minor, 3 octaves

• Bass: F major & A melodic minor, 2 octave minimum or as many octaves as possible

• Flutes: C major & Db major, as many octaves as possible

• Clarinets: E major & Db major, as many octaves as possible

• Trumpets: B major & Ab major, 2 octaves

• Oboe: Eb major & D major, 2 octaves

• Bassoon: Bb major & A major, as many octaves as possible

• French Horn: Gb major & A major, 2 octaves

• Trombones: A major & Gb major, 2 octaves

• Tuba: A major and Gb major, 2 octaves