Chamber Orchestra

Chamber Orchestra Audition Requirements

  • Solo work of the student’s choice, an excerpt about 1-2 minutes in length - grade 6 and up recommended. Suggested Solos

  • Suggested Percussion Etudes and Rudiments

  • Scales and arpeggios (Choose a major and a minor scale from the list below)

  • Upload the video to YouTube and share the unlisted link with execdir@cysomusic.org, SUBJECT LINE: 2020-2021 Audition, Name & Instrument

  • Attach a PDF of the solo piece to the email when you share the video

Scales and Arpeggios

STRINGS

  • Chromatic scales may be asked - play one octave starting on any note.

Violin

  • Major - (2 octaves) Dd, F, F# (3 octaves) A, Bb

  • Melodic minor - (2 octaves) c#, f, f# (3 octaves) a, bb

Viola

  • Major - (2 octaves) F#, Bb, B (3 octaves) C, D

  • Melodic minor - (2 octaves) f#, bb, b (3 octaves) c, d

Cello

  • Major - (2 octaves) E, F#, Ab, B (3 octaves) C, D

  • Melodic Minor - (2 octaves) e, f#, g#, b (3 octaves) c, d

Bass

  • Major - (2 octaves) F, F#, G

  • Melodic Minor - (2 octaves) f, f#, g

WINDS

  • All scales and arpeggios are to be played slurred, 2 octaves, ascending and descending at a tempo which best shows your proficiency

  • Scales will be played ascending and descending

  • Arpeggios will be played in the common chords for the same keys

Flute

  • Major - (2 octaves) up to 5 sharps and 5 flats

  • Melodic or harmonic minor - (2 octaves) e, b, f#, c#, d, g, c, f

  • Chromatic - (3 octaves) start on C

Oboe

  • Major - (a 12th) F#, Ab (2 octaves) Bb, B Db, E, F

  • Melodic or harmonic minor - (a 12th) g, g# (2 octaves) bb, b, c#, f

  • Chromatic - (2 octaves) start on Bb, C, Eb, E

Clarinet

  • Major - (2 octaves) Ab, Bb, B, Db, D, Eb (3 octaves) E

  • Melodic or harmonic minor - (2 octaves) g#, a, bb, b, c# (3 octaves) e

  • Chromatic - (2 octaves) start on F, A, C (3 octaves) starts on E

Bassoon

  • Major - (2 octaves: Db, D, Eb, E, Ab (3 octaves) Bb, B

  • Melodic or harmonic minor - (2 octaves) c#, e, g, g# (3 octaves) bb, b

  • Chromatic - (2 octaves) start on E, F, A (3 octaves) start on Bb

French Horn

  • Major - (2 octaves) C, Db, F#, Ab

  • Melodic or harmonic minor - (2 octaves) c#, eb, g, a

  • Chromatic - (2 octaves) start on E, F, F#, G

Tuned Percussion

  • Major - (1 octave) F#, C#, (2 octaves) D, Bb

  • Melodic or harmonic minor - (1 octave): eb, (2 octaves): b, g

  • Chromatic - 1 octave: start on any natural

Snare Drum

  • Students should prepare an etude or solo on the snare drum and bell set or mallet instrument if available.

  • FF and pp drum rolls, as well as a single concert roll which begins pp, crescendos to FF and diminuendos to pp over 10 seconds

  • Students should demonstrate 7 of the following options paradiddle, double paradiddle, flam, flam tap, flam accent, flam paradiddle, drag, single drag tap, lesson 25, single dragadiddle, ratamacue, 5 stroke roll, 7 stroke roll, 9 stroke roll. and a 17 stroke roll.

Harp (pedal)

  • Major - 4 octaves: all keys (no double # or b)

  • Melodic or harmonic minor - (4 octaves): all keys (no double # or b)