Scale Requirements: 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: C, G, D, A, B-flat major 3 octaves; F major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 3 octaves. Slur scales 4 notes per bow and arpeggios 3 notes per bow.
Viola: C, G, D, F major 3 octaves; A, B-flat major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 3 octaves. Slur scales 4 notes per bow and arpeggios 3 notes per bow.
Cello: C, G, D, F major 3 octaves; A, B-flat Major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 3 octaves. Slur scales 4 notes per bow and arpeggios 3 notes per bow.
Bass: C, D, B-flat major 1 octave; F, G, A major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 2 octaves. Slur scales 2 notes per bow and arpeggios separate bows.
The sight-reading selections will be 8 measures in length and grade IV in difficulty level. New selections will be composed specifically for auditions each year. Each student will be allowed a 30 second preview period during which he/she may finger, air-bow, etc. but may not play the instrument. The judges will use a metronome to provide the correct tempo before the preparatory period begins, and again before the student begins to play. The metronome will not be used during the preview period or during the sight-reading performance.
Required Solo – The solos are on a 4-year rotation
Violin
2013-14 Concerto No. 23 in G Major, 1st mvt, solo entrance to first tutti, Viotti
2014-15 Sonata No. 4, 2nd mvt, “Allegro,” Handel
2015-16 Concerto No. 4, 1st mvt, Seitz
2016-17 Concerto in A Minor, 1st mvt, J. S. Bach
Viola
2013-14 Viola Concerto, 1st and 2nd mvts, Telemann- The edition used must include the treble clef orchestral tutti passage at the end of the 2nd mvt.
2014-15 Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1, Courante & Minuets, J. S. Bach
2015-16 Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 1, 3rd mvt, Stamitz, International Edition
2016-17 Processional, from Meditation and Processional, Bloch
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