Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association All-VA String Audition Manager – Carrie Finnegan

cfinnegan@k12albemarle.org

Eligible for All-Virginia auditions through Senior Regional Orchestras:

All orchestral strings (22, 22, 16, 14, 8) and 2 harps 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 Bb clarinets, 2 oboes, 1 english horn, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets,

2 tenor trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, 4 percussion. The All-Virginia Auditions will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. All students must obtain a registration form from their director. The following are the audition requirements:

String audition requirements: Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello – 3 octave scales * Double Bass – 2 octave scales

Ø SCALES – 30% ü All Major Scales ü Melodic Minor Scales up to & including 4 sharps and 4 flats

• All Scales Must Be Memorized • Scales should be played in quarter notes, each note at mm = 120. • Bowings are Ascending: 2 slurred, 2 martele’, Descending: 4 slurred

Ø Prepared Etudes – 20% See vboda.org for the etude selections

Ø Prepared Excerpts – 20% See vboda.org for the excerpt selections

Ø Sight reading – 30% Harp Audition Requirements

Ø Technique – 40%: Pozzoli (Studi Di Media Difficolta) – Etude #13 Ø Prepared Piece – 40%: Sonata – Dussek C minor. Op. 2, Movement 1 Ø Sight reading – 20%

All Virginia Winds & Percussion Requirements Ø Please see the vboda.org website for full wind, brass, and percussion requirements.

Violin 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition  

Rode - Caprice No. 11, Allegro Brillante

Violin 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition  

Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 “Classical” Mvt. 2 (beginning to C) tempo is an estimate and recommendation

Viola 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition  

           

Bruni – 25 Studies, No. 23 Tempo di Menuetto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viola 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition  

           

Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture (two measures after 1 to the end of 4) Tempo is an estimate and recommendation

Cello 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition  

Dotzauer – 113 Studies Book 2, No. 49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Cello 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition  

Mahler – Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 2 (Langsam after 11 to downbeat of 13, half note = 60) Tempo  is  an  estimate  and  a  recommendation

 

 

 

Double Bass 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition

Simandl – 30 Etudes for the String Bass, No. 17, measures 25 – 44 Students must purchase this book. The material is not public

domain so VBODA is unable to publish it.

 

Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, Mvt. 5 (Witches’ round dance to 6 after 73, dotted quarter = 120)

Tempo  is  an  estimate  and  a  recommendation

2015 Requirements for String Auditions (Update B - December 2014)Violin 2015 VBODA All-VA Orchestra AuditionViola 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra AuditionCello 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra AuditionDouble Bass 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition