Download Violin Excerpts (please note the Montgomery will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Brahms, Symphony No. 4, Movement IV, bar 33-80, 1st Violin part
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement I, bar 3-35, 1st Violin part
• Mahler, Symphony No. 4, Movement III , bars 17-54, 2nd Violin part (bottom line of divisi)
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’ Movement IV, bar 267-317, 1st Violin part
• Montgomery, Starburst, bas 1-17, 2nd Violin part
• Mozart, Overture to the Magic Flute, bars 16-50, 2nd Violin part
• Strauss, Don Juan, beginning to 12 bars after C, 1st Violin part
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella, Movement IV ‘Tarantella’, Figure [53]-[57], 1st Violin part

Viola
Download Viola Excerpts (please note the Montgomery will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Movement II, beginning-bar 10, bar 72-86, bar 98-106
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement IV, opening to Fig [A] (bar 18)
• Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius, Figure [14] – 4th bar [16]
• Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, Figure [E] – [H]
• Montgomery, Starburst, bars 51-65
• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Movement I, Figure [15] – [17]
• Strauss, Don Juan, beginning – 9 bars after [B]
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella, Movement IV ‘Tarantella’, opening – Figure [57]

Cello
Download Cello Excerpts (please note the Alberga will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Alberga, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement I, bar 146-160, Cello 1 (non-divisi)
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Movement II, beginning – bar 10, and bars 114-123
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Movement III, beginning – bar 79
• Bizet, Carmen, Act 3 Bo. 24, 11 bars before Figure [46] to 9 bars after
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement III, bar 1 – bar 23 (Figure [A])
• Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, Figure [N] – [O]
• Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, Movement III, bar 193 (letter F) – bar 213
• Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, beginning to 5 bars after Figure [2]

Double Bass
Download Double Bass Excerpts (please note the Alberga will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Alberga, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement I, bar 146-160, Bass 1 (non-divisi)
• Beethoven Symphony No. 8, Movement I, bar 90-113(1st time bar)
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement I, upbeat to bar 62 – figure [E] as if for the 2nd time
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement IV, bars 1-8; figure [B] – bar 46
• Elgar, Dream of Gerontius, Part 3, 1 bar after Figure [33]- 4 bars after [34]; 1 bar before [37]-3 bars after [38]
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4, Movement I, bars 265-287
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Movement II, bars 112-124
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella, Variation 2A, 170-179 no repeat, Solo Bass part

The video submission will require you to perform the exposition of a concerto, sonata or concerto piece of your choice. Live second-round auditions will require you to perform the exposition of a concerto, sonata or concerto piece of your choice and you will be asked a selection, chosen by the panel, of the orchestral excerpts listed below.

At live second-round auditions you may also be invited to play an excerpt on auxiliary instrument (piccolo, cor anglais, e-flat OR bass clarinet and contra-bassoon), should you wish to. Details of this will be confirmed upon invitation to live second-round auditions.

Flute
Download Flute Excerpts (please note the Alberga will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Alberga, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement III, bar 308 – the end, 2nd Flute part
• Bizet, Carmen Suite, Movement II (Entr’acte), beginning – 11 bars after Figure [A], 1st Flute part
• Brahms, Symphony No. 4, Movement IV, bars 89-105, 1st Flute part
• Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Movement I, Misterioso after Figure [16] to Nicht mehr so langsam, and Sehr zögernd until the end of the movement, 1st Flute part
• Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo – 6 bars after Figure [O] – end of movement, 1st and 2nd Flute parts
• Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, Figure [2] to Figure [4]
• Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, Figure [176] – 2 bars after Figure [179], 1st Flute solo

Oboe
Download Oboe Excerpts (please note the Alberga will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Alberga, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement III, bars 8-26, 1st Oboe part
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, Movement I, bar 1-10 and bar 22-34, 1st Oboe part
• Brahms, Haydn Variations, Chorale, St. Antoni, Complete, 2nd Oboe part
• Dvorak Cello Concerto, Movement II, beginning – bar 9, 2nd Oboe part
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Movement II, Vivace non troppo, Figure [C]-[D], 2nd Oboe part
• Ravel, Tombeau de Couperin, beginning – Figure [2], 1st Oboe part
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite, Serenata, Figure [6] to a bar after Figure [10], 1st Oboe part
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite, Variation 1A, Complete, 1st Oboe part

Clarinet
Download Clarinet Excerpts (please note the Alberga will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Alberga Violin Concerto No. 1 Movement III, bar 14 – 21; bar 257-264, 1st and 2nd Clarinet parts
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, Movement I, bar 474 – 492, 1st Clarinet part
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement I, bar 36 – 46, 1st Clarinet part
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement II, bar 1 – 22, 1st Clarinet part
• Elgar, Dream of Gerontius, Part 2, Figure [5] – [6], 1st Clarinet part
• Kodaly, Dances of Galanta, Bar 31 – 65, 1st Clarinet part
• Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, beginning – bar 48 Figure [B], 1st and 2nd Clarinet parts
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’, Movement II, Bar 8 – 56, 1st Clarinet part

Bassoon
Download Bassoon Excerpts (please note the Alberga will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Alberga Violin Concerto No. 1 Movement I, bar 57 – 63; 1st Bassoon part
• Brahms, Violin Concerto, Movement II, beginning – bar 32, 1st Bassoon part
• Bizet, Carmen Suite No.1, Movement IV (les dragons d’Alcala), beginning to Figure [A], 1st Bassoon part
• Donizetti, Der Liebestrank, Act 2, Scene 8, bars 2-9, 1st Bassoon part
• Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture, beginning to bar 24, 1st Bassoon part
• Ravel, Piano Concerto, Movement III, Figure [14] – [15] + 10bars, 1st and 2nd Bassoon part
• Stravinsky, Pulchinella, Variation 2a, Figure [81] to 2nd ending after [84], 1st Bassoon part
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, Movement II, bar 274 – end, 1st Bassoon part

The video submission will require you to perform the exposition of a concerto, sonata or concerto piece of your choice. Live second-round auditions will require you to perform the exposition of a concerto of your choice and you will be asked a selection, chosen by the panel, of the orchestral excerpts listed below.

Trumpet
Download Trumpet excerpts (please note the Tower and Alberga will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Alberga, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement I, opening 62 bars, 2nd Trumpet part
• Bizet, Carmen Suite No. 1, Prelude, 1st Trumpet part in A
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement IV, Figures [D] to [G], 2nd Trumpet part
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Movement I, Figures [B] to [C], 2nd Trumpet part
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Movement IV, Figures [C] to [D], 1st Trumpet part
• Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade, 1st Trumpet part
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite, No. 5 Toccata
• Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1, 2nd Trumpet part

Horn
Download French Horn excerpts (please note the Alberga will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Alberga, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement I, bars 43-56, 2nd Horn part
• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement III, Letter F to end of bar 110, 1st Horn part
• Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Movement III, upbeat to bar 83 to end of bar 102, 4th Horn part in Eb
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Movement II, Figure [A] to [B], 3rd and 4th Horn parts; 2 before Figure [F] to bar 223], 3rd Horn part
• Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Movement III, upbeat to 7th bar of Figure [D] (bar 75) to end of four before Letter [E] (bar 95), 3rd Horn part in D
• Saint-Saens, Symphony No. 3, Movement I, Figures [Q] to [S], 3rd Horn part
• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Movement I, Figures [17] to [21], 3rd and 4th Horn parts
• Strauss, Don Juan, Section Tutti, 1st Horn

Trombone
Download Trombone excerpts (please note the Tower excerpt will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement IV, Figure [I] – [K], 1st Trombone part
• Messiaen, Turangalila, Movement III, Figure [9]-[13], 2nd Trombone part
• Mozart, Requiem, Tuba Mirum, Solo, 2nd Trombone part
• Rossini, William Tell Overture, Figure [C] – 9th bar [D], 1st Trombone part
• Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite, Movement VII, (Duetto), Figure [92] – end, Solo
• Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1, 1st Trombone part
• Wagner, Tannhauser Overture, bar 378 (1 bar before Figure [H]) – end, 1st Trombone part

Bass Trombone
Download Bass Trombone excerpts (please note the Tower excerpt will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)

• Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement IV, Figure [I] – [K]
• Haydn, The Creation, No. 26 (Vivace), bar 1 – 37
• Rossini, William Tell Overture, Figure [C] – 9th bar [D]
• Schumann, Symphony No. 3, Movement IV, bars 1 – 24
• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1, Movement IV, Figure [34] – [35] (molto meno mosso)
• Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
• Wagner, Tannhauser Overture, bar 378 (1 bar before Figure [H]) – end

Percussion applications for Stage-one will only require the submission of CV and application form, no performance video link.

Selected applicants will then be invited to live auditions. Live Stage-two auditions will require applicants to perform on timpani, snare drum and tuned percussion, in excerpts selected by the panel. Instruments will be provided.

Download Timpani and Percussion excerpts (please note the Alberga excerpts will be emailed to candidates offered a live audition)
Timpani

• Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Movement I, coda
• Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius, Part II, Figure [74]-5th bar of Figure [75]

• Stravinsky, Firebird (1910 version), upbeat to Figure [47]-[48], and [127]-[133] (Xylophone)
• Adams, Chairman Dances, excerpts 1 and 3 from the PDF (not excerpt 2) (Xylophone)
• Alberga, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement I, bars 330-342 (Vibraphone)
• Alberga, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement II, bars 79-86, 92-end (Vibraphone)

• Britten, War Requiem, Libera Me, Figures [105]-[108], [110]-[112], and [116-118]
• Ravel, Bolero, first 1 minute