Orchestra Audition Materials

Jr./Sr. High Orchestra

2024 Audition Music for Strings Set II

Note to Students, Parents, and Teachers: To avoid confusion with the many different editions of Wohlfarht, Kayser, Kreutzer, Schroeder,  and Simandl on the market, UA Summer Music Camp etudes are available in both pdf  and mp3 formats. Just click the links below.

Students, If you are completing this grade…

Prepare audition material for…

5th

Chamber String Orchestra

6th

Chamber String Orchestra

7th

Chamber String Orchestra AND Philharmonic String Orchestra

8th

Philharmonic String Orchestra

9th

Philharmonic String Orchestra AND Symphony Orchestra

10th, 11th, 12th

Symphony Orchestra

Scale Requirements (All Strings)

Campers should prepare all scales listed for their group and instrument. Judges will indicate which scales to play when the camper enters the audition room.

Scale List – All Strings

Violin Audition Material

Chamber String Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Wohlfarht, Op. 45, Etude #9

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Philharmonic String Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Kayser, #9

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Symphony Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Kreutzer #29 – last 18 measures, one bow per beat

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Viola Audition Material

Chamber String Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Wohlfarht, Op. 45, Etude #9

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Philharmonic String Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Kayser #9

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Symphony Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Kreutzer #29 – last 18 measures, one bow per beat

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Cello Audition Material

Chamber String Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Schroeder, #28

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Philharmonic String Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Schroeder #55

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Symphony Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Schroeder #71

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Double Bass Audition Material

Chamber String Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: The Blacksmith by Mozart, from A Tune a Day for Cello, Book Two, by C. Paul Herfurth

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Philharmonic String Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Beethoven Symphony #5, from The Complete Double Bass Parts, Beethoven Nine Symphonies, by Oscar G. Zimmerman

Etude PDF     Etude MP3

Symphony Orchestra

Etude Excerpt: Mozart, Symphony #40, from Orchestra Excerpts for String Bass, Vol I, by Oscar G. Zimmerman

Etude PDF     Etude MP3