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String Ensemble Audition Information

Fall 2024 Audition Info

Ensemble auditions will take place as follows: 

·       Sunday, August 25 - violins, basses (starting at 5pm, basses will go pretty late)

·       Monday, August 25 - 1-3pm, cellos

·       Monday, August 25 – violas (starting at 5:20-ish, after studio class)

 

Repertoire from auditions will be selected from the fall semester programs. Start practicing and listening now! The more exposure you have to this music, the better you will understand and play it. We will send you a list of 6-10 excerpts from this music a week or two before auditions. You will be most successful if you have already practiced the concert music. 

 

Note to violins: Any practice you put in on 1st or 2nd violin will benefit you in the long run. If the music looks difficult to you, it is fine to focus all of your attention on violin 2 parts. You will be asked to play a mix of 1st and 2nd violin for your audition, but your 2nd violin practice will pay off and you will be able to learn the higher parts more quickly. 

 

Fall 2024 CSO Repertoire

 

Fall CSO Concert - Saturday, October 19th (dress rehearsal: Saturday, October 19th, 10am-12:30pm)

Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60: Suite

1. The Birth of Kijé

2. Romance

3. Kijé's Wedding

4. Troika

5. Kijé's Funeral

parts in Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UTNHM6uFx3WBeTuAzX76y2-Qk0U6Drs4?usp=share_link

*we will be using a different edition, but please download this one for practice

 

Franz Liszt: Totentanz, S. 126 (2nd version)

Mario Qing Fei Chai, piano

parts on IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Totentanz,_S.126_(Liszt,_Franz) (please take care to look for parts marked "2nd version")

 

Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, op. 81

parts on IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Tragic_Overture,_Op.81_(Brahms,_Johannes) 

 

Hillman Opera - November 14-17 (tech week: Saturday, October 9-Wednesday, October 13)

W. A. Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte, K. 588

Parts on IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Così_fan_tutte%2C_K.588_(Mozart%2C_Wolfgang_Amadeus) 

**violins will only be asked for violin 2 excerpts

 

Sinfonia/Wind Symphony Concert – Tuesday, November 19th

                  Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations

                           Variation IX: Nimrod

Parts on IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Variations_on_an_Original_Theme_'Enigma'%2C_Op.36_(Elgar%2C_Edward)

 

                  Elfrida Andrée: Sommarminnen från Bjurslätt

3. Allegro grazioso pastorale

(Here is a youtube link; it is hard to find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqrkEjW25B0)

Parts in Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UTNHM6uFx3WBeTuAzX76y2-Qk0U6Drs4?usp=share_link

 

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