Video Audition Information

2022 New York String Orchestra Seminar Video Audition Repertoire and Details

Information below is for the second round video auditions only.

You must first submit the audio (mp3) audition by the October 3, 2022, 11:59 p.m. ET, deadline in order to be considered for the second-round video (mp4) audition.

Those who pass the mp3 audition will be sent an invitation and a link for uploading the video audition. Those who do not pass the mp3 audition will be informed.

Because the time between the mp3 audition and the mp4 audition deadlines is short, we strongly recommend submitting your initial audition and application as early as possible and beginning to prepare the video repertoire now—even if you don't yet know if you will be invited to submit it.

Invited Second-Round Video (mp4) Audition Instructions and Repertoire—Due October 20, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. ET

1. In order to best reflect the qualities of a live audition, the required repertoire must be recorded in one take, without stopping the camera, in the order listed. However, you may pause briefly between works to compose yourself and gather your thoughts, as you would in a live audition.
2. Video auditions must be unaccompanied.
3. You should not take repeats in any of the listed repertoire.
4. Rests within an excerpt should not be counted over three bars
5. The video audition should be between 10 and 20 minutes, including your pauses between works. For this reason, we recommend that you base your solo work on the length of time it takes you to play your assigned excerpts.

Keep in mind that this is an orchestral program. The deciding factor between two players of equal merit is the level of preparation and execution of the repertoire excerpts. Preparation of these excerpts should be as meticulous as the preparation of the applicant's chosen solo works.

We strongly recommend that you become familiar with the complete instrumental part for each work from which excerpts have been assigned. In some cases, the music is in the public domain, but if not, it is worth a visit to the library or the expense of purchasing a part in order to be well prepared.

Your private teacher is a valuable resource. Be sure to ask for their assistance as you prepare.

Thanks to Luck's Music Library and Boosey & Hawkes, we will able to provide PDFs of the listed excerpts in early September to assist those who are unable to find the music elsewhere.

Excerpts from Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto and Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony are provided with permission by Luck's Music Library for the New York String Orchestra Seminar's 2022 auditions. Excerpts from Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony are provided with permission by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., for the New York String Orchestra Seminar’s 2022 auditions.

PLEASE NOTE: We do not require you to use any specific edition for your audition; you may use any edition available to you. However, measure numbers, rehearsal letters, etc., do vary between editions, so please compare your edition with the download provided if any question arises.

Please also note that if you simply prepare the excerpt download and do not familiarize yourself further with the piece (looking at a score, acquiring a complete part, or even listening to a recording to familiarize yourself with the work, so that you can play your excerpts with that knowledge of context), your audition may not be competitive.

2022 NYSOS Video Audition Repertoire

Flute I (excerpt PDFs here)

• J.S. Bach: solo work of choice*
• Contrasting solo work of choice*

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor"

• Movement 3: m. 16 – 126; skip the long rests

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish"

• Movement 1: m. 84 - m. 111
• Movement 2: m. 32 – 124; skip the long rests
• Movement 3: m. 80 – 99
• Movement 4: beginning – m. 66

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 1: m. 150 – end; skip rests 5 bars or longer (m. 150 is the 9th bar of letter N)
• Movement 2: m. 13 – m. 20 (letter B-C)
  
• Movement 4: beginning – letter M; skip the long rest at letter H

Oboe I (excerpt PDFs here)

• J.S. Bach: solo work of choice*
• Contrasting solo work of choice*

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish"

• Movement 1: opening - m. 16
• Movement 2: m. 32 (one before Letter A) - m. 100

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 1: No. 14 - No. 20 (m. 103 – m. 142)
• Movement 2: m. 30 - m. 39; m. 52 – m. 63
  
• Movement 4: m. 155 - m. 203

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor"

• Movement 1 (Allegro): m. 75 - m. 108 
• Movement 3 (Rondo Allegro): m. 16 - m. 42
  
  

Clarinet I (excerpt PDFs here)

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

• Movement 1: exposition
• Movement 2: opening - m. 54

Contrasting solo work of choice*

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor"

• Movement 1: Letter F for 6 bars; m. 273 - m. 283
• Movement 3: Opening tutti to 7 bars after letter R

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish"

• Movement 1: m. 64 - m. 83; m. 126 - m. 143
• Movement 2: m. 8 - m. 67; m. 84 - m. 102; m. 190 - m. 225
  
• Movement 4: m. 291 - m. 299; m. 361 - m. 388

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 1: First 3 bars
• Movement 4: Final 2 bars before m. 47 through m. 47; m. 59 - m. 60
  
  

Bassoon I (excerpt PDFs here)

• Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, K. 191, Movement 1, exposition
• Contrasting solo work of choice*

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor"

• Movement 1: m. 133 - m. 141; m. 274 - m. 300
  
• Movement 3: m. 1 - m. 36

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish"

• Movement 1: m. 140 - m. 146
• Movement 2: m. 48 - m. 67;  m. 190 - m. 213
• Movement 4: m. 369 - m. 388

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 1: Reh. 6 - Reh. 7; Reh. 15 to Reh. 18; Reh. 24 to Reh. 28
  
  

Horn I (except where noted otherwise)

Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 or No. 4

• Movement 1: Exposition

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" (Horn III) - (excerpt PDF here)

• Vivace non troppo: 16 bars after A - 1st bar of B; 12 before F - 3 before G
• Adagio: 6th bar of D - 4th bar before E

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

• 1st horn solo opening

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

• Low tutti

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

• Opening
  
  

Trumpet I

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto

• Movement 1: exposition and development

Contrasting solo work of choice

• Excerpt (four minutes maximum)

Mussorgsky/Ravel: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

• Opening

Stravinsky: "Petrouchka"

• Ballerina solo

Respighi: "Pines of Rome"

• Off-stage solo

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical" (excerpt PDF here)

• Movement 1: 5th bar of Reh. 17 through Reh. 19

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" (excerpt PDF here)

• Movement 3 (in D): m. 105 - m. 116
• Movement 4 (in C): m. 82 - m. 90
  
  

Timpani (excerpts PDF here)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor"

• Movement 1: m. 46 - 53
  

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish"

• Movement 1: Letter O - Letter P

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 4: Opening 17 bars

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

• Movement 4: entire

Martin: Concerto for 7 Winds, Strings & Percussion

• Movement 3: solo passage

Violin I (excerpt PDFs here)—excerpt list updated October 11

• First movement/exposition of a Mozart concerto
• Exposition of the first movement of a contrasting concerto of choice

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish"

• Movement 1: m. 17 - m. 85; m. 181 - m. 206
• Movement 2: m. 133 - m. 176
• Movement 3: beginning - m. 33; m. 69 - m. 99; m. 117 - m. 142
• Movement 4: beginning - m. 54; m. 109 - m. 147
  

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 1: beginning - bar 85
  
• Movement 4: beginning - bar 41
  

Viola (excerpt PDFs here)—excerpt list updated October 11

• J.S. Bach: movement of choice of any solo suite for viola
  
• Exposition of a contrasting work of choice

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" 

• Movement 1: beginning - m. 16; m. 158 - m. 205
• Movement 2: beginning - m. 48; m. 139 - m. 164; m. 193 - m. 228
• Movement 3: m. 117 - m. 140
• Movement 4: m. 39 - m. 66; m. 396 - m. 464

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 1: beginning - bar 10; bar 87 - bar 103; bar 198 - end of movement
  
• Movement 4: bar 37 - first ending (bar 90)
  
  

Cello (excerpt PDFs here)—excerpt list updated October 11

• J.S. Bach: movement of choice of any solo suite for cello
• Exposition of a contrasting work of choice

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish"

• Movement 1: m. 30 - m. 46; m. 209 (2nd ending) - m. 247
• Movement 2: m. 135 - m. 176; m. 193 - m. 214
• Movement 3: m. 117 - m. 136
• Movement 4: m. 15 - m. 23; m. 37 - m. 66; m. 441 - m. 468
  

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 1: beginning - bar 3; bar 111 - bar 142
• Movement 4: beginning - bar 42
  

Bass (excerpt PDFs here)

• J.S. Bach: One movement from any suite for solo cello
• Exposition of the first movement of a contrasting concerto of your choice
  

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

• Movement 1: m. 265 - end
• Movement 2: m. 75 - m. 101
• Movement 4: m. 55 - m. 82

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor"

• Movement 1: m. 57 - downbeat of 92
  

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

• Movement 1: m. 238 - m. 293
• Movement 2: pickup to m. 48 - m. 92; m. 183 - m. 213
  

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

• Movement 1: Letter J to 4 after letter L—if your edition doesn't have letters, Reh. No. 15 through 2 before 20  

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We look forward to hearing you play.