Missouri All State Orchestra Audition Excerpts
Set 3
Violin
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Scales:
C major – 3 octaves (hear it now)
a melodic minor – 3 octaves (hear it now)
Orchestral Excerpts:
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- Borodin – Polevetsian Dances, Dance No. 17, violin 1, measures 31 to 40
- Beethoven – Symphony No. 1, 1st movement, violin 1, measures 13 to 45
- Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla, violin 1, measure 21 to 51
Viola
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Scales:
D major – 3 octaves (hear it now)
f melodic minor – 3 octaves (hear it now)
Orchestral Excerpts:
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- Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, measures 37 to 53
- Mozart – Symphony No. 30 in g minor, K. 550, 1st mvt., measures 105 to 122
- Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in c minor, op. 68, 1st mvt., measures 321 to 343
Cello
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Scales:
E flat major – 3 octaves (hear it now)
g melodic minor – 3 octaves (hear it now)
Orchestral Excerpts:
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- Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, measures 296 to 323
- Mendelssohn – Overture to the Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), measures 1 to 21
- Brahms – Symphony No. 3, op. 90, measures 1 to 16
Bass
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Scales:
E major – 3 octaves (hear it now)
c# melodic minor – 2 octaves (hear it now)
Orchestral Excerpts:
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- Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, sections labeled A, B and C
- Moussorgsky – Pictures from an Exhibition VI, Samuel Goldenberg Schmuyle
- Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kije Suite, Solo from Romance
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