University of Melbourne Symphonic Ensembles

2021 Auditions: Viola

Please prepare all excerpts as instructed.

Need help preparing for your audition? Start now, by: • Listening to the pieces in their entirety, with full scores. Recordings of some of

these excerpts are available online. Listen to the orchestras that you’ve heardof (Berlin, Chicago, New York, Vienna etc). Scores are available in the musiclibrary, or through web resources such as:

o http://imslp.org/o http://archives.nyphil.org/

• The New York Philharmonic archive website is a very useful bowing resourcefor you to observe alternate bowings of standard repertoire.

• Do your initial work of sorting out tempos, all of the notes, intervals andrhythms first. Do all of this AWAY from your instrument.

• Once you’ve got the tempo, notes, intervals, rhythms sorted, record yourselfplaying ONE phrase of an excerpt. Listen to the professional version, and thenlisten back to your version. Name something specific that is better about theprofessional recording. Learn to do that specific thing. Repeat process untilthey are the same.

• Once you have the excerpts to a solid level of performance, record three ofthem in a row. Take a break, then come back and listen. Write down severalspecific things you know you need to fix, then spend 10 minutes working fixONE of those specific things.

• Take several excerpts (random order) and perform as a pretend audition.Always record these mock auditions. Sometimes play them in front of yourparents, or sibling, or even your dog! No comments needed, just an audience.

• Repeat every day (after a nice warm‐up). Use the recording to decide whatbasics you’ll work on tonight or tomorrow morning before your next mockaudition.

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EXCERPT OVERVIEW

STRAUSS Don Juan (bowed and blank copy) Beginning - 5 measures before Fig. D

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Mvt II, Pickup to mm. 1-10 Mvt II, mm. 23-37 Mvt II, mm. 49-59

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 Mvt IV, Fig. B – 2 measures after Fig. D

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo, mm. 17 - 93

MOZART Symphony No. 35, K.385Mvt IV, mm. 134 - 181

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6. Mvt 1, Allegro non troppo - 5 measure after Fig. C

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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

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BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 Mvt IV, Fig. B – 2 measures after Fig. D

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MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo, mm. 17-93

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MOZART Symphony No. 35, K. 385 Mvt IV, mm. 134-181

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6. Mvt 1, Allegro non troppo - 5 measure after Fig. C

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