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Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association All-VA String Audition Manager – Carrie Finnegan
Eligible for All-Virginia auditions through Senior Regional Orchestras:
All orchestral strings (22, 22, 16, 14, 8) and 2 harps 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 Bb clarinets, 2 oboes, 1 english horn, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
2 tenor trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, 4 percussion. The All-Virginia Auditions will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. All students must obtain a registration form from their director. The following are the audition requirements:
String audition requirements: Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello – 3 octave scales * Double Bass – 2 octave scales
Ø SCALES – 30% ü All Major Scales ü Melodic Minor Scales up to & including 4 sharps and 4 flats
• All Scales Must Be Memorized • Scales should be played in quarter notes, each note at mm = 120. • Bowings are Ascending: 2 slurred, 2 martele’, Descending: 4 slurred
Ø Prepared Etudes – 20% See vboda.org for the etude selections
Ø Prepared Excerpts – 20% See vboda.org for the excerpt selections
Ø Sight reading – 30% Harp Audition Requirements
Ø Technique – 40%: Pozzoli (Studi Di Media Difficolta) – Etude #13 Ø Prepared Piece – 40%: Sonata – Dussek C minor. Op. 2, Movement 1 Ø Sight reading – 20%
All Virginia Winds & Percussion Requirements Ø Please see the vboda.org website for full wind, brass, and percussion requirements.
Violin 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition
Rode - Caprice No. 11, Allegro Brillante
Violin 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 “Classical” Mvt. 2 (beginning to C) tempo is an estimate and recommendation
Viola 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition
Bruni – 25 Studies, No. 23 Tempo di Menuetto
Viola 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture (two measures after 1 to the end of 4) Tempo is an estimate and recommendation
Cello 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition
Dotzauer – 113 Studies Book 2, No. 49
Cello 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition
Mahler – Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 2 (Langsam after 11 to downbeat of 13, half note = 60) Tempo is an estimate and a recommendation
Double Bass 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition
Simandl – 30 Etudes for the String Bass, No. 17, measures 25 – 44 Students must purchase this book. The material is not public
domain so VBODA is unable to publish it.
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, Mvt. 5 (Witches’ round dance to 6 after 73, dotted quarter = 120)
Tempo is an estimate and a recommendation
2015 Requirements for String Auditions (Update B - December 2014)Violin 2015 VBODA All-VA Orchestra AuditionViola 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra AuditionCello 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra AuditionDouble Bass 2015 VBODA All-Virginia Orchestra Audition