Four Seasons Youth Symphony Orchestra 

Audition Requirements

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AUDITION APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 2021
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— Emerging Young Artist (Ages 14 to 17)

100% Scholarship 
2 Complete Movements from a Standard Concerto
3 Standard Orchestra Excerpts of Choice (Choose from Audition List below)

75% Scholarship
1 Complete Movement from a Standard Concerto
2 Standard Orchestra Excerpts of Choice  (Choose from Audition List below)

50% Scholarship
1 Complete Movement from a Standard Concerto

No Scholarship
2 Contrasting Pieces of Choice
2 two or three-octave scales of choice

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— Pre-Professional Fellow (Ages 18 to 25)

Audition Requirements

One movement from a Baroque or Classical period Concerto 
One movement from a Romantic or 20th-century Concerto 
5 Standard Orchestral Excerpts (Choose from Audition List below)

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AUDITION LIST

Violin

Solos: 1st movement exposition from a Mozart Concerto and a concerto or solo piece of your choice  
Excerpts:

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (3rd Mvt., beg. to Trio – no repeat)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (3rd Mvt., ms. 99 – 114)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1st Mvt., beg. to B)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (4th Mvt., 8 bef. B to D)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (2nd Mvt., beg. to m. 38 & 4th Mvt., beg. to m. 78)

Viola
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Solos: One movement of solo Bach (no repeats) and a standard repertoire concerto movement. 
Excerpts:

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (2nd Mvt., beg. to C)
• Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture (1 to 4)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 3 (1st Mvt., E to G, L to M)
• Brahms: Haydn Variations (Vars. V & VII)
• Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

Cello
Solos: One movement of solo Bach (no repeats) and a standard repertoire concerto movement. 
Excerpts:

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (2nd Mvt., beg. to C)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 (3rd Mvt., Trio)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (2nd Mvt., beg. to A)
• Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Overture - beg. to A – play top line of divisi)
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (2nd Mvt., 21 bef. A to A)

Bass

Solos: One movement of solo Bach (no repeats) and a standard repertoire concerto movement. 
Excerpts:

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (3rd Mvt., beg. to 5 aft. A & Trio to 23 aft. B)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (4th Mvt., beg. to A)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (1st Mvt., E to F)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (3rd Mvt., solo)
• Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (4th Mvt., ms. 134 to 181)

FLUTE
OBOE
CLARINET
BASS CLARINET
BASSOON
FRENCH HORN
TRUMPET
TROMBONE
TIMPANI
PERCUSSION
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