Audition music currently posted is for Fall 2009. Files can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, and a high printer quality setting is desirable for clarity. Numbers designate multiple pages for download. Send any questions to bands@uiuc.edu, or contact your friendly library staff here in the band building.
Also, check the current audition poster for the date and time of auditions.
| All Symphonic
Bands and Concert Band I |
Concert Bands IIA
& IIB |
| Piccolo
use the Flute set, last excerpt, Shostakovich Symphony #6, piccolo
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Piccolo |
| Flute
Mozart, ONLY ms 32-46
Beethoven Leonore, ONLY Excerpt 2, ms 328-360
Dvorak, entire excerpt
Debussy, ONLY from rehearsal 2 to rehearsal 3
Hindemith, Stravinsky, Smetana – none
Shostakovich – ONLY for the piccolo audition
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Flute |
| Oboe
Mendelssohn #3, ONLY ms 32-67
Ravel , none
Rossini, ONLY the solo from rehearsal 2 to rehearsal 3
Strauss, none
Tchaikovsky #4, mvt 2 Andantino solo from the beginning to 20 ms before A
Tchaikovsky #4, mvt 3 Scherzo, ONLY the top 2 lines
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Oboe |
| Bassoon
Hummel Concerto, mvt 1, ONLY ms 62-82
Beethoven #9, none
Mendelssohn Scherzo, ONLY the first 3 lines of the excerpt
Rossini, none
Sibelius #2, mvt II, from rehearsal A to 4 ms before B
Strauss, ONLY from the pickup to rehearsal 13 to rehearsal 14
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Bassoon |
| Eb Clarinet - no separate excerpts for audition |
Clarinet |
| Bb Clarinet
Mozart, none
Brahms #3, mvt 1, example 1 ONLY ms 1-11 (prepare both parts), ms 29-3-36
Brahms #3, mvt 2, example 4
Mendelssohn Scherzo, all 8 examples
Kodaly, none
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Bass Clarinet |
| Bass Clarinet |
Alto Saxophone |
| All Saxes |
Tenor Saxophone |
| Cornet/Trumpet (all for Bb trumpet, except Respighi)
Beethoven Leonore, ONLY the first two lines
Bizet, none
Copland, ms 16-34 (entire excerpt)
Mahler #5, solo from the beginning to 6 ms after rehearsal 1
Respighi, mvt II, ms 17-26 (trumpet in C)
Strauss, none
Stravinsky Petrouchka, pickup to rehearsal 135 to rehearsal 139
Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale, none
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Bari Saxophone |
| Horn
Tchaikovsky #5, Excerpt 1
Beethoven #6, none
Brahms #3, none
Strauss Don Juan, Excerpt 2 ONLY Horn 1
Brahms Variations, ONLY horn 2 Bb basso
Shostakovich, Excerpt 1, ONLY from 1 ms before rehearsal 19 to 1 ms after 21
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Cornet/Trumpet |
| Trombone
Mahler #3, play solos at 13 & 33
Ravel, none
Saint-Saëns #3, from Q to 2 ms after S
Wagner Ride, from pickup to rehearsal 6 to 7 (some in tenor clef)
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Horn |
| Bass Trombone
Haydn, none
Kodaly, none
Wagner Das Rheingold Valhalla motif and Spear motif
Wagner Die Walküre from pickup to rehearsal 6 to 3rd ms after 7
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Trombone |
| Euphonium (Bass Clef) |
Euphonium (Bass Clef) |
| Euphonium (Treble Clef) |
Euphonium (Treble Clef) |
| Tuba
ALL the bracketed orchestra excerpts. Just try your best.
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Tuba |
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| All Symphonic
Bands and Concert Band I |
Concert Bands IIA & IIB |
| Percussion
ALL orchestra excerpts set |
Percussion
ALL orchestra excerpts set |
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