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Violin:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Mozart Symphony Haffner No 35
1st mvt: Bar # 1-66
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 "Path¨¦tique"
1st mvt: from letter A to letter C plus 14 bars after letter F (Andante) to 8 bars after letter G plus 16 bars after letter G (Allegro vivo) to bar # 187.

For advanced students (optional):
Prokofiev Classical Symphony: Finale (beginning to bar # 90)
Strauss Zarathoustra:16 bars after # 3 (Bewegt) to 4 bars after # 6 plus 8 bars before # 18 to # 18.

Viola:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Mozart Symphony Haffner No 35
Finale: bar # 1-37
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 "Path¨¦tique"
1st mvt: bar #19 (Allegro non troppo) to 5 bars after letter C plus 14 bars after letter F (Andante) to 8 bars before letter G plus 10 bars before H (Allegro vivo) to 5 bars after letter I.

For advanced students (optional):
Strauss Don Juan (bar # 1-40) Letter B.

Cello:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 "Path¨¦tique"
2nd mvt: beginning to letter A (with repeat)
Mozart Symphony Haffner No 35
Finale: beginning to Letter A.
Beethoven Symphony No 5
3rd mvt: bar # 1-18 and # 140-218 (with repeat)
Brahms Symphony No 2
2nd mvt: bar # 1-17

For advanced students (optional):
Strauss Ein Heldenleben (bar # 1-24)
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream
Scherzo: letter C to letter D

Double Bass:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Beethoven Symphony No 5
3rd mvt: bar # 1-18 and # 140-213
Mozart Symphony Haffner No 35
Finale: bar # 1-37
Mahler Symphony No 1 (solo of the 3rd mvt. Bar # 3-10)

For advanced students (optional):
Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Variation H plus Fugue: from Letter H to letter I

Flute:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream
Scherzo (bar # 338-end)
Ravel Daphnis & Chlo¨¦ (solo)*
Please play E sharp in the upbeat scale.
Brahms Symphony No 4
4th mvt: bar # 97-105
Debussy Pr¨¦lude ¨¤ l'apr¨¨s-midi d'un faune (beginning to # 3)

Piccolo (optional):
Rossini Semiramide Overture bar # 132 to 173 plus bar # 190-195 (5 bars before letter L to L) plus bar # 321-329 (14 bars after letter T to letter U).
Rossini La Scala di Seta Overture (bar # 201-217)

Oboe:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Brahms Violin Concerto
2nd mvt (solo. Bar # 1-32)
Ravel Tombeau de Couperin (bar # 1-14)
Rossini La Scala di Seta : bar # 5-21 and # 37-55

For advanced students (optional):
Strauss Don Juan (letter L to letter N)

English Horn (optional):
Rossini William Tell Overture
Andantino: bar # 176-226 (at bar # 208: the last note should be F sharp and not E).
Dvorak New World Symphony
2nd mvt: solo (bar # 7-18)
Ravel Piano Concerto
2nd mvt: solo

Clarinet:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Beethoven Symphony No 8
3rd mvt: Trio (clarinet in B flat)
Rossini Semiramide (bar # 178-187) (clarinet in A)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 "Path¨¦tique"
1st mvt: 9 bars after letter G for 7 bars (solo-clarinet in A)

For advanced students (optional):
Kodaly Galanta Dances (# 31-65 and # 571-579) - (clarinet in A)
Respighi Pines of Rome (clarinet in A)
3rd mvt: bar # 3-19

E flat clarinet (optional):
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel (solo # 40)
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (Ronde de sabat -5th mvt. bar # 40 to bar # 78
Ravel Bolero (solo after reh. # 3 until reh. # 4)

Bass clarinet (optional):
Strauss Don Quixote (solo, reh. # 14)
Wagner Die Walk¨¹re (Act II, sc.2)

Bassoon:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture (bar # 1-7 and # 156-171)
Rimsky-
Korsakov Scheherazade
2nd mvt: bar # 5-26 and cadenza at letter L until letter M.
Shostakovich Symphony No 9
4th mvt: complete into 5th movement until letter A.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 "Path¨¦tique" - 1st mvt: beginning to bar # 12

For advanced students (optional):
Ravel Bolero (solo)
Stravinsky Rite of Spring (bar # 1-15 plus # 12 for 4 bars).

Horn:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5
2nd mvt: bar # 8-28
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream
Nocturne (solo) No 7 Con moto tranquillo (for 34 bars)
Rossini The Barber of Seville (bar # 103-111)

For advanced students (optional):
Shostakovich Symphony No 5
1st mvt: 3 bars after # 112 for 18 bars
4th mvt: 3 bars after # 39 for 16 bars)
Strauss Ein Heldenleben (bar # 1-17)
Beethoven Symphony No 7
1st mvt: 20 bars before letter C for 12 bars.

Trumpet:
Concerto/Solo
One movement of a standard concerto (including cadenza)

Orchestra excerpts:
Mahler Symphony No 5
1st mvt: bar # 1-24
Respighi Pines of Rome
2nd mvt: bar # 17-26

For advanced students (optional):
Mussorgsky-
Ravel Pictures at an exhibition
1. Promenade
2. Samuel Goldberg and Schmuyle
Stravinsky Petrouchka (1911 version)
Third tableau: Danse de la Ballerine:
Number # 69-70 plus 5 bars after # 71 until # 76.

Trombone:
Solo
One standard solo work

Orchestra excerpts:
Berlioz Damnation of Faust
Hungarian March: 1 bar before # 20 to the end.
Ravel Bolero (solo)

For advanced students (optional):
Mahler Symphony No 3
1st mvt: 5 bars before #14 until #17.
Rossini William Tell Overture (letter C until 9 bars after letter D)

Bass trombone:
Solo
One standard solo work

Orchestra excerpts:
Haydn The "Creation" No 27 (Vivace- Beginning for 11 bars)
Kodaly Hary-Janos Suite (The battle and defeat of Napoleon): Bar 5 (Alla Marcia) to Bar 33. PLUS "Poco meno mosso": 5 bars after Number 5 to the end.
Wagner Die Walk¨¹re (from reh. # 3 to reh. # 7)

Tuba:
Solo
One standard solo work

Orchestra excerpts:
Wagner Meistersinger Overture: bar # 158 (letter J) -bar # 188 (letter L)
Stravinsky Petrouchka (1911 version)
3 bars after #100 for 6 bars.
Optional:
Mussorgsky-
Ravel Pictures at an exhibition. 4th mvt: Bydlo solo

Timpani:
Solo
E. Carter: March (from 8 pieces for timpani)

Orchestra excerpts:
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
1st mvt: bar # 335-352 (from letter T to U)

For advanced students (optional):
Stravinsky Rite of Spring (Number # 189 to the end).

Percussion:
Orchestra excerpts:
Side drum:
Rimsky-
Korsakov Scheherazade
3rd and 4th mvts. Complete
Bartok Concerto for orchestra
2nd mvt: complete
Ravel Bolero

Xylophone:
Gershwin Porgy and Bess (beginning)

Tambour de Basque (Tamburin):
Dvorak Carnaval Overture (bar # 1-39)
Stravinsky Petrouchka (1911 version)
4th part: 3 bars before Number # 105 until # 105
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker: Danse Arabe

Cymbals:
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliette Overture (after letter S to the end)