Fall 2017 Audition Materials

Conservatory Orchestra

Conservatory Wind Symphony

Conservatory Wind Ensemble

Clarinet

Prepare ALL the material on the following list

All excerpts should be played on the correct clarinet when possible

Mozart Clarinet Concerto for A Clarinet Beginning until D

Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (B-flat clarinet) Movement I, mm. 474 – 492

Movement II, mm. 69 – 77

Brahms Symphony No. 3 (B-flat clarinet) Movement. II, beginning – 2 before B

Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo, mm. 1 – 48, 99 – 153, 258 – 279

Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol (A clarinet) Movement I, A – B, C – 11 before the end

Movement III, 11 after K - end

Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 Movement I (B-flat clarinet), beginning – 2, 8 – 9

Movement II (A clarinet), beginning – 4 before 2

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (A clarinet) As marked

E-flat clarinet (optional)

Ravel, Bolero

Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique

Bass clarinet (optional)

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

Grofe, On the Trail