2017EnsemblePlacementAuditionsforHorn:Instructions
I.GallayEtude#4,BachCelloSuiteselections:•Pleaseprepareeachentirepiece,observingarticulationsanddynamics.•Bepreparedtoplayrepeatswhenmarked.******************************************************************************II.BolerobyRavel:•Quarternote=60-65.Playwithasteadyrhythm,observingarticulations.•1sthornpartonly.•Recording:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9CMPOz1SaQ******************************************************************************III.ChairmanDancesbyJohnAdams:Quarternote=130forallexcerptsExcerptI:•Preparetheentireexcerpt;emptymeasuresareprovidedtohelpwithlisteningtotherecording.•BassClefnotesarenewnotation,soundingatthesameoctavetheyarewritten.So,thefirstnoteinthethirdlineofwouldbeEbelowmiddleC.•Noticethechangebacktotrebleclefinthenexttothelastmeasure.ExcerptII:•Aswithallofthemusic,pleaseobservearticulationsanddynamics.•Markthequarternotebeatsabovethemusictohelpyoucountcorrectly.•2/2=4/4Quarternotealwaysstaysthesame.ExcerptIII:•“Tothefore”meanstobringthemelodyout.•Ifyoucan’tmanagethehighnotes,playdownanoctave.•Again,thequarternotestaysthesame.GeneralComments•Itisbesttolistentothispiecewiththescore:FullScore:https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/chairman_dances_23700•Recordinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIYA1BokTDI**************************************************************************IV.PreludetoActIofLohengrinbyWagner(Quarternote=35-40)•Freshmen:YouhaveachoiceofplayingthetransposedpartinFhornorthenon-transposedpartinEhorn.•Allothers:Youwereonlygiventhenon-transposedpartinEhorn,sotheexcerptneedstobetransposeddown½step.(Thefirstnoteisad#)Playbracketedpartsonly.•Observeandplaythedifferencebetweendoubledottedeigths/32ndsanddottedeighths/sixteenths.
•Asusualobserveallarticulationsanddyamics.•Recordinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbbm9688KQV.FestivalVariationsbyClaudeT.Smith•Metronomemarkingsareonthepart•Observeallarticulations,particularlyaccents•Excerpt2—taketimeinthe4th,6th,8th,and10thmeasures—rubato•Recordinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtfZl7flDsQITISTOYOURADVANTAGETOLISTENTOALLRECORDINGSSEVERALTIMES.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasecontactme<[email protected]>
