Admissions Information for 2022
Admissions application/audition portal opens Dec. 6.
Submission deadline: EXTENDED Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Application link
Recorded Audition Information
The Texas Music Festival Orchestral Institute will accept applications and pre-recorded video auditions online only through our Acceptd application portal. Applicants who wait to apply until the deadline (11:59 p.m. CST on March 1, 2022) may experience siginificant delays when uploading their audition materials.
PLEASE NOTE: All auditions should be submitted as a single video file (audio-only files not accepted) and must present all audition repertoire in the order listed, in one continuous and unedited performance. If submitting excerpts on auxiliary instrument(s), you may pause (do NOT stop) the recording to prepare your instrument, but the submitted audition file should be only one file. Please ensure that your audition conforms strictly to these requirements.
2022 Preliminary Audition Requirements
Each instrument requires specific excerpts and solo requirements. Solos should be recorded without accompaniment.
Specific excerpts may be listed for piccolo, English horn, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet and contrabassoon. Auxiliary instrument auditions are not required for the preliminary auditions. However, it is expected that auxiliary duties will rotate in each section:
• All flute participants are expected to bring a piccolo, if you have one.
• All oboe participants are expected to bring an English horn, if you have one, with reeds and the equipment needed to make new English horn reeds. Bring a device for supporting the weight of the instrument, if needed.
• In addition to B-flat and A instruments, all clarinet participants are also expected to bring E-flat and bass clarinet instruments (if possible) and/or mouthpieces, if you have one.
• All bassoon participants are expected to bring a contrabassoon, if available, with contrabassoon reeds and reed-making equipment. Bring a device for supporting the weight of the contrabassoon, if needed.
Strings
Violin (printable version)
1. Solo: Exposition from the first movement of a standard concerto
Excerpts:
2. Strauss: Don Juan
Beginning – end of first page
3. Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Movement II: Beginning – measure 27 (no repeats)
4. Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Beginning – 7 measures after Letter D
Viola (printable version)
1. Solo: Exposition from the first movement of a standard concerto
Excerpts:
2. Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Beginning to Letter D
3. Strauss: Don Juan
Beginning to 9 measures after Letter B (omit pizzicato measures)
4. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
IV: Fugue subject — measures 300-317, top line only
Cello (printable version)
Solo:
1. Exposition from the first movement of any standard concerto
Excerpts:
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
a. Movement II: measures 1 – 10; 49 – 59; 98 – 106
b. Mvt. III: measures 140 – 213 (no repeat)
3. Brahms: Symphony No 2
Mvt. II: beginning to end of measure 15
4. Mozart: Symphony No. 35
Mvt. IV: measures 134-197
5. Strauss: Don Juan
Beginning – 5 measures before letter D
Double Bass (printable version)
Solos:
1. One movement from a Bach Cello Suite (no repeats)
AND
2. First movement from one of the following concertos:
Bottesini Concerto No. 2 (beginning to measure 58)
Dragonetti Concerto (beginning to measure 57)
Dittersdorf Concerto No. 2 (beginning to measure 98)
Koussevitzky Concerto (beginning to measure 77)
Vanhal Concerto (beginning to measure 83)
Excerpts:
3. Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Movement III: Beginning – 5 measures after Rehearsal A
4. Brahms Symphony No. 1
Movement I: Letter E – second ending
5. Mozart Symphony No. 40
Movement I: measures 114 – 138
6. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Rehearsal Number 9 – Rehearsal Number 11
Woodwinds
Flute
1. Solo: Choice of Mozart Concerto in G or D, first movement exposition only
Flute 1 excerpts*
2. Ravel: Bolero
Opening solo
3. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
Movement III – Andantino: 5 bars before letter C to the end
4. Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Cadenza from rehearsal 60 to 61
5. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
No. 10: Volière
*All excerpts can be found in Orchestral Excerpts for Flute, pub. Theodore Presser
Piccolo excerpts*
1. Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
a. 5 bars after letter G to letter H
b. 14 bars after letter T to letter U
2. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
a. Movement III – Elegia
b. mm. 107 to 112
c. mm. 123 to the end
*All excerpts can be found in Orchestral Excerpts for Piccolo, pub. Theodore Presser
Oboe (printable version)
Solo:
1. Mozart: Concerto for Oboe in C Major, K.314
Movement I: Exposition
Excerpts:
2. Strauss: Don Juan
a. Beginning – Letter B
b. 4 measures after Letter L – 1 measure after Letter N
a. Movement II: measures 25 –44, &
b. pick up to measure 181 – measure 197
c. Movement IV: pick up to measure 5 – measure 12, &
d. pick up to measure 33 – measure 40, &
e. pick up to measure 62 - measure 69
English horn
Excerpt (included in the printable Oboe Preliminary Excerpts above):4. Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
Movement II: measures 7 – 18
Clarinet (printable version)
Solo:
1. Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.662
Movement I: measures 57 – 98
Excerpts:
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Movement III: measure 48 – end of movement (no repeat)
3. Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Beginning – Rehearsal Letter B
4. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
a. Movement II: measures 45 – 57
b. Movement IV: measures 76 – 89
5. Strauss: Don Juan
a. 16 after Rehearsal Letter M – 1 after Rehearsal Letter N
b. Rehearsal Letter P – 12 after Rehearsal Letter P
a. Variation de l'oiseau de feu (complete)
b. Infernal Dance: Pickup to Reh. 100 - Reh. 106 (skip long rests)
E-flat Clarinet
Excerpts (included in the printable Clarinet Preliminary Excerpts above):
7. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
a. 7 measures before Rehearsal Number 29 – Rehearsal Number 32
b. 5 measures after Rehearsal Number 38 – 4 measures before Rehearsal Number 41
Bass Clarinet
Excerpts (included in the printable Clarinet Preliminary Excerpts above):
8. Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
a. Mvt. III. On the Trail: Rehearsal Number 2 – Rehearsal Number 3
b. Mvt. III: 8 measures before Rehearsal Number 13 – 4 measures after Rehearsal Number 13
Bassoon (printable version)
Solo:
1. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K.191
Movement I: Exposition
Excerpts:
2. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Movement II: measures 274 – end
3. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Movement I: measures 1-12
4. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
Measures 139 - 171
5. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
a. Movement II: measure 5 – Rehearsal Letter A
b. 2nd measure of Rehearsal Letter L – Rehearsal Letter M
6. Strauss: Don Juan
Rehearsal Letter A – two measures before Rehearsal Letter C
Contrabassoon
Excerpts (included in printed excerpts, above):
7. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Mvt. IV: 1 measure before Letter A – 5 measures after Letter B
8. Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Mvt. IV: Reh. Number 2 – 12 measures before Reh. Number 4
Brass
Horn (printable version)
Solo:1. Mozart: Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major
Movement I: Exposition
Excerpts (all Horn I parts, except when otherwise noted):
2. Strauss: Don Juan
12 mm. before Letter E — 2 mm. after Letter F
3. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Horn II)
Movement III: four after #13 – #15
4. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Movement I: three after #17 – one after #21
5. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Opening Solo
6. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
Mvt. IV Marsch: 5 mm. before Letter J — end of piece
Trumpet (printable version)
Solo: no solo is required
Excerpts (All excerpts are Trumpet I):
Stravinsky: Petrushka Ballerina’s Dance
- 1 measure before Reh. #134 to Reh. #139
Strauss: Don Juan
- 5 measures after Letter F – 3 measures before Letter G
- 9 measures before Letter I – 4 measures before Letter K
- 2 measures before Letter Q – Letter Q
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Movt. II: measures 90 – 147
- Movt. V: measures 211 – 254
Tenor Trombone (printable version)
Solos (BOTH):
1. Bach Suite No. 3 in C for Solo Cello, Bouree No. 1 (no repeats)
2. David Concertino in E-flat major, Opus 4
Movement I: Letter A – Letter C
Excerpts:
3. Mozart Requiem
Tuba mirum: 2nd trombone solo (beginning – measure 18)
4. Strauss Ein Heldenleben (2nd trombone)
2 measures before Rehearsal Number 61 – 2 measures before Rehearsal Number 66
5. Ravel Bolero
Solo – Rehearsal Number 11
6. Wagner Die Walkure
a. Pick-up to Reh. Number 3 – 2 measures before Reh. Number 4
b. Pick-up to Rehearsal Number 5 – 3 measures after Rehearsal Number 6
Bass Trombone (printable version)
Solo:
1. Alex. Lebedev Concerto in One Movement
Excerpts:
2. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
1 measure after Rehearsal Number 61 – 1st measure of Rehearsal Number 65
3. Haydn The Creation
Chor und Terzett: Beginning – Letter C
4. Respighi Fontane di Roma
Pickup to Rehearsal Number 11 – 9th measure of Rehearsal Number 15
5. Schumann: Syphony No. 3, Rhenish
Movt. IV: Beginning to measure 18
6. Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
Movt. II. Scherzo (Turandot): Rehearsal Letter H – Rehearsal Letter N
Tuba (printable excerpts)
1. Solo: Please play a brief cantabile selection (2-3 minutes)
Excerpts:
2. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
a. Mvt. II: Measure 123-159
b. Mvt. V: Measure 418-429
3. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Tuba 1
Mvt. IV: Rehearsal Number 56 – 6 measures after Rehearsal Number 57
4. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
a. Mvt. II: Rehearsal Letter L – Rehearsal Letter O
b. Mvt. II: 3 before Rehearsal Letter R – Rehearsal Letter T
Harp (printable excerpts)
1. Solo: A solo from standard solo repertoire of no more than 5 minutes
Cadenza:
2. Tchaikovsky: Swan LakeExcerpts:
3. Strauss: Don JuanLetter D – 6 measures before Letter G
4. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
a. Movt. IV: Measures 42 – 58
b. Movt. V: Measures 96 – 112, AND
Measures 345 – 356
Percussion (printable version)
Excerpts:
Timpani
1. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
II. Turandot, Scherzo: 5 measures after Reh. S - Reh. T
2. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
V. Finale: Measures 5 - 59
Snare Drum
3. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
a. Movt. III (Reh D - Reh E)
b. Movt. IV (Reh P - Reh R)
Marimba
4. Bach: Lute Suite in E Minor: Allemande
Beginning to Double Bar with no repeat
Xylophone
5. Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Mvt. VI: Beginning - Rehearsal 1
Glockenspiel
6. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
4 after Reh. 7 - downbeat of 3 before Reh 20
7. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
2 measures before Letter O - 8 measures before P