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New Applicants

Auditions for new applicants will be held on Monday, September 19 between 7 and 9pm at the orchestra's rehearsal hall:

22755-G Savi Ranch Parkway
Yorba Linda, CA 92887
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New applicants should submit a performance resume including your name, instrument, and contact information to us via email (info@socalphil.org).  Please come prepared to play all Audition Repertoire excerpts for your instrument as listed below, plus an additional brief selection of your own choosing.  Choose something that you feel comfortable with and displays your level of performance.

We will contact you schedule your audition time.  Plan to arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled time to sign-in. A general warm-up room will be available for all auditionees prior to their audition.

Returning Members

Returning members are not required to audition.  Please email info@socalphil.org to confirm that you will be returning.

 

Instrument Audition Repertoire
Violin Excerpts from:
  • Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 4

(click here to view/download these excerpts)

Viola Excerpt from:
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5

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Cello Excerpts from:
  • J. S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
  • Beethoven, Overture "Coriolan"
  • Bizet, L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Dvorak, Symphony No. 4
  • Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol

(click here to view/download these excerpts)

Bass Excerpt from:
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 5

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Flute/Piccolo Flute excerpts from:
  • Mozart, Concerto for Flute I
  • Bizet, Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Dvorak, Symphony No. 8

Piccolo excerpts from:

  • Rossini, Semiramide Overture
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4
  • Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9

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Oboe Excerpts from:
  • Beethoven, The Ruins of Athens Overture
  • Rossini, The Barber of Seville Overture
  • Haydn, Symphony No. 108

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Clarinet Clarinet in Bb excerpts from:
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 4
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 3

Clarinet in A excerpt from:

  • Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol

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Bassoon Excerpt from:
  • Mozart, Symphony No. 35

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French Horn Excerpts from:
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5
  • Holst, The Planets: Jupiter
  • Dvorak, Symphony No. 9
  • Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis

(click here to view/download these excerpts)

Trumpet Excerpts from:
  • Stravinsky, Petrouchka
  • Frescobaldi, Toccata
  • Williams, Star Wars Suite

(click here to view/download these excerpts)

Trombone Excerpts from:
  • Berlioz, Hungarian March
  • Mozart, Requiem
  • Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries

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Tuba Excerpts from:
  • Wagner, Die Meistersinger
  • Hindemith,  Symphonic Metamorphosis

(click here to view/download these excerpts)

Percussion Excerpts from:
  • Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade (snare)
  • Sibelius, Finlandia (tympani)
  • Kabelevsky, Colas Breugnon Suite (mallets)

(click here to view/download these excerpts)

 

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