PMEA District 6 Audition Pieces for District Chorus (scroll down for district band solos)

FALL 2008

Vocal Selection:         changed 6/2/08

Justice, O God  (Richte mich, Gott)
Mendelssohn /Edited by Kenneth Jennings
NEIL A KJOS MUSIC CO
SATB Divisi

Accompanist Selections:  “Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia” by David L. Brunner 

                                        published by Boosey & Hawkes (SATB version, octavo #48004843)
                                

                                AND

                                       “Cantique de Jean Racine”, by Faure

                                       Broude Bros.  

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FALL 2009

Vocal Selection:          “Cantate Domino”, by Kirke Mechem

                                       G. Schirmer

Accompanist Selections:          “Cantate Domino”, by Kirke Mechem

                                       G. Schirmer

                                       “The Last Words of David”, Thompson

PMEA District 6 2008 Pre-Audition Pieces for District Band

MAKE SURE YOU USE THE CORRECT EDITION AND PUBLISHER!!!

Flute:                

Faure – Fantasie, - (Alfred or Southern Music)

    Page 4 & 5

Eb Clarinet:    

Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles – Movement 1 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Bb Clarinet:    

Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles – Movement 1 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Oboe:

Paladilhe, E. – Solo de Concert (in 15 Grands Solos de Concert) Andraud - Southern Music Company

    from 2/4 non troppo to the end

Eb Alto Clarinet/Eb Contralto Clarinet:

Hornpipe & Allegro – Galliard/Gee (Southern Music) – Measure 20 to the end

Bass Clarinet:

Sonata No. 6 – A. Vivaldi/Ayres (C. L. Barnhouse) – Beginning to measure 90

Bassoon:         

Concertpiece for Bassoon - Pick-Up into    2      to     8    Burrill Phillips/Carl Fischer Publishing

Alto Saxophone:    

Sonata for Eb Saxophone and Piano (Mvt 3)  - Beginning to      7    - Bernard Heiden – Schott

Tenor Saxophone:    

Largo and Allegro – Pietro Boni – Trans H. Voxman - Rubank

Baritone Saxophone:

Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann –– William Davis – Southern

     Beginning to H

Trumpet:

DeBoeck – Allegro de Concours (published by Carl Fishcer)

     Begin page 2 @ “un peu plus Lent”

     Stop – End of Page 3

French Horn:

Reveries by Alexander Glazunov,  in the book "Solos for the Horn Player", edited by Mason Jones (G Shirmer)

     Beginning to A  AND “Tempo I” to End

Trombone:     

Andante et Allegro by J.E. Barat – Publisher: Southern

    Page 2 Allegro to end

Euphonium:   

Andante et Allegro by J.E. Barat – Publisher: Southern

    Page 2 Allegro to end

Tuba:

Beelzebub by A. Catozzi, arranged by Julius S. Seredy (published by Carl Fischer)

     Main Theme (Andante – Page 1) and Variation II (Page 1 & 2) – Start Variation II end at “Tutti”

String Bass:

Beelzebub by A. Catozzi, arranged by Julius S. Seredy (published by Carl Fischer)

Percussion:

• Percussionists will all audition in one room with measured breaks between each instrument solo.
• Students will be given time to tune the timpani and alter the set up in any way they choose before the audition.
• The measured breaks will be timed at the tempo of the previous solo.

More Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley

Snare – Pg. 14 Etude #6

Beginning of the 5^th line (4/4) to the end.

4 4/4 bars of rest (16 beats) to move to Mallets

Mallets – Pg. 30 Etude 6

last bar of line 3 (4/4 piano) to end

4 4/4 bars of rest (16 beats) to move to Timpani

Timpani – Pg. 23 Entire Solo