School of Music
 Audition Music

Please Note: Audition music is in PDF format, which requires Adobe Reader (Download).  If viewing the files on a Macintosh, you may have to scroll sideways to see pages past the first two.  Required material for band auditions (Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds) is listed first, below the links to the files.  Below the band music, but before the next instrument in the list, are required excerpts for Illinois Wesleyan Civic Orchestra auditions.

First-year students should download and read this letter, as it contains important information.

Winds and Brass

Flute - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        1st Movement, B-D
        1st Movement, 3rd measure after E – 2 before F
        2nd Movement, 3 after K – End

    Brahms – Symphony No. 4
        4th Movement, mm. 89-105
    Beethoven – Symphony No. 4
        2nd Movement, Solo at E

Oboe - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        1st Movement, B-D
        1st Movement, I – K
        2nd Movement, 3rd Measure of K – End

    Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3
        2nd Movement, Pickup to A – bottom of page

Bassoon - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        2nd Movement, 2 before E – G
        2nd Movement, solo after M

    Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5
        1st Movement, Solo after A – 9 before E
        3rd Movement, 6 before G – 1 before H

Clarinet - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        1st Movement, P – R

    Beethoven – Symphony No. 6
        1st Movement, solo
        2nd Movement, solo

Bass Clarinet - IWCO
    Strauss – Also Sprach
        Solo (last page of file)

Alto Sax - BAND
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        2nd Movement, A – 1 after B
        1st Movement, B – C

Tenor Sax - BAND
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        1st Movement, B – C
        3rd Movement, beginning – 6th measure of C

Horn - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        2nd Movement, solo at K
        3rd Movement, 4th measure of A – 5 before D

    Brahms – Symphony No. 2
        1st Movement, solo after M
        Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5
        2nd Movement, mm 1-28

Trumpet - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        1st Movement, entire backstage part
        2nd Movement, solo before K – tutti

    Mahler – Symphony No. 5
        1st Movement, beginning – 48
        Poco Sostenuto, mm. 27 – 7 measures after 28
        Plotzlich schneller, 31 measures are marked

Trombone - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        1st Movement, 5th measure of F – G
        2nd Movement, 2nd measure of K – end
    3rd Movement, E – F

    Russian Easter Overture
        B excerpt, M excerpt
        Mozart – Requiem
    Tuba Mirum, 2nd trombone solo

Bass Trombone - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        3rd Movement, beginning – 3 before F (last page of file)

    Wagner – Ride of the Valkeries
        B major section (last page of file)

Baritone - BAND
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        2nd movement, G – 2 before I

Tuba - BAND | IWCO
    Dahl – Sinfonietta
        2nd Movement, G – 7 before I
        3rd Movement, solo – 2nd Measure of G

    Brahms – Symphony No. 2
        Finale, O – end

Strings

Violin - IWCO
    Brahms – Symphony No. 4
        1st Movement, R to End
        2nd Movement, mm. 88-102

Viola - IWCO
    Mozart – Symphony No. 35
        4th movement, mm. 134-181

Cello - IWCO
    Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
        2nd Movement, mm. 1-10, 50-59, 98-106
        3rd Movement, mm 140-177

String Bass - IWCO
    Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
        3rd Movement, mm. 140-177

Percussion

   
  Xylophone:  Kachaturian - Gayne Ballet, 1-3
     Cymbals:  Rimski-Korsakov - Cappricio Espagnol, Beg. to A
     Snare:  Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf, 49-51
     Tympani:  Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, m. 16 - 6th bar of A