2009-2010 All-State Orchestra Audition Material      

Updated 6/21/09

All-State music excerpts will be posted the Friday before the TODA Convention.

This website is the official listing of the Orchestra Division All-State Audition Material. All amendments, corrections and errata will become official only when it is published there.

Errata will not be posted in Southwestern Musician magazine. Should you discover any errata in the music that may have been missed, please email the State Orchestra Division Chair, Jeff Turner

Please adhere to the following:

  1. Editions listed.
  2. Metronomic parameters.
  3. Bowings, styles, fingerings and specific notations.

Judges will be instructed to penalize students that do not follow these guidelines.

2009-2010 Orchestra Etudes

VIOLIN

  • Fiorillo: 36 Etudes or Caprices, #35 (Adagio Only); (Galamian), Intenational Music Co. Tempo: Quarter note = 55 - 60
  • Rode: Twenty Four Caprices, #11 (Allegro Brillante), (Galamian) International Music Co. Tempo: Quarter note = 95-110

VIOLA

  • Fuchs: 16 Fantasy Etudes for Viola, #14 (Andante); International Music Co. Tempo: Half note = 50
    • ERRATA
      • Ms. 16 is II (D-string) (6/15/09)
        Ms. 42 is II (D-string) (6/15/09)
        Ms. 21 is III (G-string) on the 2nd note (6/15/09)
        Ms. 47 is III (G-string) on the 2nd note (6/15/09)
  • Campagnoli: 41 Caprices, Op. 22, #15 (Allegro Moderato); (Hermann) Peters. Tempo: Quarter note = 64-72 (4/30/09)

CELLO

  • Popper: High School of Cello Playing, Op. 73, #17; (Stutch), International Music Co.. Tempo: Con Brio: Quarter note = 55 – 60 Andante Quasi Adagio: Quarter note = 50
    • ERRATA
      • Ms. 6 - alternate fingering allowed for d flat in beat 3 (6/15/09)
  • Popper: High School of Cello Playing, Op. 73, #22 (Andante Grazioso); (Stutch), International Music Co.. Tempo: Quarter note = 104 – 112
    • ERRATA
      • Ms. 10 - remove harmonic mark over high C (6/15/09)
        Ms. 45 - beat 3 should be E natural (6/15/09)

BASS

  • Carlo Montanari: 14 Studies, Introduction to #1 only (Andante); (Mensch), International Music Co. Tempo: Quarter note = 72 - 76
    • ERRATA
      • Alternate fingerings allowed on this etude only (6/15/09)
  • Simandl: New Method for String Bass, Book 2, #3 (D Major) (Moderato); International Music Co. Tempo: Quarter note = 144 - 152

PIANO

  • J.S. Bach:  French Suite No. 6, Play the Gigue; Henle Publ. Tempo:  Dotted quarter note = 92

  • Chopin:  Etude Op. 25, No. 2; Paderewski Publ or Paderewski - PresserCo. #PWM-234291 Tempo:  Half note = 100 - 112

HARP

  • J.S. Bach: Etudes for Harp, Violin Etude 8, Partita No. 1, (Bourree); (Grandjany) Fischer Tempo: Half note = 65 - 76
  • Marcel Grandjany: Music for Harp Series “Aria and Rigaudon” by Gottfried Kirchoff; Associated Music Publishers Tempo: Aria: Eight note = 80, Rigaudon: Half note = 92

If you have any concerns about the tempo marking or possible errata, please email Jeff Turner ASAP.

Etude Books

Violin

Fiorillo/Galamanian:  36 Etudes or Caprices (Intenational Music Co.)
Rode/Galamian:  Twenty Four Caprices (International Music Co.)

Viola

Fuchs, 16 Fantasy Etudes for Viola (International Music Co.)
Campagnoli, 41 Caprices, Op. 22 (Peters)

Cello

Popper, High School of Cello Playing, Op. 73 (Stutch), (International Music Co.)

Bass

Carlo Montanari/Mensch:  14 Studies (International Music Co.)
Simandl:  New Method for String Bass, Book 2 (International Music Co.)

Harp

J.S. Bach/Grandjany:  Etudes for Harp, Violin Etude 8, Partita No. 1, Bourree (Fischer)
Marcel Grandjany Music for Harp Series (Associated Music Publishers)

Piano

J.S. Bach:  French Suite No. 6 (Henle Publ.)
Chopin:  Etude Op. 25, No. 2  (Paderewski Publ or Paderewski - Presser Co. #PWM-234291)

 

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Updated: 06/21/2009