Repertoire Guidelines for Chamber Orchestra Auditions

Divertimento:

  • Minimum playing level for violin, viola, cello, or bass: Suzuki book 3 or equivalent

  • Equivalent level for wind student


CoN BRIO:

  • Violin: La Folia by Arcangelo Corelli

  • Viola: Moto Perpetuo by Carl Bohm

  • Cello: Danse Rustique by Henry Squire

  • Guitar: TBA

  • Bass: Sonata in G major by Benedetto Marcello

  • Flute: Polonaise by J.S. Bach (Barrere)

  • Oboe: Concerto in Bb op 7 no 3 by Tomaso Albinoni

  • Clarinet: first movement of the concerto no. 3 by Carl Stamitz

  • Horn: Intermezzo op. 35 no. 11 by Reinhold Gliere (Anderer)

  • Trumpet: Bugler's Holiday by Leroy Anderson


Camerata:

  • Violin: A minor concerto by J.S. Bach

  • Viola: Concerto in c minor by J.C. Bach/Casadesus

  • Cello: Gavotte in D major, op 23 by David Popper

  • Bass: Apres un Reve by Gabriel Faure or Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff

  • Flute: Concerto in G major or D major by Wolfgang A. Mozart

  • Oboe: Concerto BWV 1059 by J.S. Bach

  • Clarinet: Concertino op. 26 by Carl Maria von Weber

  • Horn: Sonata in F op 17 by Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Trumpet: Sonata in G by Carl Phillip E. Bach (Guyot)

  • Other Winds: Equivalent

Exceptions will be made at the discretion of the Director.

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