Spring Audition Excerpts for the 2024-25 season
Auditions for the 2024-25 BPYO season are now open. The deadline for submitting applications (including video audition materials) is April 30, 2024. If you would like to audition for the 2024-25 season, please fill out the form at https://app.getacceptd.com/bostonphilyouth. There will be a $20 fee collected by Acceptd. If you have questions or need help, please email bpyo@bostonphil.org and we will assist you.
Please prepare two contrasting pieces or movements of the highest level that showcase your musical and technical abilities. Pieces from different styles and time periods are encouraged. (Percussionists, please prepare something on timpani, snare, and mallets.)
Please also prepare the designated orchestral excerpts for your instrument, posted below. If you would like to substitute other excerpts from the standard repertoire, please email bpyo@bostonphil.org for approval. BPYO auditions will include an informal interview. Inquiries about auditions should be directed to the BPYO office, 617.470.8382 or bpyo@bostonphil.org.
The excerpts for the spring 2024 BPYO auditions are listed below. The parts are available by clicking the links below. Please select, download, and print the appropriate part at your convenience. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCERPTS LINKED BELOW, PLEASE PREPARE TWO CONTRASTING SOLO PIECES.
The Eb Clarinet excerpt is an optional excerpt for clarinetists. English horn, piccolo, and bass clarinet excerpts are optional. Please bring an excerpt of your choice if you would like to audition on one of those instruments.
IN ADDITION TO THE EXCERPTS LINKED BELOW, PLEASE PREPARE TWO CONTRASTING SOLO PIECES.
Flute
Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachstraum & Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Mov. 4
Oboe
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Mov. 2
Clarinet
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream & Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Eb Clarinet
Eb Optional: Strauss: r.14 to 21
Bassoon
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Mozart: La nozzi de Figaro
Horn
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Mov. 3 & Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Trumpet
Beethoven: Lenore Overture No. 3 & Strauss: Don Juan
Trombone
Mozart: Requiem & Wagner: Die Walküre
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 & Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
Percussion
Hindemith: Sinfonische Metamorphosen, Delibes: Lakme, Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Timpani
Holst: The Planets & Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
Violin
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream & Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Viola
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 Mov. 1 & Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Mov. 2
Cello
Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Strauss
Bass
Harp
Straus: r.46 to 56, r.69 to 94
Bartok Mov 1 m.157 to 198, m.425 to 438 Mov. 4 m.43 to end, Mov. 5 complete