Spring Audition Excerpts for the 2025-2026 Season
Auditions for the 2025-26 BPYO season are now open.
The deadline for submitting applications (including video audition materials) is April 30, 2025. If you would like to audition for the 2025-26 season, please fill out the form at https://app.getacceptd.com/
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. BPYO auditions will include an informal interview. Inquiries about auditions should be directed to the BPYO office: bpyo@bostonphil.org.
If you have questions or need help, please email bpyo@bostonphil.org and we will assist you.
The excerpts for the spring of 2025 are below.
Violin
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream - Scherzo
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - Allegro non troppo
Viola
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 - Mvmt. 1
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn - variation VII
Cello
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 - Movmt. 1 Allegro vivace
Brahms Symphony No. 2 - Mvmt. 2 Adagio non troppo
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Double Bass
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 - Mvmt. 1 Allegro vivace
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Movmt. 4 presto
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Mvmt. 3
Flute
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream - Scherzo
Brahms Symphony No. 4 - Mvmt. 4
Oboe
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Mvmt. 2
Clarinet
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream - Scherzo
Bassoon
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Mvmt. 2
MozartL Le Nozze di Figaro Overture
Horn
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 - Mvmt. 3
Trumpet
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947)- Ballerina’s Dance
Tenor Trombone
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Mvmt. 3
Timpani/Percussion
Glockenspiel: Mozart Magic Flute Finale of act 1
Timpani: Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis “Turandot”
