2023-2024 All-State Orchestra Auditions

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Audition Requirements

Please refer to this document to see the scale and audition solo/excerpt requirements for the 2023-2024 Intermediate and High School All-State Orchestra auditions.

High School Excerpts:

All students auditioning for Region Orchestra (SJBODA, CJMEA, NJSMA) and the New Jersey All-State Orchestra must purchase audition excerpts/repertoire not available in the public domain. Photocopies are not permitted. Please check that you have the correct edition. THIS APPLIES TO VIOLA AND BASS EXCERPTS (see below)

Violin
Brahms 4 (Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 3 - Beginning to Reh C)
Schubert (Symphony No. 2, Mvt, 1 - mm. 11-64)

Viola
Brahms 4 (Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 3 - Beginning to mm. 44)
Shostakovich (Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1 - Reh 15-17) - available on https://orchestraexcerpts.com - (must purchase music)

Cello
Puccini (Tosca Act 3, Largo (Reh. 7-9, top part))
Beethoven (Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), Mvt. 4 - mm. 44-77, top part)

Bass
Shostakovich (Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1 - Reh 23 to 4 measures after Reh 26)
Available at https://orchestraexcerpts.com - (must purchase music)
Britten - because the Britten is no longer available on the given website, students will not be asked to play this excerpt