2013 IMEA Honors and All State Orchestras

Bassoon Audition Information

Welcome from the Orchestra Division Vice President

Dear All State Orchestra Student,

Congratulations on your selection for the IMEA All State Festival Orchestras. You have proven yourself to be

among the most talented and committed young musicians in the state and should feel proud of your

accomplishments!

The level of your preparation for this special opportunity will have a significant impact on the quality of the

experience you will have. All orchestra musicians should carefully prepare the required scales, etudes (for harp,

woodwinds, brass, and percussion), and excerpts as outlined below.

We hope that your auditions go well and that you have an inspirational and enjoyable All State experience!

Clark Chaffee IMEA Orchestra Division Vice President clarkchaffee@gmail.com

Jeremy Marino IMEA Orchestra Division Vice President – elect orchestra@ilmea.org

REPERTOIRE AND CONDUCTORS

Honors Orchestra, William LaRue Jones, conductor

Symphony No.5, Finale (P.I. Tchaikovsky)

Danzon No. 2 (Arturo Marquez).

All State Orchestra, David Rudge, conductor

Espana (Emmanuel Chabrier)

Three Dances from Bartered Bride ( Bedrich Smetena)

Symphony No.4, Finale (P.I. Tchaikovsky).

Recordings are available easily and inexpensively online (iTunes…), in libraries, and music stores.

You should become quite familiar with all of them.

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Congratulations 2013 All-State Orchestra Wind & Percussion Selectees! You have been selected from many outstanding musicians to represent your District in the Orchestra Division at the 2013 Illinois Music Educator’s All-State Conference in Peoria in January. Be sure to read all the information in your audition packet as the orchestra audition is different from the band audition. Please contact Clark Chaffee, Orchestra Vice-President, or myself, Kris Cox, if you have any questions. We want this to be a great musical experience for you.

Again, congratulations, and Good Luck in Peoria! Kris Cox Band Division Vice-President Our Saviour School, Jacksonville 217-473-6911 or kriscox30@yahoo.com

Notes on the Audition

Woodwind and brass scales are the same at state as they are for district. Woodwind and brass players will audition on one etude (as listed) from the district audition. Everyone will have sight-reading as part of the audition. Everyone will have excerpts to prepare. 1. All audition excerpts are included in this packet. These include excerpts from each of the main performance works for both orchestras. Audition judges will choose from these for chair and orchestra placement. The excerpts in the packet are presented in the order that the works are listed in the "Audition excerpts" list (below). 2. At the end of this packet you will find “Sections Recommended for Practice” These are challenging sections from the performance repertoire that are likely to be too difficult to master in two days. These sections WILL NOT be asked for at the audition. However, it is recommended that these sections be prepared in advance. It is very important that each player arrive well prepared on all music for All-State weekend.

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For the Audition

1. IMEA Scales, same as District audition. 2. BASSOON: Practical Method for Bassoon, Julius Weissenborn, W.F. Ambrosio; Carl Fischer

Etude #29 – Allegro con fuoco, Meas. 1 – 37, (p.100-101) 3. Orchestral Excerpts from the Honors and All-State Orchestra Repertoire, listed below.

Bassoon Orchestra Excerpts (no contra-bassoon parts)

HONORS ORCHESTRA Symphony No.5, IV 378-430, You may use either the mixed tenor/bass clef or the fully bass clef excerpt Danzon No. 2 328-345 You may use either the mixed tenor/bass clef or the fully bass clef excerpt

ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA Symphony No.4, IV A-B Espana A-45 + 113-128 You may use either the mixed tenor/bass clef or the fully bass clef excerpt Bartered Bride mvt.I. 41-65. + mvt.II. X + mvt.III. 164-190. 4. Sight-reading It is strongly encouraged that you visit the website below for information on: >Youtube clips of the pieces >Finding recordings of the pieces >Obtaining complete parts (if available) >Suggestions for preparing the excerpts for the audition

http://ilmea.org/divisions/orchestra/links/

Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez © Copyright 1998 by Peer International Corporation

International Copyright Secured. Printed in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved.

The Orchestra Division of IMEA deeply appreciates the permission granted from Peer Music for the use of the enclosed Danzon No. 2

excerpts for the purpose of preparing our participants for the 2013 All State and Honors Orchestras auditions and performance.

All of the works from which we have selected excerpts are standard orchestral works except the Danzon #2.

Special thanks to Lucks Music for permission to use selections from their library publications for these packets.

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Tchaik 5 378 – 430 Please note- some portions are in tenor clef (middle C is on the 4th line)

See the next page for the same excerpt fully in bass clef.

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This excerpt is the same as the excerpt on the previous page

Except that this one is fully in bass clef (no tenor clef)

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Danzon 328-345 Please note- some portions are in tenor clef (middle C is on the 4th line)

See the next page for the same excerpt all in bass clef.

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Danzon 328-345 This part is all in bass clef.

Please see previous page if you would like to perform from the original part with tenor clef.

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Tchaik 4 A-B

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Espana A-45 Please note- some portions are in tenor clef (middle C is on the 4th line) see below for BC

Same excerpt all in bass clef

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Espana 113-128 Please note- some portions are in tenor clef (middle C is on the 4th line)

See next page for this excerpt full in bass clef, if you wish.

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Espana 113-128 This is a fully bass clef transposition of the previous excerpt. You may use either version.

Bartered Bride mvt 1 41-65

Bartered Bride mvt 2 no audition excerpts

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Bartered Bride mvt 3 164-190

Other sections recommended for practice before All-State weekend. These WILL NOT be asked at the audition.

These excerpts are available within the complete parts. Please see the orchestra web site if you need suggestions for how to purchase or download complete parts.

HONORS ORCHESTRA

Symphony No.5, IV No additional excerpts – please get to know the recordings Danzon No. 2 No additional excerpts – please get to know the recordings

ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA Symphony No.4, IV H-end Espana 85-99 + E-F + 298-319 + 382-405 Bartered Bride mvt.I. 70-90 p. 3. + mvt.III. 7-9.