Placement auditions for CURRENT ISO MEMBERS for the 2019 – 2020 Morningside & Carnegie Hill season will take place on:
Saturday April 13th, 2019 from 10:00am – 4:00pm
Sunday April 14th, 2019 from 10:00am – 4:00pm
Auditions will be held at the National Opera Center (330 7th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001) and there will be a warm up room provided.
Performances will be at Symphony Space, Long Island University, Brooklyn and Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Rehearsals will be from 4:30pm – 5:45pm (Morningside) & 4:30pm – 6:00pm (Carnegie Hill) – Location TBD
Matt Rotjan & Steve Rochen will continue as the conductors for the 2019 – 2020 season
Please fill out this FORM, including the $25 audition fee.
Audition Requirements
Morningside
Scale Requirements:
One (1) octave scales in:
- Strings: C, G, D, and F Major (recommended) (violins – 2 octave G scale suggested)
- Winds/Brass: at least 3 major keys
Sight-Reading
Audition Piece:
Students should prepare the full work
Sibelius Finlandia (Arr. Meyer) [parts below] for the audition.
Finlandia – Flute
Finlandia – Oboe
Finlandia – Clarinet I
Finlandia – Clarinet II
Finlandia – Bass Clarinet
Finlandia – Bassoon
Finlandia – Alto Saxophone
Finlandia – Horn
Finlandia – Trumpet I
Finlandia – Trumpet II
Finlandia – Trombone
Finlandia – Tuba
Finlandia – Timpani
Finlandia – Percussion
Finlandia – Violin I
Finlandia – Violin II
Finlandia – Viola
Finlandia – Cello
Finlandia – Bass
Carnegie Hill
Scale Requirements
Major scales 1 & 2 sharps, 1 flat
Violin, Viola, Cello: 2 octave scale
Bass: 1 octave scale
Woodwinds & Brass: 1 octave scale and 1 octave chromatic scale
Prepared Solo Piece
Excerpts
Excerpts are from
Artemis Rising by Jeffery S. Bishop.
All instrument parts are part 1, when split.
Flute – Measures 17 – 33
Oboe – Measures 35 – 51
Clarinet – Measures 1 – 9
Bassoon – Measures 8 – 16
French Horn – Measures 40 – 45
Trumpet – Measures 15 – 23
Trombone – Measures 8 – 15
Tuba – Measures 8 – 15
Violin – Measures 15 – 27
Viola – Measure 15 – 27
Cello – Measures 8 – 16
Bass – Measures 8 – 16