Audition Information/Required Repertoire for Orchestra
  AIMS Festival Orchestra in Graz 2012
  Graz Arrival         July 14 (tentative)
  Graz Departure   August 18

Personal and Recorded Auditions are accepted. Personal auditions are preferred. You must bring with you the standard excerpts (listed below) for your instrument. When no specific parameters are listed, play excerpts as stated in the standard excerpt books, choosing contrasting sections if the excerpt is lengthy. AIMS has no age limits but we suggest that students consider their readiness to perform both operatic and symphonic music for the AIMS Orchestra Experience to be most beneficial.

Please click on Audition Cities and Dates to view the audition sites. These pages will be updated as new information becomes available. If the audition cities do not fit your schedule, please submit a Recorded Audition. Thank you for auditioning for AIMS.

Information about the Orchestra Program and plans for the concerts in Graz can be found on the following pages on this web site. As plans evolve, these pages will be updated. See Latest Updates for changes.
  • Click on Orchestra Program to read a description of the program in Graz,
        what AIMS offers and the costs.
  • Read Program Plans to see the repertoire planned.
  • Read 2011 Calendar for the schedule of AIMS events. The 2012 schedule will be similar.
  • Click on Orchestra Roster to see the positions in the sections of the orchestra.

Registration
Click HERE to register for a Personal Audition. Payment of the audition processing fee ($45) by credit card can be made during registration or use the Make Payment page on this web site. The Audition fee is non-refundable. No other fees or payments are due until AFTER you receive a contract inviting you to participate in the AIMS orchestra.

Once your Audition City/Date is confirmed by AIMS, please view details of the Audition Site locations, addresses, room numbers, driving directions, maps, etc. - Click HERE.

After registering for an audition, you will receive a Confirmatory email with the link to a document, the Orchestra Audition Questionnaire. These are the instructions you will be given:

  • Open and Print this two-page document.
  • Fill out page 1 of the questionnaire, list your repertoire, attach a small photo
    and your one-page résumé    . Your résumé should include competitions you have won/placed. Page 2 of the document is used to record the results of your audition.
  • BRING these items and your PayPal receipt for the audition fee payment
    to your audition     and give them to the AIMS Representative.
Also included in this email will be a link to the players contract required by AIMS for participation in the orchestra.

How and When you will be notified of your acceptance.
You will be notified of your acceptance in the orchestra 1) by an acceptance email and 2) by posting your name on the Orchestra Roster page on April 1st after all auditions, both live and recorded, are considered. Accepted players will receive an email offering them a contract and giving enrollment instructions. Details of this procedure are given in the Admission Guide for Orchestra.

Recorded Auditions
Recorded auditions are accepted from October 15 to March 15. If positions are open in your category, they may be accepted after March 15. Please call the AIMS office. Each excerpt must be performed in one take without stopping the recording. NOTE: All percussion auditions this year will be only recorded auditions.
The items to include in a recorded audition packet are:
  • Recording labeled with your name and email address
  • Your photo
  • A one-page résumé
  • Nonrefundable Audition fee (if not paid when registering)
  • Recommended but not mandatory: a brief letter of evaluation from your teacher and/or coach (where applicable)
  • Postage-paid envelope if you want the tape/CD returned.
  • Mail your packet to the AIMS Administrative Office, 28 East 69th St., Kansas City MO 64113.
Before your recorded audition can be evaluated, you must register and pay the audition fee.
For online Registration, Click HERE.
 
Required Repertoire for Orchestra
Please prepare:
1. One accompanied standard solo, preferably a movement from a standard concerto. For Personal Auditions, you must bring the accompaniment to this piece.  An accompanist will be provided or you may bring your own.
2. Orchestral excerpts from the following required list.
Excerpts:
  Violin Mozart:  Symphony #39, 2nd Mvt., mm. 96-108; 4th Mvt., mm. 1-41
Mozart:  Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-85, 214-265
Schumann:  Symphony #2, 2nd Mvt., mm. 1-48
Strauss:  Don Juan, mm.1-40
  Viola Beethoven:  Symphony #5, 2nd Mvt., mm. 23-37, 72-86
Brahms:  Symphony #4, 2nd Mvt., Letter D to E
Mendelssohn:  A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, mm. 17-93
Mozart:  Symphony #35 (Haffner), 4th Mvt., mm. 1-37
Strauss:  Don Juan, mm. 1-40
  Cello Beethoven:  Symphony #5, 3rd Mvt. (Scherzo), mm. 1-18, 140-213
Brahms:  Symphony #2, 2nd Mvt., mm. 1-15
Mozart:  Symphony #35 (Haffner), 4th Mvt., mm. 134-181
Mozart:  Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-9, 157-265
Strauss:  Don Juan, Beginning to Letter C, Letter R to Letter T
  Bass Beethoven:  Symphony #5, 3rd Mvt., mm. 1-8, 140-213
Brahms:  Symphony #2, 1st Mvt., Letter E to F
Mozart:  Symphony #35 (Haffner), 4th Mvt., mm. 1-37
Mozart:  Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm. 1-7, 156-164, 274-284
Strauss:  Don Juan, 1st page
  Flute Beethoven: Leonore Overture #3, mm. 1-24, 328-360
Bizet:  Carmen, Entr'acte, solo
Mendelssohn:  A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, solo
Ravel:  Daphnis et Chloe, Suite #2, Solo, mm. 176-179
Stravinsky:  Firebird Suite (1919) Variation, rehearsal 9 to end
  Piccolo Rossini: Semiramide Overture, Letter G to H, Letter T to U
Shostakovich:  Symphony #8, 2nd Mvt., 2 before 53 to 5 after 58
  Oboe Ravel: Le Tombeau du Couperin, 1st Mvt., mm. 1-14
Rossini:  La Scala di Seta Overture
Schubert:  Symphony #9 (C Major), 2nd Mvt.
Strauss:  Don Juan, mm. 235-268
  English Horn Berlioz:  Roman Carnival Overture, mm. 21-37
Rossini:  William Tell Overture, solo
  Clarinet Beethoven:  Symphony #8 (trio) no repeats
Brahms:  Symphony #3, 2nd Mvt.
Kodaly:  Dances of Galanta, mm. 31-68
Mendelssohn:  A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, mm. 1-48, 95-115
Shostakovich:  Symphony #9, 3rd Mvt., mm. 1-17
  E-Flat Clarinet Berlioz:  Symphony Fantastique, 5th Mvt., mm. 40-78
Ravel:  Daphnis et Chloe, Suite #2, mm. 200-204
  Bass Clarinet William Schumann:  Symphony #3, Toccata section solo to m. 170
Stravinsky:  The Rite of Spring, rhl 5 to 7 before rhl 7, and rhl 40-49
  Bassoon Donizetti:  L'elisir d'amore, ?Una furtiva lagrima?
Mozart:  Marriage of Figaro Overture, mm.101-123, 139-171
Ravel:  Bolero, #2 to #3
Rimsky-Korsakov:  Scheherazade, 2nd Mvt., solo and cadenzas
Rossini:  La Gazza Ladre Overture, Letter D to E
  French Horn Beethoven:  Symphony #3 (trio), second horn part
Beethoven:  Symphony #9, 3rd Mvt., fourth horn part
Brahms:  Symphony #3, 3rd Mvt.
Strauss:  Till Eulenspiegel, horn call (first and third horn parts)
Tschaikowsky:  Symphony #5, solo
  Trumpet Beethoven:  Leonore Overture #3
Mahler:  Symphony #5, 1st Mvt., mm. 1-24
Ravel:  Piano Concerto in G, 1st Mvt., solo
Stravinsky:  Petroushka (1947), "Ballerina's dance"
Strauss:  Don Juan or Ein Heldenleben
  Trombone Mahler:  Symphony #3, 1st Mvt., mm. 166-209
Mozart:  Requiem, Tuba Mirum
Rossini:  William Tell Overture, mm. 92-131
Schumann:  Symphony #3, 4th Mvt., mm. 1-8
Wagner:  Lohengrin, Prelude to the Third Act
  Bass Trombone Rossini:  William Tell Overture, mm. 92-131
Schumann:  Symphony #3, 4th Mvt., mm. 1-18
Strauss:  Ein Heldenleben, "Battle scene"
Wagner:  Das Rheingold, Entrance of the Gods, last 5 mm.
  Tuba Berlioz:  Symphony Fantastique, 5th Mvt., mm. 127-147 and 480 to the end
Strauss:  Till Eulenspiegel, 7 before #37 to 16 after #37
Wagner:  Die Meistersinger, Prelude, mm. 158-188
Wagner:  Lohengrin, Prelude to the Third Act
  Harp No positions are currently available for harpists.
  Timpani-
     Percussion
Note: Percussion auditions this year will be only recorded auditions
 Timpani
Beethoven:  Symphony #9, 1st Mvt., 18 bars before S to the end
Tchaikovsky:  Symphony #4, 1st Mvt., rhl S to U
Snare Drum
Rimsky-Korsakov:  Sheherazade, 3rd Mvt., D to E and 4th Mvt., P to R
Shostakovich:  Symphony #10, 2nd Mvt., rhl 98 to the end
Xylophone
Bach:  Any unaccompanied Suite, one Mvt., no repeats
Gershwin:  Porgy and Bess, Opening
Tambourine
Dvorak:  Carnival Overture, from beginning to 4 mm. before Letter C
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