Audition Information/Required Repertoire for Orchestra
    AIMS Festival Orchestra in Graz 2013
  Graz Arrival            July 9
  Graz Departure     August 15

Auditions are required to participate in the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Graz. Personal auditions are preferred; Recorded Auditions are accepted. 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 pre-professional players should consider their readiness to perform both operatic and symphonic music.

General Information
  • Click on Audition Cities and Dates to view the audition sites. See Latest Updates to see when web pages are changed. If the audition cities do not fit your location or your schedule, please submit a digital Audition (see Recorded Auditions below).
  • Click on Orchestra Program to read a description of what the AIMS Orchestra experience offers and the costs.
  • Click on Orchestra Roster to see the positions in the sections of the orchestra.
  • Read Program Plans to see the repertoire planned. [These pages will be updated as new information becomes available.]
  • Read Calendar for the schedule of AIMS events in 2013.

 
Personal Auditions
  Registration
Click HERE to register for a Personal Audition. [Note: All percussion auditions should be recorded auditions.] Payment of the audition processing fee ($50) 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 or other 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.

Notification of Acceptance
You will be notified of your acceptance in the orchestra 1) by an acceptance email and 2) by the posting of the Orchestra Roster 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
Audio or video recorded auditions are accepted from October 15 to March 22. If positions are open in your category, they may be accepted after March 22 and up to May 1. Please call the AIMS office if you wish to submit a recording after March 22. [Note: All percussion auditions should be recorded auditions.] Each excerpt must be performed in one take without stopping the recording.
  • Recorded auditions can be submitted through our online service, getAcceptd.com, which allows you to apply to AIMS from wherever you live. Click on the Submit your digital audition button to see the AIMS page for information about online audition submissions.

    Submit your digital audition

    Starting from the AIMS 'getAcceptd' page is necessary to access the requirements specific to the AIMS programs. After reading the information on the page, click on Choose A Program, select Orchestra and your instrument category and then Get Started.
  • The site will guide you through the procedure. Provide the required information about yourself, upload your video (preferred) or audio recordings, a photo, a one-page résumé and pay the audition processing fee ($50). Your recordings may be in a single file or in separate files.
  • The required audition repertoire and the fee ($50) are the same for Personal and Recorded Auditions. The audition fee is nonrefundable. No other fees are due until after you have been accepted by AIMS.
  • Recommended but not mandatory: a brief letter of evaluation from your teacher and/or coach (where applicable).
 
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.
  Percussion*

   *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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