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I've created a list of the 30 most common excerpts asked on all the lists I could find (which was about 20). I was wondering if you guys could do me a favour and look over the list and see if there are any glaring omissions or anomalies. I'm looking to make a list (and a corresponding booklet for myself) of excerpts I should "keep under my belt". The list for them all totals about 63 different excerpts, only 41 of them were asked more then once, and 33 of them asked more then twice. This is why I figured 30 would be a good number. If there are any I'm missing or any that really don't appear very often, please let me know. Also, have any solos other then Strauss 1 and Vaughan Williams been asked on any major auditions recently? Thanks for your help.


Benvenuto Cellini Berlioz, Hector
Damnation of Faust Berlioz, Hector
Le Corsaire Berlioz, Hector
Romeo and Juliet Berlioz, Hector
Symphonie Fantasique Berlioz, Hector
Symphony #2 Brahms, Johannes
Symphony #7 Bruckner, Anton
Symphony #8 Bruckner, Anton
An American in Paris Gershwin, George
Symphonic Metamorphosis Hindemith, Paul
The Planets Holst, Gustav
Symphony #1 Mahler, Gustav
Symphony #2 Mahler, Gustav
Symphony #5 Mahler, Gustav
A Midsummer Night's Dream Mendelssohn, Felix
Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky/Ravel
Romeo and Juliet Prokofiev, Sergei
Symphony #5 Prokofiev, Sergei
Fontane di Roma Respighi, Ottorino
Sensemaya Revueltas, Silvestre
Symphony #5 Shostakovich, Dmitri
Petrouchka Stranvinsky, Igor
Also Sprach Zarathustra Strauss, Richard
Ein Heldenleben Strauss, Richard
Eine Alpensinfonie Strauss, Richard
Till Eulenspiegel Lustige Streiche Strauss, Richard
Die Meistersinger von Nuremburg Wagner, Richard
Die Walküre Wagner, Richard
Eine Faust Overture Wagner, Richard
Lohengrin Wagner, Richard

Good work, logical approach to auditioning. Interesting results.

It's easier for me to look at your list like this:

Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz - Damnation of Faust
Berlioz - Le Corsaire
Berlioz - Romeo and Juliet
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantasique
Brahms - Symphony #2
Bruckner - Symphony #7
Bruckner - Symphony #8
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis
Holst - The Planets
Mahler - Symphony #1
Mahler - Symphony #2
Mahler - Symphony #5
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev - Symphony #5
Respighi - Fontane di Roma
Revueltas - Sensemaya
Shostakovich - Symphony #5
Stranvinsky - Petrouchka
Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben
Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel Lustige Streiche
Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nuremburg
Wagner - Die Walküre
Wagner - Eine Faust Overture
Wagner - Lohengrin

Ted Cox had an article published in the tuba journal a few years back discussing the audition process. I want to say 2000 maybe? He broke it down to an A list,B list, etc and gave percentages.

example:

Meistersinger-A list, 100% of the auditions polled
Lohengrin-B list, 35% of the auditions

Are tuba journals available online that far back? If not, I might be able to find a copy of the article somewhere.

JB

I believe Alex's format(above) would be more in line with tradition.