SENIOR REGIONAL
string audition material
SENIOR REGIONAL (Grades 9-12) String Audition consists of the following:
1. Scales 2. Prepared Excerpts 3. Sight-Reading
3-Octave Scales
Students may be asked to perform all major and (melodic) minor scales up to 3 sharps and 3 flats in 3 octaves (2 octaves for bass). Scales should be played in groups of two slurred, and two martele ascending and groups of four slurred descending. Scales should be performed at a tempo of quarter note equal to 120 beats per minute. *Scales must be memorized.
The required scales are:
C Major a Minor
G Major e Minor
D Major b Minor
A Major f# Minor
F Major d Minor
B-flat Major g Minor
E-flat Major c Minor
Prepared EXCERPTS
VIOLIN (prepare all violin excerpts for audition)
VIOLA (prepare all viola excerpts for audition)
CELLO (prepare all cello excerpts for audition)
BASS (prepare all bass excerpts for audition)
Sight-Reading
There will be a sight-reading component to this audition.