MSWE CLARINET AUDITION EXCERPTS FALL 2020

• All clarinet majors must audition on clarinet. • If a student owns an A clarinet, they should perform excerpts marked “for A clarinet” on

said instrument. Students that do not own an A clarinet should perform all excerpts on Bb clarinet (as printed). Use of an A clarinet will not factor into ensemble and/or chair placement.

• Clarinet majors may also audition on bass clarinet in addition to soprano clarinet. • Any clarinet major may be asked to play bass clarinet for one or more concert cycles,

regardless of whether or not they audition on bass clarinet. Clarinet majors must prepare all excerpts (nine total). Music majors with clarinet as a secondary instrument, music minors, and non-majors only need to prepare excerpts 1–3 and 9. Excerpts 1–2: Ingolf Dahl, Concerto for Saxophone Excerpt 1: iii. J–L, Allegro brioso, 2/4 time, quarter note = 120 n.b. skip all multimeasure rests longer than three (3) measures

MSWE CLARINET AUDITION EXCERPTS FALL 2020

Excerpt 2: iii. 13th measure of P–eighth measure of Q, Allegro brioso, 2/4 time, quarter note = 120 n.b. skip all multimeasure rests longer than three (3) measures

Excerpt 3: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (excerpt for A clarinet) Fifth measure of 6–fourth measure of 7, Même movement (Très modéré), 3/4 time, quarter note = c. 54 n.b. play lower stave only!

MSWE CLARINET AUDITION EXCERPTS FALL 2020

Excerpts 4–5: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances, op. 45 (all excerpts for Bb clarinet) Excerpt 4: i. 2–3: Non allegro, common time, quarter note = c. 116

MSWE CLARINET AUDITION EXCERPTS FALL 2020

Excerpt 5: iii. 92–second measure of 93, Allegro vivace, 9/8 time, dotted quarter note = c. 108

MSWE CLARINET AUDITION EXCERPTS FALL 2020

Excerpts 6–9: Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 (all excerpts for A clarinet) Excerpt 6: i. mm. 54–76: Allegro non troppo, 4/4 time quarter note = c. 112

MSWE CLARINET AUDITION EXCERPTS FALL 2020

Excerpt 7: i. mm. 106–129: Moderato mosso, 4/4 time quarter note = c. 84

MSWE CLARINET AUDITION EXCERPTS FALL 2020

Excerpt 8: i. mm. 185–198: Allegro vivo, 4/4 time quarter note = c. 144

Excerpt 9: iii. mm. 69–81: Allegro molto vivace, 4/4 time, quarter note = c. 152