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Spring Seating Auditions

Spring Seating Auditions for strings will take place at the BYSO Sinfonia rehearsal on Monday, April 17. Be sure to practice your individual part with careful attention to detail (including articulations) and to the musical aspects of the piece (dynamics, phrasing, etc.).  Be sure also to listen to professional recordings for a guide to tempo and style. The audition material will be chosen from the following selections:

Violin I:

  • Spring Fanfare and Overture: 50 – 66
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: Beginning-9
  • Variations on Korean Folk Song: 38-78; 150-171; 183-199

Violin II:

  • Spring Fanfare and Overture: pick up to 50-end
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: Beginning-9
  • Variations on Korean Folk Song: 38-53; 68-78; 98-110; 140-172; 190; 235-252

Viola:

  • Spring Fanfare and Overture: pick up to 50-end
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: Beginning-9
  • Variations on Korean Folk Song: Beginning-8; 17-25; 38-53; 58-76; 140-150; 166-172; 190; 238-252

Cello:

  • Spring Fanfare and Overture: pick up to 58-end
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: Beginning-9
  • Variations on Korean Folk Song: 38-53; 68-76; 166-173; 190; 242-152

Bass:

  • Spring Fanfare and Overture: pick up to 58-end
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: Beginning-9
  • Variations on Korean Folk Song: 38-53; 68-76; 166-173; 190; 242-152

Please listen to these recordings of our spring repertoire for reference as you begin preparing for seating auditions.

Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring by J.S. Bach

Variations on a Korean Folk Song

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