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Winter Seating Auditions

Winter Seating Auditions will take place at the BYSO Sinfonia retreat on Saturday, February 4. Attendance at the retreat is required, and there will be no make-up auditions. Those who do not audition at the retreat will be seated at the back of the section. 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.).  You should also to listen to professional recordings for a guide to tempo and style. Here are links to some recordings for you to listen to:

Overture to the Wasps by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Reverie by Claude Debussy

Bacchanale by Camille Saint-Saëns

The audition material will be chosen from the following selections:

Flute 1:

Vaughan-Williams: 38-55, 69-93, 124-138, 157-173, 220-231

Debussy: 33-42, 52-56, 71-end

Saint-Saens: 4-36, 71-105, 128-146, 147-163, 203-end

Flute 2:

Vaughan-Williams: 38-55, 69-93, 124-138, 157-173, 220-231

Debussy: 52-56, 71-end

Saint-Saens: 4-21, 71-105, 128-143, 203-end

Oboe:

Vaughan-Williams: 17-25, 62-83, 84-110, 124-135, 157-173, 214-231

Debussy: 3-10, 52-56, 59-end

Saint-Saens: 4-21, 71-105, 128-145, 147-163, 203-end

Clarinet:

Vaughan-Williams: 29-39, 42-55, 70-93, 117-140, 157-173

Debussy: 1-10, 26-50, 52-56, 59-end

Saint-Saens: 46-55, 110-145, 185 to the end

Bassoon:

Vaughan-Williams: 29-39, 46-71, 93-108, 143-157, 239-250

Debussy: 13-20, 51-61, 71-end

Saint-Saens: 36-59, 69-83, 103-120, 137-145, 173-end

Horn:

Vaughan-Williams: 22-26, 49-70, 117-127, 135-140, 203-221

Debussy: 11-18, 35-46

Saint-Saens: 156-182, 203-end

Trumpet 1:

Vaughan-Williams: 49-70, 79-106, 125-133, 173-188, 217-230

Debussy: 11-16, 19-29, 69-76

Saint-Saens: 22-36, 163-182, 203-end

Trumpet 2:

Vaughan-Williams: 49-70, 79-106, 125-133, 173-188, 217-230

Debussy: 11-16, 19-29, 69-76

Saint-Saens: 163-182, 202-218, 218-end

Trombone:

Vaughan-Williams: 37-70, 85-108, 157-164, 171-188, 203-220

Debussy: 27-49, 67-76

Saint-Saens: 12-26, 46-70, 162-167, 218-end

Violin I:

Vaughan-Williams: 39-49, 117-135, 189-210, 221-231, 231-239,

Debussy: 1-10, 11-18, 39-50, 61-68, 69-end

Saint-Saens: 20-36, 38-89, 89-105, 185-218, 218-end

Violin II:

Vaughan-Williams: 39-49, 117-135, 154-173, 221-231, 231-239,

Debussy: 11-18, 19-34, 43-50, 61-68, 69-end

Saint-Saens: 20-36, 46-63, 81-105, 147-170, 178-203, 203-230

Viola:

Vaughan-Williams: 71-85, 117-135, 189-212, 221-231

Debussy: 8-18, 42-49, 69-end

Saint-Saens: 38-55, 55-81, 89-105, 185-218, 218-end

Cello:

Vaughan-Williams: 55-70, 80-106, 125-133, 188-203, 221-231

Debussy: 11-34, 35-49, 69-end

Saint-Saens: 55-81, 218 to the end

Bass:

Vaughan-Williams: 55-70, 84-106, 145-165, 221-231,

Debussy: 11-19, 35-49, 69-end

Saint-Saens: 46-71, 89-105, 218-end

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