KMEA All-State Orchestra
Audition Excerpts
The following sets of excerpts will be used in a 4-year rotation. Use the correct set as indicated by the school years listed.
Year 2
2023-24
2027-28
Errata [Oct. 23, 2024] – In Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor by Bach, the Double section 2 measures from the end has a letter F# as the dotted 8th note going to an E. In the original, it is a dotted 8th note letter G, not an F#.
Viola (ver.3) posted May 9, 2023
Harp Auditions for KMEA District and All-State (2023-24): Scales & Arpeggios – One major and one melodic minor scale
- Candidate’s choice of keys
- Three octaves, hands together
- Sixteenth notes, slurred
- Quarter note at a minimum of 60 bpm
Solo: Excerpts from the harp solo from Vaughn Williams’ Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (actual rep for KMEA All State String Orchestra, 2024)
- The beginning of the entire Vaughn Williams piece to m. 19
- Variant 3, the first 25 measures
In both cases, prepare either upper part or, if able, prepare both lower and upper to be played together.
Download Excerpt (Version 2 posted Sep. 1)