Audition Excerpts

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
2031-32
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)

  1. The beginning of the entire Vaughn Williams piece to m. 19
  2. 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)