Music Requirements for the String Live Auditions:
- Students auditioning will be required to perform a two or three octave major scale (ascending and descending) as posted.
- Students auditioning will be required to perform a two or three octave minor scale (ascending and descending) as posted.
- Students auditioning will be required to perform the required excerpts from orchestra literature as posted.
- No sight reading
Scales and excerpts will be posted on the KMEA website by May 1st prior to the next year’s auditions.
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
2027-28
2031-32
Errata [Oct. 23, 2023] – 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
Year 4
2025-26
2029-30
NOTICE FOR 2025-26
Year 4 Excerpts have been revised. New files were posted June 17, 2025. New files contain “v2025” in the file name.
Year 4 Excerpts have been revised. New files were posted June 17, 2025. New files contain “v2025” in the file name.