Audition Requirement

Congratulations on deciding to audition for the Campolindo Instrumental Music program! We are excited to hear your performance.

To prepare, please review the specific audition excerpts and the official evaluation rubric for your desired ensemble below. Click the underlined links to access the sheet music for your instrument. Within each file, you will find the required scales (including the chromatic scale) and the solo excerpt.

Break a leg!

For your Orchestra audition, your adjudicator can ask you any major scale and expect that you can play it in one octave. If you can play it in two or three, that’s even better!
In addition, we will ask that you prepare one section of the piece (search by your instrument name) from the audition music file here.

Here is the Excerpt List and official Music Rubric, we'll use to evaluate your performance during the audition.

Audition Excerpt List for Orchestra Ensemble

Violin

audition file here

Viola

Sonata Benedetto Marcello (edited by Gaston Marchet)

audition file here

Cello

Sonate fur Pianoforte und Violoncell, Johannes Brahms

audition file here

Double Bass

Concerto, Antonia Capuzzi

audition file here

For your Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band audition, your adjudicator can ask you any major or minor scale and expect that you can play it in one octave. Your adjudicator WILL ask you to play the chromatic scale as printed in the CBDA All State Scales Set B that is included with the solo work designated by black brackets in the audition music file here.
(look for your instrument, open the file, you will see both the scales you need the chromatic! And the solo excerpt)

Here is the Excerpt List and official Music Rubric, we'll use to evaluate your performance during the audition.

Audition Excerpt List for Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band

Flute

Telemann: Suite in A Minor
Beginning to beat 2 of measure 15;

pickup to 45 to downbeat of measure 60

Oboe

Sonata No 2. GF Handel
Mvt II: Allegretto
Three after square 7 to the end of measure 37

Bassoon

As marked

Clarinet (all)

Concerto, Mozart

Beginning (top of page) to circle 1

Saxophone (all)

Concerto, Glazounov

Square 1 to Square 3;

Pickup to square 5 to square 9

Trumpet

Andante et Scherzo, Barat

Beginning through measure 8

Scherzo: measure 7 to measure 22

French Horn

Concertpiece Op. 94 Saint-Seans

Allegro Moderato: beginning to m. 45

Trombone

Concertino Op 4, David

A-C

Euphonium

Sonata I in F, Galliard

Beginning to 9

Spiritoso e staccato- all, no repeats

Tuba

Second Sonatina, Presser

Allegretto: Beginning to 23

Allegro: beginning to 15

Percussion

Snare: 25, as marked

Timp: etude 51, as marked

Marimba: invention no 4 (top line only) as marked

Jazz Auditions

Please prepare ONE of the etudes included for your instrument.

Play the head and improvise one chorus of “It Hurts Me Too” by Elmore James. You’ll use this backing track in the audition.

Drums, you do not need to do this element- only the etudes.

Note there is no printed music for this tune: you are meant to learn it by ear.

We highly recommend all prospective and current music students consider enrolling in private music lessons and joining a musiccamp, workshop, or specialized band during the school year or summer months. These experiences are invaluable for growth and developing skills outside of the classroom.

For more resources on local instructors, programs, and opportunities, please check our Music Development Resource Page.