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Prepared Excerpts - 2025 Ensemble Auditions

UW Orchestra & UW Bands Auditions Requirements

Please see here for the audition schedule and information about signing up for an audition

Bassoon 

For Symphonic Band and Campus Philharmonia (view music): edited 4/16/25

For UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra (view music): edited 5/5/25

Clarinet 

For Symphonic Band, UW Wind Ensemble, UW Symphony Orchestra and Campus Philharmonia: 

(view music): edited 6/16/25

Please note: if you do not have an A Clarinet, you may play the Schubert on the Bb Clarinet. 

Strauss excerpt for those auditioning for Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra.

Eb and Bass clarinet excerpts are optional.

Bb/A Clarinet excerpts:

Schubert Symphony #8 “Unfinished”

Saint-Saens Symphony #3 “Organ”

Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger   

Strauss Ein Heldenleben (For Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra only) 

Eb Clarinet excerpts:

Ravel Bolero

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique  

Bass Clarinet excerpts:

Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice   

Verdi Aida Act IV   

Euphonium 

For Symphonic Band and UW Wind Ensemble (view music) edited 6/10/24

Flute

For Symphonic Band, Campus Philharmonia, UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra (view music): edited 4/16/25

  • The 2025 UW large ensemble flute audition repertoire consists of Till Eulenspiegel by Strauss, St. Matthew Passion by Bach, and Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. 

Horn 

For Symphonic Band, Campus Philharmonia, UW Wind Ensemble, and UW Symphony Orchestra (view music): edited 6/2/25

Note: If you are not a music major or music minor, you need only prepare the Gille Sonata excerpt.

Oboe/English Horn

For Symphonic Band and Campus Philharmonia: (view music) edited 5/29/25

Students should prepare these excerpts:

  • Barret Etude 28
  • Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Strauss to 17 after M

For UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra: (view music) edited 5/29/25

Students should prepare all excerpts. 

Percussion

For Symphonic Band and Campus Philharmonia (view music): edited 6/3/25

For UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra (view music): edited 6/3/25

Contact Dr. Whiting, Chair of Percussion Studies with questions at: bwhiting@uw.edu.

Saxophone

For UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band (view music): edited 8/20/24

Trombone

Tenor Trombone (view music) edited 6/3/24

Bass Trombone (view music) edited 6/3/24

Tuba

For UW Wind Ensemble, UW Symphony Orchestra, and Campus Philharmonia:

Prepare all excerpts. (view music) edited 6/10/24

  • Vaughn Williams Toccata Marziale
  • Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
  • Respighi Fountains of Rome
  • Wagner Die Meistersinger 
  • Wagner Ride of the Valkyries 

For Symphonic Band:
Prepare the following three excerpts. (view music) edited 6/10/24

Trumpet

For Campus Philharmonia and Symphonic Band:
Prepare the first excerpt. (view music) edited 6/17/24

For UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra:
Prepare all excerpts. (view music) edited 6/17/24

 

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