Materials for 2025 Concert Orchestra Check In for a Trumpet auditioning for Concert Orchestra
About Concert Orchestra
Concert Orchestra is Southeastern Minnesota’s premier student instrumental ensemble for advanced student musicians who play a string, woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument. Participants will be challenged to perform original classical and contemporary works for full orchestra, with a focus on ensemble playing skills and musical style. Learn more.
Concert Orchestra meets Saturday mornings from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Century High School in Rochester.
Please remember:
- No metronome
- No headphones/earphones/etc
- No need to announce your name or what you're playing. Instead, please include your name and what you're playing in the video title and/or description.
Note
It is your responsibility to be aware of the tempo and style of each excerpt.
Links to a reference recording, the full part from which the excerpt comes, and the full score are provided. By using these materials together, you should be able to get a full sense of how the excerpt goes and how it fits into the overall work.
If you have any questions on how to do this, please contact Mr. Nam.
Please record and submit the following:
Excerpts
Excerpt #1: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1
By Richard Wagner. View: Recording / Full Part / Full Score
Note! This excerpt is for Trumpet in F. If you're playing this excerpt on a B-flat Trumpet, you must play every note a perfect 5th higher than is written. So if you're playing a written A, you should play the E above that.
Excerpt #2: "Mars" from The Planets
By Gustav Holst. View: Recording / Full Part / Full Score
Note! This excerpt is written for Trumpet in C. If you're playing it on a B-flat Trumpet, you must play every note a whole step higher than is written. For example, for a written G#, you would play an A#.
