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Below are links to the official listing of the Orchestra Division All-State audition material.
Region and Area contests that lead to All-State will use this music.
All amendments, corrections and errata will become official only when it is published there.

*Click below to view the books selected for the 2011-2012 All-State Orchestra auditions.

The TMEA website is the official location for errata postings.
Please check back as it will be updated as needed until September 1.
No errata changes will be made after September 1.

Click below to view the etudes selected for the 2011-2012 All-State Orchestra auditions.


All-State Orchestra Excerpts

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Excerpt Errata:

Violin
  1. Symphony # 5, Prokofiev - begin measure 6 after rehearsal marking 12 and play through 4 after rehearsal marking 15.
    Tempo Marking: quarter note = 60-66, with appropriate alterations to tempo based upon indications in the music. (Updated 9/20)
    Errata:
    11 and 12 measures after square 13: Dotted half note is tied to quarter note Ab at beginning of next measure (Updated 9/13)
    14 measures after square 12: Dotted eighth and sixteenth on beat one NOT two eighth notes Bb to Ab     (Updated 9/13)
    3 measures after square 14: Beat 2 and Beat 3, quarter note is tied to following eighth note (Updated 9/13)
  2. Rounds, Diamond - Begin in measure 124 and play through measure 160.
    Tempo marking    : half note = 132.
  3. Symphony #2, Mahler - begin at rehearsal marking 17 and play through rehearsal marking 20.
    Tempo Marking: rehearsal 17 to rehearsal marking 18 quarter note = 80. Rehearsal marking 18 through 20 quarter note = 144.
    Errata:
    5 measures after rehearsal 19 through the first beat of 7 measures after 19 should be col legno, with the stick.  Omitted from the violin part but clearly marked in the score "mit Bogen geschlagen" or col legno. (9/27)
  4. Serenade Mvt 4, Dvorak - begin at measure 54 last note and play through measure 101.
    Tempo Marking: quarter note = 60.
    Errata:
    Measure 84: the rhythm should be the same as measures 85 and 86     (8/31)
    3 measures from end of excerpt: 2nd note should be an E not an F#, as in 4 measures from end of excerpt (9/13)
    12th measure of the excerpt: A should be an A# (10/1)
Viola
  1. Symphony # 5, Prokofiev - begin 1 measure before rehearsal 13 and play to 6 after rehearsal 14.
    Tempo Marking: quarter note = 60-66, with appropriate alterations to tempo based upon indications in the music. (Updated 9/20)
    Errata:
    9 measures after square 13: 8th rest should be a 16th rest (10/1)
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  2. Symphony # 5, Prokofiev - begin 4 before rehearsal marking 22 and play through 4 before 23.
    Tempo Marking: The Tempo Primo rehearsal #22 is quarter note = 52-56. The beginning of excerpt #2 (Poco Piu Mosso) should be quarter note = 60-63 (Updated 9/14)
    Errata:
    7 measures after rehearsal marking 22: bowing should read down on first slurred sixteenths and up-up on third and fourth sixteenth notes of beat one. (Updated 9/13)
  3. Rounds, Diamond - begin on measure 44 and play through measure 91.
    Tempo Marking: half note = 132.
  4. Symphony # 2, Mahler - begin 4 before rehearsal 17 and play through 22 after rehearsal marking 19.
    Tempo Marking:     up to rehearsal 18, quarter note = 80. Rehearsal marking 18 through end of excerpt, quarter note = 144.
    Errata:
    Rehearsal marking 17: Marked non-divisi. Change the chord at 17 and the measure after 17 to F / Bb double stop instead of tripple stop indicated. (updated 9/12)
    3 measures after 17 on the downbeat: the chord is not playable. Play Bb and Db In the same measure on the fourth beat, play Ab and the upper Db. This will help the triple stop preparation on the downbeat of the next bar. (9/23)
    After rehearsal 19, measures 5-8: should be played col legno, with the stick.  Omitted from the viola part, but clearly marked in the score "mit Bogen geschlagen" or col legno. (9/27)
Cello
  1. Symphony # 5, Prokofieff - begin 3 after rehearsal marking 13 and play through beat 1, 2 after rehearsal 16.
    Tempo Marking:     quarter note = 60-66, with appropriate alterations to tempo based upon indications in the music. (Updated 9/20)
  2. Rounds, Diamond - begin measure 195 and play through beat 2 measure 245.
    Tempo Marking: half note = 132.S
  3. Symphony # 2, Mahler - begin 9 after rehearsal marking 19 and play through the first note 3 after rehearsal marking 22.
    Tempo Marking: from beginning of excerpt through tempo 1 quarter note= 140-144, from tempo 1 to end of excerpt quarter note = 90.
  4. Serenade, Dvorak - begin with pick - up to rehearsal marking 6 and play through end of page.
    Tempo Marking:     quarter note = 60. Play upper staff only.
    Note:
    Notes written in treble clef are to be performed one octave lower than written. (8/9)
    Errata:
    Rehearsal #7, last note: should be an F#, not an E# (10/1)
String Bass
  1. Symphony # 5, Prokofiev - begin at rehearsal marking 18 and play through 4 after rehearsal marking 20.
    Tempo Marking:     quarter note = 60-66, with appropriate alterations to tempo based upon indications in the music. (Updated 9/20)
  2. Serenade, Dvorak - begin at rehearsal marking 21, Presto,
    Tempo Marking: quarter note = 140-144.
  3. Rounds, Diamond - begin measure 221 and play through measure 254.
    Tempo Marking: half note = 132.
  4. Symphony # 2, Mahler - begin measure 2 and play through last line of page third measure downbeat.
    Tempo Marking: quarter note = 90.
Harp
  1. Symphony # 2, Mahler - begin 10 measures after rehearsal 22 and play through the downbeat 3 measures before 25.
    Tempo Marking:     quarter note = 90, at rehearsal 24 quarter note = 68 through conclusion of excerpt.
  2. Saturn, Holst - begin at rehearsal measure 105 and play through measure 116. SECOND HARP PART ONLY.
    Tempo Marking:     half note = 72.
  3. Saturn, Holst - begin rehearsal 6, measure 125 and play through measure 130. SECOND HARP PART ONLY.
    Tempo Marking:     half note = 72.
  4. Symphony # 5, Prokofiev - begin at rehearsal marking 40 and play through one measure before rehearsal marking #42.
    Tempo Marking:     quarter note = 132. 
Piano

All from Prokofiev Symphony # 5

  1. Rehearsal # 40 through # 42
    Tempo Marking: quarter note = 132
  2. Rehearsal # 62 through # 64
    Tempo Marking: quarter note = 60
  3. Rehearsal # 70 through # 75
    Tempo Marking: quarter note or dotted quarter note (3/2 or 9/8) = 60
  4. Rehearsal # 111 to the end.
    Tempo Marking: half note = 72.

    Note: Rehearsal 111 the 8va marking requires left hand to cross over to a high G# and back to an E octave for 12 measures (8/9).


2012 Specialty Instruments
  • Contra-Bassoon: will be auditioned through the band division.

Use the following form to audition on a specialty instrument:

Click here for Specialty Instrument Submission Form
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2011 09:46