Sample Orchestral Audition Repertoire

See below for past audition requirements at various major orchestras worldwide.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Piccolo Audition Repertoire, 2006

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Second Flute Audition Repertoire, 2008

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Second Flute Audition Repertoire, 2011

Boston Symphony Orchestra Flute Audition CD Recording Repertoire, 2011

Cleveland Orchestra, Piccolo and Flute Audition Repertoire, 1996

Houston Symphony, Piccolo Audition Repertoire List, 1996

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Piccolo and Flute Audition Repertoire, 2000

New York Philharmonic, 2nd Flute Audition Materials, 2011

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Second Flute Audition Repertoire

Teatro alla Scala Principal Flute Audition Repertoire, 2013

Teatro alla Scala Piccolo Audition Repertoire, 2013

 

Click below to see sample copies of excerpts used for orchestra auditions.

Johann Sebastian Bach, “Domine Deus,” No. 7 from “Mass in B Minor” (Flute)

Johannes Brahms, 4th Symphony (Flute 1)

Benjamin Britten, “Dawn,” from “Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes” (Flute)

Antonin Dvorak, 8th Symphony, 4th Movement (Flute)

Antonin Dvorak, 9th Symphony-“From the New World,” 1st Movement (Flute)

Maurice Ravel, “Daphnis et Chloe” (Flute)

Gioacchino Rossini, Overture “William Tell” (Flute)

Richard Strauss, “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme,” 2nd Movement (Flute)

Richard Strauss, “Tod Und Verklarung” (Flute)

Igor Stravinsky, “Jeu de Cartes” (Flute)

Igor Stravinsky, “Rite of Spring” (Alto Flute)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 4th Symphony, Scherzo (Piccolo)