Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

2020-2021 Orchestra Audition Excerpts

Harp

Below, you will find the excerpts needed for your 2020-2021 audition recording. Please refer to our

website or your application for recording instructions and how to submit your recording. If you have not

filled out an application yet, you MUST do so to submit your audition recording. We encourage you to go

over these excerpts with your private teacher prior to recording.

*Please choose only ONE of the Tchaikovsky excerpts to record, the Rimsky-Korsakov and Franck excerpts

are REQUIRED regardless of which Tchaikovsky excerpt you select.

Tchaikovsky – (choose one) – 1 excerpt

- Nutcracker Suite – Waltz of the Flowers (Cadenza)

- Swan Lake Suite (Cadenza)

- Sleeping Beauty (Cadenza)

Rimsky-Korsakov (required) – Capriccio Espagnole– 1 excerpt

- Mvt V: Rehearsal S to 14 after rehearsal S

Franck (required) – Symphony in D minor

- Mvt II: Beginning to 1 after rehearsal A

CHOOSEONEofthefollowingthreeTchaikovskyexcerpts

1. Tchaikovsky:NutcrackerSuite,‘WaltzoftheFlowers’(Cadenza)

2. Tchaikovsky:SwanLakeSuite(Cadenza)

3. Tchaikovsky:SleepingBeauty(Cadenza)

Rimsky-Korsakov:CapriccioEspagnol,5thmovement(LetterSto14afterS)

Franck:SymphonyinDminor,2ndmovement(Beginningto1barafterA)