A mock audition for both a high horn and low horn category will be held at the symposium with cash prizes of $100 for each category winner. Please indicate your interest in participating on your registration form and prepare the excerpts listed below. PDFs of the excerpts can be downloaded by following the links on this page.
Both categories prepare the exposition of Mozart's Concerto No. 4.
High Horn Excerpt List
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, trio mvt., first horn (no repeats)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, first mvt., first horn
Ravel, Pavane, opening horn solo
Strauss, Ein Heldenleben opening, first horn
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel, opening call in first horn
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, second mvt., first horn solo
Low Horn Excerpt List
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, trio mvt., second horn
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, fourth horn solo
Mahler, Symphony No. 1, second mvt., second horn
Mahler, Symphony No. 3, first mvt., second horn
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 low tutti
Strauss, Don Juan, second horn