Please find below the links to the Orchestral Excerpts for your Young Mannheim Symphonists 2021 audition video.
The closing date for the audition video is midnight on Sunday 22 November 2020.
Notification of places for the State Intensives and/or National Winter Academy will be announced on Friday 27 November 2020.
General audition information
A range of orchestral excerpts has been selected by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra principal musicians who also form the audition panel.
You are required to perform your orchestral excerpts first, followed by your own choice piece (except for timpanists). You may restart the video recording before your own choice piece but you must perform all the orchestral excerpts in one take.
We recommend that you take the time to listen to historically informed performances (on period instruments) of these works. We have created Spotify playlistsfor each instrument which include period instrument recordings of the audition repertoire. As well as technical ability, tonal production and intonation, the auditions will be assessed on stylistic understanding and interpretation.
Make sure you perform the excerpts in the context of the work as a whole, paying careful attention to tempo, dynamics and articulations.
The excerpts are of varying difficulty. Don’t be disheartened by a difficult excerpt. You can play it more slowly if necessary.
Included in each audition excerpt folder are basic instructions specific to your instrument and your excerpts. Be sure to read this carefully.
The links below can be accessed on all devices. If you are accessing them on a mobile phone, you will need to have the Dropbox app.
