VCU Symphony meets Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:30pm to 2:50pm
TIME and LOCATION
Auditions will take place in the James Black Music Center, room 3014 on Wed 08/23 between 1 and 5pm. Sign up now using the Sign up Genius link!
MATERIALS (Bracketed excerpts are from Borodin’s Symphony no 2)
Don’t forget to LISTEN to the piece as this will give you a good idea of the tempo:
I. Allegro moderato starts at 0:03
II. Scherzo. Molto vivo starts at 7:19
IV. Finale. Allegro starts at 21:54
- Scales: B major and B melodic minor, Db major. Free choice of bowings, but please use the whole bow
- Movement I: 3 bars before F to I
- Movement II: 3rd bar of B to C
- Movement IV: Beginning to C
- Scales: B major and B melodic minor, Db major. Free choice of bowings, but please use the whole bow
- Movement I: 5th bar of F to I
- Movement II: 3rd bar of B to C
- Movement IV: Beginning to C
- Scales: B major and B melodic minor, Db major. Free choice of bowings, but please use the whole bow
- Movement I: 2nd bar of C (top) to D; 5th before H to I
- Movement II: 3rd bar of B to C
- Movement IV: A to B
- Scales: B major and B melodic minor, Db major. Free choice of bowings, but please use the whole bow
- Movement I: A to B; M to 6 bars after N
- Movement IV: A to B; 5th bar of F to G
SCALES
All strings: B major and B melodic minor, Db major. Free choice of bowings, but please use the whole bow
Email dmyssyk@vcu.edu to ask questions about VCU Symphony.