MARYLAND CLASSIC YOUTH ORCHESTRAS Philharmonic

– Mascagni – Prelude and Siciliana from Cavalleria Rusticana
– Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
– Kilar – “Krzesany” Poemat Symfoniczny
– Bernstein – Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
– “RAGTIME IN CONCERT” with Young Artists of America
– Tchaikovsky – The Tempest
– Bernstein – A Simple Song / One Hand, One Heart
– von Suppe – Poet and Peasant Overture
– Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
– Wagner – Ring of the Nibelung “An Orchestral Journey”
– Brown/Stitt – Waiting for Wings
– Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
– Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty Suite
– Prokofiev – Cinderella Suite No. 1
– Janacek – Suite from the opera, The Cunning Little Vixen
– Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
– Marquez – Leyenda de Miliano
– Lecuona – Rapsodia Cubana
– Moncayo – Huapango

Grades in School:
Strings: 11–12th Grade (10th grade can audition for PHIL, ONLY IF you were in Chamber Ensemble in the previous season)
– String musicians will be considered for Kamerata! as well.
Winds/Brass/Percussion: 10–12th Grade

Minimum Solo Level (MMEA grade level):
Difficulty grade level 6 and higher
*Trumpets solo level can be level 5 and higher

Musicians are required to learn the entire solo and will be asked to play a 3-5 minute excerpt from their solo. Solos must be played without piano accompaniment. Memorization of solos and excerpts is not required.

Download the Orchestral Excerpts Here.
*Some excerpts may be multiple pages.

To be considered for MULTIPLE ensembles, you must prepare ALL excerpts required for the older ensemble plus ONE required excerpt from the younger ensemble’s excerpts. 

You will be asked to play ALL the selections at the younger ensemble auditions.

Percussion: Musician will need to prepare a solo or etude for snare drum, mallets or timpani (Goldenberg, Podemski, Cirone, Delecluse, Firth, Peters, Schinstine, Whaley, Houliff, Wessels, Aleo, or equivalent) and the orchestral excerpts for the other 2 instruments (I.E. a mallet SOLO plus snare drum and timpani EXCERPTS). The student should be prepared to sight read on all 3 instruments as well as demonstrate timpani tuning and basic snare drum rudiments (long concert roll, 5, 7 and 9 stroke rolls, flams, flam taps, flam accents, paraddidles and double paradiddles).

Harps: Musicians will need to enroll in to Harp Ensemble (Part of the Small Ensemble). Please prepare a solo that best represents your playing level/skills. If you are also interested in performing with the orchestras, you should also prepare an orchestral excerpt that reflects your current ability.