Audition for the Capital Wind Symphony
Auditions for the upcoming 2023-2024 season will be held Monday, September 11, 2023.
VACANCIES: The Capital Wind Symphony has openings for clarinet, baritone saxophone, and tenor & bass trombone. All other instruments are welcome for consideration on our substitute list. Substitutes are used throughout the season for concerts and rehearsals.
BACKGROUND: The Capital Wind Symphony is an all-volunteer ensemble that attracts many of the region’s finest musicians and welcomes new players each season by audition. Members include military musicians, freelance players, studio teachers, and music educators. Accepted members must agree to the weekly rehearsals held on Monday evenings, except holidays, at Longfellow Middle School, 2000 Westmoreland St, Falls Church, VA 22043, as well as the concerts.
PROCESS: The audition process consists of a resume and preliminary recording followed by a LIVE round.
- Interested players should send a resume along with an audio or video clip of a solo, etude, or excerpt(s) that highlights playing. An email attachment or a link to Google Drive, YouTube, Vimeo, etc is preferred for larger files. SUBMIT HERE
- Upon review, selected players will be invited for a live audition held 5-7 pm at Longfellow Middle School.
- Please prepare the following excerpts.
Please direct any questions HERE. Thank you for your interest in the Capital Wind Symphony.
Click on the instrument to download all excerpts.
- Fucik – Florentiner March,
- Grainger – Linconshire Posy, mvt 2
- Hindemith – Symphony in Bb
- Persichetti – Symphony for Band
- Pres – Wedding Dance
- Mozart – Concerto in G Major, Movement 1, Exposition
- Mendelssohn – Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Movement 4, mm 89-105
- Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3, mm 1-36 AND mm 279 – 360
- Beethoven – Eroica Symphony No. 3, mvt. 4, mm173 – 200
- Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2, rehearsal numbers 176 – 179 and through the trill
- Mozart – Quartet in F, 3rd movement, Rondeau
- Brahms – Violinkonzert in D Major op.77, 2nd movement Adagio
- Stravinsky – Suite from Pulcinella, Gavotta Variation 1a, Allegretto
- Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36, 2nd movement, Andantino
- Gould – American Salute
- Berlioz – Roman Carnival
- Arnold – Four Scotttish Dances, II
- Grainger – Lincolnshire Posy, Rufford Park Poachers
- Shostakovich – Festive Overture
- Duble- The Circus King
- Grainger- Irish Tune from County Derry
- Holst – Hammersmith
- Nielsen – Masquerade Overture
- Bernstein – West Side Story
- Ferling Studies, Etudes Nos. 3 and 4
- Choice of Mozart or Strauss Concerto – Exposition
- Strauss – Til Eulenspiegel (1st horn Beginning to rehearsal 1)
- Strauss – Don Juan (1st horn 11after N-P, 4 before Y to Z)
- Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 (1st horn Movt I- 2 bars after 17-bar after 21)
- Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 (excerpt from Andante Cantibile)
- Charlier Etude #4
- Vaughan Williams – Toccata Marziale
- Saint-Seans – Bacchanale
- Copeland – An Outdoor Overture
- Verdi – Hymn and Triumphant March
- Host- “Intermezzo” from First Suite in Eb
- Bach – Sarabande from the 5th Cello Suite, Tenor Trombone
- Berlioz – Hungarian March, Tenor/Bass Trombone
- Wagner – Tannhauser, Tenor/Bass Trombone
- Mozart – Tuba Mirum, Tenor Trombone only
- Respighi – Pines of Rome, Near a Catacomb, Bass trombone
- Sparke – Pantomine, Solo B flat Euphonium, Andante Semplice
- Shostakovich arr. Hunsberger – Festive Overture
- Bach – Suite I for Cello, Courante
- Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever
- Holst – Second Suite for Military Band in F Major Movement I March, Euphonium
- Bruckner – Symphony No. 7
- Creston – Celebration Overture
- Grainger – Lincolnshire Posy, Rufford Park Poachers
- Holst – First Suite
- King – Melody Shop
- Menotti – Overture and Caccia
- Verdi – La Forza Del Destino
Snare Drum
- Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Movement 3
- Capriccio Espagnol, Movement 4, beginning to 10 measures after L
Cymbals
- Tchaikowsky – Symphony 4, Movement 4, G to end
Tambourine
- Dvorak – Carnival Overture, Beginning to C & T to end
Mallets
- Prokofiev, Scythian Suite, Movement 1, 2 to 4
- Shostakovich – Polka from the Golden Age ballet
