Audition for the Capital Wind Symphony

Auditions for the 2021-2022 season will be announced early summer.

The Capital Wind Symphony is an all-volunteer ensemble which 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.

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 anything that highlights their playing (solo, etude, or excerpts). 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 and be asked to perform the required excerpts referenced below.

Please direct any questions HERE. Someone will respond within a few business days. Thank you for your interest in the Capital Wind Symphony.

You may download the excerpts by clicking each instrument.

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

Horn

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

Tuba

Two pieces in contrasting tempo and articulation

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