JamesMadisonUniversityEnsembleAuditions-Fall2018

Clarinet

DearJMUClarinetists,

EnclosedpleasefindthemusicforFall2018EnsembleAuditions.Thisauditionwilldetermine

yourplacementintheJMUBandsandOrchestras.Clarinetauditionsaretentativelyscheduled

forSunday,August26th,at2:30-4:30pm,roomTBA.Auditionswillbebehindthescreen,

“blind.”

Itisessentialthatlisteningtoallexcerpts(recordingsorvideosoffullorchestra/wind

ensemble)becomesapartofyourpreparation.Pleasecarefullystudyterms,tempi,rhythms,

articulations,dynamicsandphrasing,inadditiontopracticingtechnicalandexpressiveaspects.

Pleaserememberthatpracticingfundamentals(tonecolor,stability,intonation,clarityof

response,scales,endurance,etc.)andapplyingthemtoexcerptsiscrucialforyourbestplaying

quality.AstudyguidewillbesenttoJMUStudioMembersinJune.

NOTE:Ifyouarenotamusicmajor,butplantoauditionforJMUlargeensemblesandwould

liketoreceivetheguide,pleasecontactmebyemail.

IfyoudonotownoruseSchool’sAclarinet,pleaseplayallexcerptsonB-flatclarinet,evenifindicated“InA.”**YouDONOThavetoTRANPOSEtheparts.**

IfyouhaveanAclarinetavailable,pleaseplayexcerptsdesignatedforAclarinetonthisinstrument.

Listofexcerpts:

1. Giannini-SymphonyNo.3forBand,mvt.1.

2-3.Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade,mvt.2&mvt.4.

4.Respighi-PinesofRome.5.Shostakovich-FestiveOverture6-7.Rossini-LaGazzaLadraOverture8.Brahms-SymphonyNo.3,mvt.2.

Pleasefeelfreetocontactmewithanyquestionsregardingthematerials.Bestofluckinyour

preparationandaudition.TheensembledirectorsandIarelookingforwardtohearingyou!

Sincerely,

Dr.SarunasJankauskas

AssistantProfessorofClarinet

JamesMadisonUniversity

jankausx@jmu.edu

1. V.Giannini-SymphonyNo.3forBand,mvt.I,mm.142-170.Half-note=108.InB-flat.

2. N.Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade.Mvt.II,Cadenzas.InA.

3. N.Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade.Mvt.IV,solo,reh.ItoK.Vivo.InA.

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excluded from this excerpt and will only include the first clarinet entrance because the

focus of this essay is on solo and first clarinet parts.

Example 2. Vittorio Giannini, Symphony No. 3 for Band: I. mm. 66-79.16

Example 3. Vittorio Giannini, Symphony No. 3 for Band: I. mm. 142-147.17

Like the previous excerpt, the passage above (Example 3) begins with the second

clarinet and then with the third clarinet. Those two parts were excluded and the first

16 Vittorio Giannini, Symphony No. 3 (New York: Franco Colombo, 1961) 10-13. 17 Ibid., 21-27.

4. O.Respighi-PinesofRome.Mvt.3.11beforereh.14to1after15.Lento.InA.(pleaseskip4measuresofrestsatreh.14)

5. D.Shostakovich-FestiveOverture(eitherbandororchestraversion).Soloatreh.4toreh.7.InB-flat.Half-note=144-152.

6. G.Rossini-LaGazzaLadraOverture.Openingtom.23.InA.Quartetnote=120-126.

7. G.Rossini-LaGazzaLadraOverture.Mm.328-356.InA.Dotted-half=50-54.

8. J.Brahms-SymphonyNo.3,mvt.2.BeginningtoB.InB-flat.Andante.