The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” flute audition

Audition information
Position
Flute
Application deadline
April 17, 2013
Audition date
May 22, 2013
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(Posted on April 12, 2013; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo works
Karg-Elert—Caprice No. 16
Mozart—Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313
  • Mvt. I, Allegro Maestoso: exposition
Solo works for piccolo
Liebermann—Concerto for Piccolo
  • Mvt. III, Presto: pickups to 133 to 263
Vivaldi—Concerto in C Major
  • Mvt. II, Largo
Orchestral excerpts for flute
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 2 before P to the end
Orchestral excerpts for piccolo
Ippolitov-Ivanov—Caucasian Sketches
  • Mvt. IV, Procession of the Sardar: 3 to the downbeat of B
Rossini—Semiramide
  • Overture: 5 after G to H
  • Overture: 5 before L to the downbeat of L
  • Overture: 8 before U to the downbeat of U
Band excerpts for flute
Bourgeois—Trombone Concerto, Op. 114b
  • Mvt. III, Presto: 2 before 66 to 71
Grainger—Lincolnshire Posy
  • Mvt. IV, “The Brisk Young Sailor”: 9–25
Wagner—Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral
  • Beginning to 1 after 2
Williams—Star Wars Trilogy
  • Mvt. II, Leia’s Theme: 18–34
Band excerpts for piccolo
Goldman—The Chimes of Liberty
Grainger—Lincolnshire Posy
  • Mvt. IV, “The Brisk Young Sailor”: 18–25
Husa—Music for Prague 1968
  • Mvt. I, Introduction and Fanfare: beginning–14
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
Ward—O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Ensemble Materials for flute (to be played with a member of the Army Band flute section. Please prepare all parts of divided works.)
Gould—American Salute
  • Pickup to F through beat three of 2 before G
Sullivan—Pineapple Poll
  • No. 2
Williams—The Cowboys (trans. Jay Bocook)
  • Pickups to 4 before 39 9 after 47
  • Pickups to 9 before 74 to the downbeat of 84
Ensemble Materials for piccolo (to be played with a member of the Army Band flute section. Please prepare all parts of divided works.)
Gould—American Salute
  • Pickup to F through beat three of 2 before G
Smith—The National Anthem
Sight-reading
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