Audition excerpts library

Curated string-instrument audition repertoire. Pick your instrument, browse by level, then record a 30-second take and get AI panel feedback on tempo, intonation, rhythm, tone, and musicality.

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J.S. Bach · violin

Partita No. 3, Preludio (opening)

All-State

Mozart · violin

Violin Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I opening

All-State

Telemann · viola

Fantasia No. 1, Vivace

Dragonetti Concerto in A, opening

All-State

R. Strauss · violin

Don Juan, opening

College / Conservatory

R. Strauss · violin

Ein Heldenleben, concertmaster solo

College / Conservatory

Mendelssohn · violin

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo

College / Conservatory

Ravel · violin

La Valse, opening and trills

College / Conservatory

Beethoven · violin

Symphony No. 3 'Eroica', Scherzo

College / Conservatory

Rimsky-Korsakov · violin

Scheherazade, concertmaster solo

College / Conservatory

J.S. Bach · violin

Partita No. 2, Chaconne (opening)

College / Conservatory

Mozart · violin

Violin Concerto No. 5, 'Turkish' (opening of Mvt. I)

College / Conservatory

R. Strauss · viola

Don Juan, viola passages

College / Conservatory

R. Strauss · viola

Ein Heldenleben, viola excerpt

College / Conservatory

Bartók · viola

Concerto for Orchestra, viola solo (Mvt. III)

College / Conservatory

Hoffmeister · viola

Viola Concerto in D major, Mvt. I opening

All-State

C. Stamitz · viola

Viola Concerto in D major, Mvt. I opening

All-State

J.S. Bach · viola

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

R. Strauss · cello

Don Juan, cello section excerpt

College / Conservatory

R. Strauss · cello

Don Quixote, opening cello solo

College / Conservatory

Brahms · cello

Symphony No. 2, cello solo (Mvt. II)

College / Conservatory

J.S. Bach · cello

Suite No. 3, Prelude

College / Conservatory

Dvořák · cello

Cello Concerto, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Tchaikovsky · cello

Rococo Variations, opening theme

College / Conservatory

Mozart · bass

Symphony No. 40, Menuetto

College / Conservatory

Beethoven · bass

Symphony No. 5, Scherzo (trio)

College / Conservatory

Beethoven · bass

Symphony No. 9, bass recitative (Mvt. IV)

College / Conservatory

Mahler · bass

Symphony No. 1, Frère Jacques solo (Mvt. III)

College / Conservatory

Verdi · bass

Otello, Act IV opening (bass quartet)

College / Conservatory

Sibelius · violin

Violin Concerto, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Tchaikovsky · violin

Violin Concerto, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Brahms · violin

Violin Concerto, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Prokofiev · violin

Violin Concerto No. 2, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Bartók · violin

Violin Concerto No. 2, opening theme

College / Conservatory

Bruch · violin

Violin Concerto No. 1, Mvt. I opening

All-State

Mendelssohn · violin

Violin Concerto in E minor, Mvt. I opening

All-State

Saint-Saëns · violin

Violin Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Lalo · violin

Symphonie Espagnole, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Brahms · violin

Symphony No. 4, Finale (Passacaglia) opening

College / Conservatory

Shostakovich · violin

Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I opening violin excerpt

College / Conservatory

Beethoven · violin

Symphony No. 7, Allegretto violin section

College / Conservatory

Prokofiev · violin

Classical Symphony, Mvt. I violin excerpt

College / Conservatory

Stravinsky · violin

Petrushka, 'Danse Russe' violin excerpt

College / Conservatory

Mahler · violin

Symphony No. 4, solo violin part (Mvt. II)

College / Conservatory

Vivaldi · violin

Concerto in A minor, Op. 3 No. 6, Mvt. I

High School

Accolay · violin

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, opening

High School

Seitz · violin

Student Concerto No. 5 in D major, Mvt. I

Middle School

Bartók · viola

Viola Concerto (Serly completion), opening

College / Conservatory

Walton · viola

Viola Concerto, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Hindemith · viola

Der Schwanendreher, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Berlioz · viola

Harold in Italy, viola theme (opening)

College / Conservatory

Bruch · viola

Romance in F major, Op. 85, opening theme

All-State

Brahms · viola

Symphony No. 3, Poco Allegretto viola melody

College / Conservatory

Beethoven · viola

Symphony No. 5, Scherzo viola excerpt

College / Conservatory

Shostakovich · viola

Symphony No. 10, Mvt. II viola excerpt

College / Conservatory

Schubert · viola

Symphony No. 9 in C major 'Great', viola excerpt

College / Conservatory

Telemann · viola

Viola Concerto in G major, Mvt. I opening

High School

Elgar · cello

Cello Concerto in E minor, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Schumann · cello

Cello Concerto in A minor, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Haydn · cello

Cello Concerto in C major, Mvt. I opening

All-State

Haydn · cello

Cello Concerto in D major, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Saint-Saëns · cello

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, opening

College / Conservatory

Barber · cello

Cello Concerto, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Brahms · cello

Symphony No. 1, cello section excerpt

College / Conservatory

Shostakovich · cello

Symphony No. 5, cello melody (Mvt. III)

College / Conservatory

Beethoven · cello

Symphony No. 7, Allegretto cello bass voice

College / Conservatory

Dvořák · cello

Symphony No. 9 'New World', cello theme (Mvt. II)

College / Conservatory

Boccherini · cello

Cello Concerto in B-flat major, Mvt. I opening

High School

Koussevitzky · bass

Double Bass Concerto, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Bottesini · bass

Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor, opening

College / Conservatory

Dittersdorf · bass

Double Bass Concerto in E major, Mvt. I opening

All-State

Beethoven · bass

Symphony No. 7, Allegretto bass voice

College / Conservatory

Brahms · bass

Symphony No. 2, bass section excerpt

College / Conservatory

Prokofiev · bass

Lieutenant Kijé, bass excerpt (baritone theme)

College / Conservatory

R. Strauss · bass

Also Sprach Zarathustra, bass opening (sunrise)

College / Conservatory

Mahler · bass

Symphony No. 9, bass excerpt (Mvt. I)

College / Conservatory

Rieding · violin

Concerto in B minor Op. 35, Mvt. I

Middle School

Küchler · violin

Concertino in D major Op. 15, Mvt. I

Middle School

Handel · violin

Violin Sonata No. 4 in D major HWV 371, Mvt. I

Middle School

Vivaldi · violin

The Four Seasons: "Spring", Mvt. I (Op. 8 No. 1)

High School

de Bériot · violin

Violin Concerto No. 7 in G major, Mvt. I

High School

Handel · violin

Violin Sonata in E major HWV 373, Mvt. I (Adagio)

High School

Vivaldi · viola

Concerto in A minor (arr. for viola), Mvt. I

Middle School

Rieding · viola

Concerto in B minor Op. 35 (arr. for viola), Mvt. I

Middle School

Küchler · viola

Concertino in D major Op. 15 (arr. for viola), Mvt. I

Middle School

Handel · viola

Sonata in D major (arr. viola from HWV 371), Mvt. I

Middle School

Witt · viola

Concertino in G major (arr. for viola), Mvt. I

Middle School

Handel / arr. Casadesus · viola

Viola Concerto in B minor (Casadesus arr.), Mvt. I

High School

Bartók · viola

Romanian Folk Dances (arr. viola and piano)

High School

Vivaldi · viola

Concerto in D major RV 93 (arr. for viola), Mvt. I

High School

Goltermann · cello

Cello Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 65, Mvt. I

Middle School

Marcello · cello

Cello Sonata in E minor, Mvt. I (Adagio)

Middle School

Bréval · cello

Cello Concertino in C major, Mvt. I

Middle School

Saint-Saëns · cello

Le Cygne (The Swan) from Carnival of the Animals

Middle School

Lee · cello

Cello Concerto in D major Op. 200, Mvt. I

Middle School

Vivaldi · cello

Cello Concerto in G minor RV 416, Mvt. I

High School

Fauré · cello

Élégie in C minor Op. 24

High School

Dvořák · cello

Rondo in G minor Op. 94

High School

Nanny · bass

Concertino in F major, Mvt. I

Double Bass Concerto in C major, Mvt. I

Middle School

Vivaldi · bass

Cello Sonata RV 46 in B-flat major (arr. bass), Mvt. I

Middle School

Marcello · bass

Cello Sonata in G major (arr. bass), Mvt. I

Middle School

Eccles · bass

Sonata in G minor, Mvt. I (Largo)

High School

Capuzzi · bass

Double Bass Concerto in F major, Mvt. I

High School

Telemann · bass

Sonata in A major (arr. bass), Mvt. I

High School

Vivaldi · bass

Cello Concerto in G minor RV 413 (arr. bass), Mvt. I

Concerto in D major Op. 1, Mvt. I

High School

Handel · viola

Passacaglia (arr. Halvorsen), opening theme

High School

Bartók · viola

Viola Concerto (Serly), Mvt. I opening

All-State

Hindemith · viola

Sonata Op. 25 No. 4, Mvt. I

All-State

Bruch · viola

Romance Op. 85

College / Conservatory

Haydn · cello

Concerto in D major Hob. VIIb:2, Mvt. I opening

High School

Saint-Saëns · cello

Cello Concerto No. 1 Op. 33, Mvt. I opening

All-State

Dvorak · cello

Cello Concerto Op. 104, Mvt. I orchestral entry

All-State

Lalo · cello

Cello Concerto in D minor, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Vañhal · bass

Concerto in D major, Mvt. I opening

All-State

Bottesini · bass

Gran Duo Concertante, opening (bass part)

All-State

Dittersdorf · bass

Concerto in E major (Krebs ed.), Mvt. I

High School

Koussevitzky · bass

Bass Concerto Op. 3, Mvt. II Andante

College / Conservatory

Montag · bass

Concertino in E minor

Middle School

Schubert · bass

Arpeggione Sonata, Mvt. I opening (arr. bass)

All-State

Mozart · violin

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, Mvt. I opening

All-State

J.S. Bach · violin

Partita No. 1 in B minor, Allemanda

College / Conservatory

J.S. Bach · violin

Sonata No. 1 in G minor, Adagio

College / Conservatory

J.S. Bach · viola

Cello Suite No. 3, Prelude (viola transcription)

College / Conservatory

J.S. Bach · viola

Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude (viola transcription)

High School

J.S. Bach · cello

Suite No. 2 in D minor, Prelude

College / Conservatory

J.S. Bach · cello

Suite No. 3 in C, Bourrée I

High School

Lalo · cello

Cello Concerto in D minor, Mvt. I opening

College / Conservatory

Vanhal · bass

Bass Concerto in D, Mvt. I opening

All-State

Kreutzer · violin

Kreutzer Etude No. 2 (detaché study)

High School

Rode · violin

Rode Caprice No. 3

College / Conservatory

Dont · viola

Dont Etude, Op. 37 No. 4

College / Conservatory

Popper · cello

Popper High School of Cello Playing, No. 2

College / Conservatory

Simandl · bass

Simandl 30 Etudes, No. 9

All-State

Warm-up · violin

D Major 3-octave scale

Middle School

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