2020 Region Orchestras/2021 All State Orchestra Strings Recording Requirements:

​

Each student (after announcing name and instrument) will record all TECHNICAL Etudes listed below and next record the LYRICAL passages listed for their instrument. Finally, Orchestra strings must record the required scales listed for their instrument. See details below.

​

VIOLIN

• Scales:  Ab Major 3-octave scale and arpeggio, D Major 2-octave scale and arpeggio.

• Etude:     Mazas Etudes Brilliantes, Op. 36, Book II No. 36 mm1-28 (no repeat)

• Excerpt: Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture, 1 measure before [3] to [6]

​

VIOLA:                ****Both excerpts are in the same link

• Scales: Db Major 3-octave scale and arpeggio, G Major 2-octave scale and arpeggio.

• Etude:     Bruni 25 studies #25, mm 1-24

• Excerpt: Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture, 1 pu to mm 37-60

​​​

​

CELLO:

• Scales:  Db Major 3-octave scale and arpeggio, G Major 2-octave scale and arpeggio.

• Etude:  Piatti 12 Caprices for Cello #1 mm 39 to end

• Excerpt: Beethoven, Symphony No 5, Movement #2 mm 1-10, 49-59, 98-106

​

BASS:

• Scales: Ab Major and D Major 2-octave scale and arpeggio.

• Etude: Bottesini, Method for Double Bass, Part 1. Etude No. 111

• Excerpt: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No 6, Movement #4 pu to mm 39 to 72.

​

HARP:

• Scales:C & Eb Major 3-octave scale and arpeggio.

• Etude: Bach/Grandjany Etudes for Harp (* Carl Fischer) Etude #4

• Excerpt: Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, 4th Mvmt cadenza, and
  5th Mvmt – S to the end