Please find below the links to the Orchestral Excerpts for your Young Mannheim Symphonists 2023 audition video. If you have not already submitted an application form, be sure to do so via this link.
The closing date for the next round of applications and audition submissions will be announced soon.
General audition information
A range of orchestral excerpts has been selected by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra principal musicians who also form the audition panel.
You are required to perform your orchestral excerpts first, followed by your own choice piece (except for timpanists). You may restart the video recording before your own choice piece but you must perform all the orchestral excerpts in one take.
We recommend that you take the time to listen to historically informed performances (on period instruments) of these works. As well as technical ability, tonal production and intonation, the auditions will be assessed on stylistic understanding and interpretation.
Make sure you perform the excerpts in the context of the work as a whole, paying careful attention to tempo, dynamics and articulations.
The excerpts are of varying difficulty. Don’t be disheartened by a difficult excerpt. You can play it more slowly if necessary.
Included in each audition excerpt folder are basic instructions specific to your instrument and your excerpts. Be sure to read this carefully.
The links below can be accessed on all devices. If you are accessing them on a mobile phone, you will need to have the Dropbox app.
