TPSMEA All-State Orchestra Etudes

Audition Cuts (10/05/2026)

Violin

Selection 1

Book: 24 Caprices for Violin
Editor: Rode/Galamian
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 2066
Etude: Introduzione & Agitato e con fuoco, No. 24, pp. 50–51
Tempo: Quarter note = 54–60

TPSMEA Cut: Play from m. 13 to downbeat mm. 52 (Bb dotted eight note)

Errata

• Agitato: Quarter note = 108–120. (Posted 5/1)
• mm. 7–11: One bow per measure. (Posted 5/2)
• m. 9: All down-bow, with slight détaché breaks in the sound for shifting. (Posted 5/1)
• m. 58: Add ten. as in mm. 52, 54, and 56. (Posted 5/5)

Selection 2

Book: Etudes Spéciales, Op. 36, Book I
Editor: Mazas (Galamian)
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 2177
Etude: Romance, No. 18, p. 23
Tempo: Dotted quarter note = 44–50

TPSMEA Cut: Play from m.29 to  measure 50

Errata

• Start at m. 21, E minor section. (Posted 5/1)
• m. 28: The last note (B) should be played normally, not as a harmonic. (Posted 5/5)
• m. 43: Beginning dynamic should be mf. (Posted 5/5)

Viola

Selection 1

Book: 16 Fantasy Etudes for Viola
Editor: Fuchs
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 2786
Etude: Aria Parlante (Andante), No. 14, pp. 28–29
Tempo: Half note = 46–52

TPSMEA Cut: Play from m. 1 to eight note downbeat m. 25 (eight note Ab).

Errata

• mm. 5, 31, and 79: The second note (A) should be played with 2nd finger on the D string. (Posted 5/1)
• mm. 16 and 42: Play on the D string. (Posted 5/1)
• mm. 21: Play on the G string. (Posted 5/1)

Selection 2

Book: 41 Caprices, Op. 22 for Viola
Editor: Campagnoli
Publisher: Peters
Edition: EP2548
Etude: Allegro Moderato, No. 3, pp. 4–5
Tempo: Dotted quarter note = 60–69

TPSMEA Cut: Play from m.1 to measure 15 including beats 1 and  2, but not 3 and 4.

Errata

• m. 7: Play beat 2 entirely in 1st position; shift to 3rd position on beat 3. (Posted 5/1)
• m. 15: Play beat 1 beginning with 3rd finger in 2nd position. Play beat 2 beginning with 3rd finger in 1st position. (Posted 5/1)
• m. 15, beat 3, first note: D-natural also applies to the upper octave through beats 3 and 4. (Posted 5/8)

Cello

Selection 1

Book: 40 Studies: High School of Cello Playing, Op. 73
Editor: Popper (Stutch)
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 811
Etude: Andante grazioso, No. 22, pp. 46–47
Tempo: Quarter note = 90–104

TPSMEA Cut: Play from beginning to entire measure 18.
Errata

• m. 10, beat 4: The dotted eighth note should be played as a harmonic. (Posted 5/1)

Selection 2

Book: 170 Foundation Studies for Violoncello, Vol. 3
Editor: Alwin Schroeder
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Edition: CF.O2471
Etude: Adagio, più mosso ma non troppo, No. 143, pp. 15–17
Tempo: Quarter note = 70–76

TPSMEA Cut: Play from the beginning to m.22  (exclude trill on B)

String Bass

Selection 1

Book: 57 Studies, Vol. I
Editor: Storch-Hrabe (Zimmermann)
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 1034

Etude: Andante, No. 23, pp. 23–24
Tempo: Dotted quarter note = 48–56

TPSMEA Cut: Play from m.1 to downbeat of measure 15 (D on dotted quarter note)

Selection 2

Book: 12 Studies
Editor: Libon/Sankey
Publisher: International Music Company
Edition: No. 3098

Etude: Moderato, No. 8, page(s) 10
Tempo: Quarter Note = 60–70

TPSMEA Cut: Play from m.9 to downbeat measure 25 (C sixteenth note)

HARP

Selection 1

Book: Jazz Band, Op. 33
Editor: Marcel Tournier
Publisher: Lyra Music Company
Etude: Jazz Band, Op. 33
Tempo: Quarter Note = 132–152

TPSMEA Cut: Play from the beginning to measure 15

Selection 2

Book: Watching the Wheat
Editor: John Thomas
Publisher: Salvi Publications or Lyra Music Company
Etude: Watching the Wheat (Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn)
Tempo: Quarter Note = 56–69

TPSMEA Cut: Play from the beginning to measure 15