County Music Group Audition Excerpts
Please select the tab below for your instrument to find the audition excerpts for Videos 2 and 3 to accompany your SYO application for 2026-27.
Bassoon
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Letter Q to Bar 522
Excerpt 2
Finale - Letter E to Letter F
Cello
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Letter R to Bar 543
Excerpt 2
Finale - Bar 50 to Bar 73
Clarinet
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Letter Q to Bar 522
Excerpt 2
Finale - Letter E to Bar 175
Double Bass
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Bar 510 to Bar 530
Excerpt 2
Finale - Bar 50 to Bar 70
Flute
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Bar 130 to Bar 170
Excerpt 2
Finale - Bar 380 to Bar 435
French Horn
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Bar 233 to Bar 269
Excerpt 2
Movement 3 - up to letter D
Oboe
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 2 - Bar 205 to Bar 228
Excerpt 2
Finale - Bar 23 to Bar 52
Percussion
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 2 - Letter Q to End of Movement
Excerpt 2
Finale - Bar 139 to Bar 180
Trombone (Bass)
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Letter N to Bar 463
Excerpt 2
Finale - Bar 310 - Bar 338
Trombone (Tenor)
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Bar 250 to Bar 288
Excerpt 2
Finale - Letter E to Letter F
Trumpet
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 2 - Letter O to Letter Q
Excerpt 2
Finale - Letter E to Letter F
Tuba
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 1 - Letter I to Letter K
Excerpt 2
Finale - Letter M to end of page
Viola
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 2 - Letter I to Letter L
Excerpt 2
Finale - Bar 130 to Bar 151
Violin
The expectation for these excerpts is not that they are performed as quickly as possible, but that they are performed with a strong and consistent sense of pulse and rhythmic understanding.
Excerpt 1
Movement 2 - Letter M to Letter O
Excerpt 2
Movement 3 - Trio letter A to Bar 54 (end of movement)