Compiled and edited by Larry Clark and Daniel Schmidt

Providing useful reference and audition material for college-bound string players, the Protocol series was created by college/university music educators and include the most frequently requested audition requirements from many universities. Not only does it help build a players repertoire, but it also exposes students to the expectations of the audition process, creating a comfort level that allows for the best audition possible. Students will go into their auditions completely prepared with help from this series.

Contents:

• Foreword by Joel DiBartolo
• Preface
• About Joel DiBartolo
• About Larry Clark and Daniel Schmidt
• How to Use This Book
• How to Take an Audition
• Ear-Training and Music-Theory Placement Exams
• Considerations for Choosing an Institution
• Repertoire Included on Most Lists of Required Audition Material
• Major Scales and Arpeggios
• Chromatic Scale
• Minor Scales and Arpeggios
• Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Johann Sebastian Bach
• Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (movement I) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 ( movement III) Ludwig van Beethoven
• Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (movement IV) Hector Berlioz
• Symphony No. 1 in D minor (“Titan”) (movement III) Gustav Mahler
• Etude No. 17 (Tempo di Polacca) from 30 Etudes Franz Simandl
• Etude No. 24 ( Maestoso) from 86 Etudes, Book I Josef Hrabe
• Sonata No. 1 in Bb Major for Cello (transcribed for Double Bass) Antonio Vivaldi
• Concerto in G Major (movement I) Domenico Dragonetti