HARP AUDITIONS

For FOOSA 2024, harp applicants should include in their audition videos the following:

1. A solo work from the standard harp literature: excerpt to be no longer than 5 minutes in length. (Preferably not a transcription unless it’s something like Bach/Grandjany Etudes or Liszt/Renie Le Rossignol)

2. Excerpts (click here for sheet music)

a. Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique: Un Bal, Harp 1

1. Beginning to Rehearsal 25

2. Rehearsal 32 to 35

b. Mahler, 5th Symphony: Adagietto:

1. Beginning through 8 measures after Rehearsal 2 (key change).

Note: all rest beats or measures to be counted as you would in performance.