These short professionally filmed masterclasses concentrate on typical instrument audition excerpts, tips and tricks tailored to your audition circumstance, and alerts to common errors and mistakes. The masterclass reminds musicians that execution is key, but that execution should not occur at the expense of musicality and artistry.

Violin

  • Instructor: Mark Fewer
  • Musician: James Enns
  • Repertoire:
    • Partita No. 2 in d minor (J. S. Bach)
    • Symphonic Dances (S. Rachmaninov)

Viola

  • Instructor: Che-Yen Chen
  • Musician: Carolyn Farnand
  • Repertoire:
    • Don Quixote (R. Strauss)
    • Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56 (J. Brahms)

Cello

  • Instructor: David Hetherington
  • Musician: Roland Gjernes
  • Repertoire:
    • Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 (J. Brahms)
    • Symphony No. 5, Op. 36 (L. van Beethoven)
    • La Mer (C. Debussy)
    • Overture to William Tell (G. Rossini)

Cello

  • Instructor: Denise Djokic
  • Musician: Carmen Bruno
  • Repertoire:
    • Don Quixote

Bass

  • Instructor: Jeremy McCoy
  • Musician: Jonathan Yeoh (2015), Samuel-San Vachon (2017)
  • Repertoire:
    • Cello Suite No.3, BWV 1009, IV. Sarabande (Bach)
    • Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor (J. S. Bach)
    • Symphony No. 40, K550 (W. A. Mozart)
    • Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 (J. Brahms)
    • Otello, Act IV (Verdi)
    • Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (Bach)
    • Don Juan, op 20 (Strauss)