Fall 2026: Thursdays at 6pm in Bibbins 238

(semester II of the four semester sequence)

There are many dates this semester where there are large ensemble concerts at 7:30, so I have not scheduled a class on those days. There are also conflicts with two divisional recitals. If you want to perform in the divisional on Sept 17, hopefully you can play in excerpt class first and then run off to the divisional. The other divisional on Dec 19 is a very long concert, so it should be possible to do both.

August 27: Mozart's Expositions: either concerto, movement 1 or 2

September 3: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 (allegro section)

September 10: Bizet: Carmen; Entra’cte (prelude to act III)

September 17: Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (opening, through figure 3)

October 1: Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis (mvt. III)

October 8: Mendelssohn: Midsummer Nights Dream; scherzo

October 15: Alexa on tour

November 12: Prokofieff: Peter and the Wolf (first excerpt)

November 19: Rossini: William Tell, Overture

December 3: Shostakovich: Symphony 5 (mvt.s I, II, III)

 Aemester II orchestral  AUDIO  can be found here

For advance preparation, listen to MANY recordings and study full scores. For Alexa's fake fingerings and practice hints, please see http://www.alexastill.com/excerpts/excerpts.html

Orchestral audio tracks of the relevant bits can be found in the link in each semester's rep listed below (after photo). - You should ALSO listen to entire works to get a sense of scale, proportion and to understand the style!

ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS (four semester spread)

I

Brahms: Symphony 4 (mvt. IV)

Dvorak: Symphony 8 in G (mvt. IV)

Gluck: Orpheus; Menuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Act II

Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 “Italian” (mvt.s II and IV)

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Ravel: Boléro

Stravinsky: Firebird, Variation de l’oiseau de feu (1919)

Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947)

semester I orchestral audio can be found here 

II

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

Bizet: Carmen; Entra’cte (prelude to act III)

Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis (mvt. III)

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Nights Dream; scherzo

Prokofieff: Peter and the Wolf

Rossini: William Tell, Overture

Shostakovich: Symphony 5 (mvt.s I, II, III)

 semester II orchestral audio can be found here

III

Bach: St Mathew Passion: “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben”

Beethoven: Symphony 3 “Eroica” (mvt. IV)

Beethoven: Symphony 7 (opening)

Brahms: Symphony 1 (mvt. IV)

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, #10 Voliere

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Strauss: Salome; Dance of the Seven Veils

Tchaikovsky: Symphony 4 (mvt. III)

Smetana: The Moldau (opening)

 semester III orchestral audio can be found here

IV

Bartok: Concerto for orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony 4 (mvt. II)

Beethoven: Symphony 6 ( mvt. II)

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (mvt. VI)

Prokofieff: Classical Symphony (mvt.s II and IV)

Rimsky Korsakov: Sheherazade

Stravinsky: Chant du Rossignol

Tchaikovsky: Francesca di Rimini

semester IV orchestral audio can be found here