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Faculty 

• Ivan Chan, Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts
• Benny Kim, Miami String Quartet
• Jung-Min Amy Lee, Associate Concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra
• Cathy Meng Robinson, Miami String Quartet
• Katherine Bormann, first violin section of The 
• Stephen Rose, Principal Second Violin of The Cleveland Orchestra 

Audition Requirements

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of a Bach sonata or partita or the Bach Chaconne

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Faculty

• Wesley Collins, Cleveland Orchestra Principal Viola
• Stanley Konopka, Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Principal Viola
• Scott Lee, Miami String Quartet
• Joanna Patterson Zakany, Cleveland Orchestra Viola Member and Kent State Faculty
• Robert Vernon, Retired Cleveland Orchestra Principal Viola

Audition Requirements

• One movement of a standard concerto
• Two contrasting movements of a violin sonata or cello suite by Bach

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Faculty

• Stephen Gerber, Retired Cleveland Orchestra Principal Cello
• David Alan Harrell, Cleveland Orchestra Cello Member
• Keith Robinson, Miami String Quartet
• Richard Weiss, Cleveland Orchestra First Assistant Principal Cello

Audition Requirements

• One movement of a standard cello concerto
• Two contrasting movements of an unaccompanied suite by Bach

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Faculty

Scott Haigh, Cleveland Orchestra First Assistant Principal Bass

Audition Requirements

• 1st movement of a classical concerto (either Vanhal in C or D, or Dittersdorf)

OR

• 1st movement of Bottesini Concerto #2

AND

• Brahms 2nd symphony (2nd movement - 2 before letter C to 2 before letter D; pickup to 9 before letter F to 4 after letter F) and (4th movement - 8 before letter L to 2 before letter M)
• Tchaikovsky 6th symphony (3rd movement - pickup to 3 after letter H until letter K)
• Mendelssohn 4th symphony (1st movement - 22 before letter C to 43 after letter C)
• Mozart 39th symphony (1st movement - pickup to 16th bar of opening Allegro to letter C)

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Faculty

• Jessica Sindell, Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Principal Flute
• Joshua Smith, Cleveland Orchestra Principal Flute

Audition Requirements

• Mozart: G Major concerto, first movement (exposition)
• Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo (solo)
• Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, third movement (solo)
• Stravinsky: Petrushka (cadenza)

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Faculty

• Jeffrey Rathbun, Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Principal Oboe
• Frank Rosenwein, Cleveland Orchestra Principal Oboe
• Danna Sundet, Kent State Oboe Faculty & Festival Artistic Coordinator

Audition Requirements

• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1, third movement (opening solo)
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, third movement (40-48; 91-122, dotted half note = 108)
• Brahms: Symphony No. 2, third movement solo (opening - 31)
• Barret: Melody No. 18
• Ferling: Etude No. 4 A minor 

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Faculty

• Richard Hawkins, Oberlin Conservatory Faculty
• Daniel McKelway, Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Principal Clarinet and E-Flat Clarinet
• Robert Woolfrey, Cleveland Orchestra Clarinet Member
• Afendi Yusuf, Cleveland Orchestra Principal Clarinet

Audition Requirements

• Mozart: Clarinet Concerto - first movement exposition, second movement through cadenza
• Brahms: Clarinet Quintet - first movement (opening to No. 1), and second movement (double bar after 1 through measure 5 after No. 4)
• Stravinsky: No. 2 of the Three Pieces

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Faculty

• Barrick Stees, Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Principal Bassoon

Audition Requirements

• Mozart: Concerto K. 191 (first movement exposition and second movement)
• Mozart: Marriage of Figaro (recapitulation)
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (2nd movement final solo)
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (second movement and cadenzas)
• Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (opening)

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Faculty

• Alan DeMattia, Retired Cleveland Orchestra Horn Member

Audition Requirements

• Mozart: Concerto No. 2 or 4, first & second movement (expositions)
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, second movement (solo)
• Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (opening solo) 

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Faculty

• Donna Lee, Kent State Faculty
• Spencer Myer, Longy School Faculty
• Joela Jones, Retired Cleveland Orchestra Principal Keyboardist

Audition Requirements

• First movement of a solo sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven
• One movement of any large solo romantic work
• Two contrasting movements of a major string/wind piano sonata, performing the work with instrumentalist

OR

• Any other chamber work, performing the work with full ensemble

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