Bass All-State Audition

7th-8th Grade Bass All State 2026, Etude

Grand Method Complete, a minor No. 1 - Giovanni Bottesini

Nice ringing sound between quarter notes

Phrase up and down direction through dynamics

7th-8th Grade Bass All State 2026, Excerpt

 Le carnaval des animaux, No. 5 by Camille Saint-Saëns

Sound link an elephant

Articulated the accents

Show the lyricism

Grades 7-8 Bass, All-State 2026 Bowing and Fingering Recommendations

Alex Hana Bass Carnival of the Animals

2026 All-State Audition Requirements Middle School (7th & 8th Grade) 

Orchestra - Bass Scales Students will play ONE of the following major scales and arpeggios: C, G, D, A, F, Bb, Eb - G, F, and A scales and arpeggios must be two octaves 

No displacement All other scales and arpeggios must be one octave. 

All scales and arpeggios are to be MEMORIZED. Scales and arpeggios must be played in even eighth notes using separate bows.

Quarter note = 60-80

Sight-Reading 

Students will be asked to sight read an eight measure original composition. 

Etude Composer: Bottesini, Giovanni 

Title: Grand Method Complete, a minor No. 1

Edition: Escudier Edition

Tempo: Quarter Note = 80 

Notes: Edited by Michael Hill 

Public Domain Source: https://www.sheetmusicinternational.com/downloadpdf.aspx?fid=58904 

Excerpt Composer: Saint-Saës, Camille Title: Le carnaval des animaux, No. 5 

Edition: Durand & Cie., 1922 Edition Tempo: Eighth Note = 110 - 124 

Notes: Public Domain Source: https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/37849

The All-State Etude and Excerpt will be reduced on the day of the audition. The etudes and excerpts provided are the official audition music. Other sources, methods, and editions may be different - including etude numbers, measure numbers, and rehearsal letters. Students will be evaluated against the attached music.