Violin All-State Audition

Tutorials for Preparing the 7th-8th Grade Violin Etudes for All-State

7th-8th Grade Violin, 2025-2026 Florida All-State Audition Requirements

Source: https://myfoa.org/media/mugkcooy/2026-as-7-8-violin.pdf

September TBA: All-State Audition Window

General Info About All-State: https://myfoa.org/all-state/information/

Preparing for the Audition

There three parts to the audition: scales and arpeggios, two etudes etudes, and sight-reading.

Audition Preparation Part 1: Practice your two octave scales

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

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

Follow this link to the 7th-8th Grade All-State 2 Octave Scales and Arpeggios with suggested fingerings provided by TFO Teaching Artists Jina Lee.

Here are links to play along videos provided by TFO teaching Artists for practicing two octave scales:

C Major 2 Octaves

G Major 2 Octaves

D Major 2 Octaves

A Major 2 Octaves

F Major 2 Octaves

Bb Major 2 Octaves

Eb Major 2 Octaves

If you are not ready to practice two octave scales, begin practicing one octave scales and arpeggios. Once you are fluent in your one octave scales and arpeggios, start practicing two octave scales and arpeggios. See links to one octave play along videos at the bottom of this page.

Audition Preparation Part 2: Practice Etude #1 and Etude #2

Here are links to tutorials for practicing both etudes from TFO violinist Eugeniu Cheremoush:

Etude #1 All State 2026 60 Studies for the Violin, Op. 45, Book 2, No. 46 by Franz Wohlfahrt

Etude #2 All State 2026 60 Studies for the Violin, Op. 45, Book 2, No. 47

Audition Preparation Part 3: Practice your sight-reading everyday. One source you can use is

https://www.sightreadingfactory.com/.

Work hard and best wishes!