| | Choose one key set: | Major. Harmonic Minor. Melodic Minor. Chromatic |
| | C , B, Eb | Major Scales in thirds. |
| | C, F♯, Ab | Major Arpeggios and broken Chords. |
| | C, C♯, Bb | Minor Arpeggios and broken Chords. |
| | | Dominant Seventh arpeggios and broken chords (tongued only) |
| | | Diminished Seventh arpeggios (tongued only) beginning on the note. |
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| | C, C♯ | Whole Tone Scale beginning the lowest C of the instrument (tongued and slurred only) |
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| | Sustained note | Any one note of the F major scale held for 15 seconds. pp - ff - pp |
| | Sustained scale | A Major scale, 1 octave (upper octave) ascending only. Each note equals two beats (tongued only). Breathe every 8 beats or 4 notes. |
| | All scales, arpeggios, and broken chords to be: All tongued/ All slurred/ two slurred, two tongued/Slurred Pairs/three slurred, one tongued/one tongued, three slurred. |
| Range - | Inclusive as shown:
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| Tempo - | ascending and descending minimum metronome speed 80, four notes per beat
Scale in 3rds 80, four notes per beat
Sustained scale 60, one note per two beats |
| List A |
| Bach, | No 5, 28, 62 or 66 | J.S. Bach Difficult Passages ed Rothwell, Boosey |
| Bozza | Etude No 1, 15 , 17 or 18 | 18 Etudes, Leduc |
| Ferling | No 25, 36, 38, or 41 | 48 Studies for the Oboe Op 31, Universal 17514 |
| Harris | Study No 74 | 80 Graded Studies for Oboe Bk 2, Faber |
| Jacob, G | Nos 1, 2 and 3; or 4, 5, 6 and 7 | Seven Bagatelles for Solo Oboe, OUP |
| Luft | Study No 77 | 80 Graded Studies for Oboe Bk 2, Faber |
| Meyer, S | Miniature No 3, Op 24 | Three Rustical Miniatures, Alsbach XAL 10394 |
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List B - Entrants playing Classical concerti should perform a cadenza - either their own or one provided.
Baroque music should include the entrant's own stylistic ornamentation especially in slow movements. |
| Bach, CPE | Sonata in G min | Ricordi |
| Bach, JS | Sonata in G min BWV 1020 | IMC |
| Handel | Sonata in G min HWV 364a, 1st & 2nd mvts | Peters EP 3035 |
| Haydn | Concerto in C 1st mvt | OUP |
| Krommer | Concerto in F Op 52, 2nd or 3rd mvt | Breitkopt & Hartel |
| Marcello | Concerto in D min 1st & 2nd mvts or 2nd & 3rd mvts | Breitkopt & Hartel |
| Mozart | Concerto in C K 314 2nd mvt | Boosey |
| Telemann | Concerto in E min | Sikorski |
| Telemann | Sonata in Bb 1st & 4th mvt | Schott |
| Vivaldi | Concerto in D min, FV 11/1, Op 8 No 9 1st & 2nd mvts | Ricordi |
| Weber | Concertino in C | Nova |
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| List D - Orchestral excerpts - where there is more than 1 line, the top line only needs to be learned |
| Delius | Intermezzo (Fennimore and Gerda ) | Woodwind World: Oboe Orchestral Extracts |
| Dvorak | Symphpony No 9 (New World Symphony) | Woodwind World: Oboe Orchestral Extracts |
| Mussorgsky | Tuileries (Pictures at an Exhibition) | Woodwind World: Oboe Orchestral Extracts |
| Ravel | Prelude (Le Tombeau de Couperin) | Woodwind World: Oboe Orchestral Extracts, Orchester Probespiel ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | 2nd mvt Scheherazade | Woodwind World: Oboe Orchestral Extracts, Orchester Probespiel ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
| Rossini | Die seindene Leiter, p 20 | Orchester Probespiel ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
| Smetana | Die verkaufte Braut (both excerpts) p 24 | Orchester Probespiel ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
| Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier (both excerpts) P28-29 | Orchester Probespiel ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
| Stravinsky | Pulcinella (all excerpts) p 31 -32 | Orchester Probespiel ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
| Verdi | Othello p 37 | Orchester Probespiel ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
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