2026 AFA Summer Festival
Orchestra Excerpts

The following orchestral excerpts are required for auditions for the 2026 Atlanta Festival Academy Summer Music Institute’s 2026 application.

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2026 AFA Summer Festival Orchestra Excerpts

These excerpts reflect core orchestral repertoire and are selected to assess technical preparation, musical awareness, and ensemble readiness. Applicants should prepare all listed excerpts for their instrument as well as any other required material for the application.

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Glinka — Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture, Beginning to Rehearsal [2]

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Mozart — Symphony No. 39, Movement IV, Beginning to Rehearsal [B]

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Beethoven — Symphony No. 3, Movement III, Beginning to measure 119

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Berlioz — Roman Carnival Overture, Pickup to two measures after [1] to one measure after [4]

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Beethoven — Symphony No. 5, Movement III, Beginning to measure 79

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Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, Rehearsal [C] to [D]

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Beethoven — Symphony No. 5, Movement III (Trio), Pickup to measures 141–218 (no repeat)

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Brahms — Symphony No. 1, Movement I, Measures 157–189

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Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, 12 measures before [P] to the end

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Glinka — Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture, Rehearsal [G] to 30 measures after [G]

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Brahms — Symphony No. 1, Movement II, Measures 17–26

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Tchaikovsky — Variations on a Rococo Theme, Variation III, A tempo to the end of Variation III

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Beethoven — Symphony No. 6, Movement II, Measures 68–77

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Glinka — Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture, Rehearsal [G] to 30 measures after [G]

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Mozart — The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Measures 139–171

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Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5, Movement I, Measures 172–205

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Richard Strauss — Till Eulenspiegel, Beginning to Rehearsal [1]

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Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5, Movement IV, Measures 434–456

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Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade, Measures 1–8

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Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5, Movement IV, Rehearsal [A] to Rehearsal [B]

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Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique, Movement IV, Rehearsal [56] to Rehearsal [57]

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Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5, Movement IV, Rehearsal [T] to 10 measures after [U]

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Wagner — Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture, Measures 59–88

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Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5, Movement IV, Measures 490–504

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