Apply now to participate in our inaugural season! To audition, record yourself playing all the excerpts shown for your instrument (voice). Ensure that you are well lit and that the audio is clear. Video submissions that do not follow these requirements will be automatically disqualified. There is no application fee required to audition.  All applicants must be over 18 years old.

We are still accepting string and horn applicants!

If you are accepted as a fellow to Mozart in the Knobs, your tuition and housing will be fully covered! We want your summer to be about growth and music-making! 

Audition Excerpts

Violin

1. Symphony No. 39, Violin 1 (Beginning to measure 41)
2. Overture to Marriage of Figaro, Violin 1 (Beginning to Reh A)

3. 1 movement of unaccompanied Bach, no repeats.

Viola

1. Overture to Magic Flute (mm 27 - 53)

2. Overture to Marriage of Figaro (Beginning to mm 58)

3. 1 movement of unaccompanied Bach, no repeats.

Cello/Bass

1. Symphony No. 39 (1 mm 40 to C)

2.  Overture to Marriage of Figaro (Beginning to mm 58)

3. 1 movement of unaccompanied Bach, no repeats.

Flute

1. Flute Concerto in D major K. 314 (mvt 1 exposition, mvt 2 exposition)

2. Magic Flute Overture (mm 113 - 126)

Oboe

1. Oboe Concerto in C major K. 314 (mvt 1 expo, mvt 2 expo)

2. Magic Flute Overture (mm 39 - 52)

Clarinet

1. Clarinet Concerto in A major K. 622 (mvt 1 expo)

2. Symphony No. 40 (mvt 4, mm 161 - 205)

Bassoon

1. Bassoon Concerto in Bb major K.191 (mvt 1 expo)

2. Marriage of Figaro Overture (mm 1 - 24)

3. Don Giovanni Overture (mm 96 - 121)

Horn

1. Horn Concerto No. 4 K495  (mvt 1 expo)

2. Mozart Symphony No. 29 (mvt 4, mm 155 - end) {Horn 1 and 2 parts}
3. Mozart Symphony No. 40 (mvt 3, mm 68 - 84) {Horn 1 and 2 parts}

Trumpet
1. Haydn Trumpet Concerto (mvt 1 expo)

2. Promenade from Pictures -Mussorgsky/Ravel {First Trumpet}

3. Pines of Rome- Offstage Trumpet Solo {First Trumpet}

4. Brahms Academic Festive Overture (mm 63 - 92) {Second Trumpet}

5. Beethoven Symphony, No. 5 (mvt. 4, mm 374 - 395) {Second Trumpet}

Tenor Trombone

1. Bach - Sarabande from Cello Suite no. 5

2. Mozart - Tuba Mirum Solo

3. Mozart - Kyrie (Tenor Trombone part) mm. 5-18

Bass Trombone

1. Bach - Sarabande from Cello Suite no. 5

2. Mozart - Magic Flute no. 10, Aria mit chor(Bass Trombone part - all) 

3. Mozart - Kyrie (Bass Trombone part) mm. 1 - 21

Timpani

1. Symphony No. 39  (mvt 1, beginning - mm21)

2. Magic Flute Overture (mm 186 - end)

Vocalist

ONE Mozart aria with a pianist

*Singers! If you are accepted to MITK, your roles will be given to you by June 15. You will be expected to be off book by the start of the festival. 

Collaborative Piano

1. Nozze di Figaro - Act 2 - Finale (pick a part to sing along)

2. An art song (with singer)