Don Juan Violin Excerpt

🎻 Audition Excerpt Masterbook

Essential Violin Excerpts — Annotated, Refined, and Ready for Your Audition

📎 Created by Youngji Kim

1st Violinist, The Cleveland Orchestra

Joining The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1st Violin Section) in 2026

Over 100+ downloads in just one month! 🌟

Each sheet of music equals the value of multiple private lessons — now available as a high-quality, instantly downloadable PDF.

This collection is designed for serious violinists preparing for orchestral auditions.

Each excerpt includes my personal bowings, fingerings, phrasing, musical ideas, audition tips, and practice strategies — refined through years of performing and auditioning with top orchestras.

From Beethoven to Strauss, every page focuses on clarity, control, and musical insight.

Each excerpt also comes with QR links to performance examples and detailed notes highlighting what committees truly listen for — sound quality, rhythm stability, and stylistic awareness.

Whether you’re auditioning for a professional orchestra or refining your orchestral repertoire, this set will guide your practice with structure and confidence.

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What’s Included

• 36 fully annotated orchestral excerpts

• Detailed performance and practice notes

• Fingerings, bowings, musical interpretation, and dynamic references

• QR links to live and recorded examples

• Real audition insights from professional experience

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Why It’s Special

These excerpts go beyond what’s printed on the page.

They capture how to shape, color, and balance your sound — not just to play the notes, but to speak with orchestral intention.

Each detail was crafted with the mindset of sitting behind the audition screen — helping you understand how to stand out for the right reasons.

You’ll find not only the technical clarity, but also the musical imagination that brings your excerpts to life.

“Precision is expression.”

Master the details — and let your sound tell your story.