Orchestra Excerpts Tier List | Cello Edition

Ben sitting at his table in front of a microphone and laptop. Text says "cello excerpts: ranked hot take tier list incoming". The background is a fire.

I’m sorry to be a bit late on this post here…this is last week’s Friday video. Tier lists have been all the rage for awhile (at least, I think so), so I decided to make my first one. This time, it’s ranking orchestral excerpts. Anyone who’s trying to get a job in an orchestra has… Continue reading →

when you have a cello audition but the committee’s running behind

A snippet of the sheet music for "MegaTron", a mash-up of many orchestral excerpts. this displays some of Ein Heldenleben, Brahms Second Piano Concerto, Brahms Second Symphony, and Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphony.

This one is just for fun…I wanted to make a giant mash-up of common orchestral excerpts that are seen on many audition lists. You should never use what is in here as any sort of authoritative source. It has no bowings, virtually no dynamics, and probably some mistakes, too. But if you want to mess… Continue reading →