Your orchestra librarian, Emre Sagbas, is happy to take your requests for copies of orchestra excerpts for auditions. Like you, he is a busy student, so please observe the following guidelines.

1. Allow at least 7 days for the librarian to process your request. This means you will need to plan ahead.
2. Do the librarian the courtesy of looking up the call numbers in the library. If you cannot find it, we may not own it; many pieces are "rental only." Instructions on how to find call numbers are below.
3. Please include the specific movements and measure numbers you need copied. This will save time and, thus, you will receive your excerpts sooner.

THE SEARCH

Go to the SFCM Library's website: WOLFI.

Click on AUTHOR and type in the composer's name .

Click on SUBMIT.

Once it begins to list the (probably many) works of the composer, you may want to limit the search to find the set of parts.

To limit your findings, click on Limit/Sort Search. Limit the search by location type (choose Orchestra Library), material type (choose PRINTED MUSIC) and by words in the title. Click on SUBMIT.

You should now see a short list of the Conservatory's holdings.

Now, here's the exciting part! If there is an entry with the words Orchestra Library L2 as its location, then we own the parts. Write down the entry's Call Number on the Excerpt Request Form, where indicated. Place the completed form in the Librarian's box. Again, allow at least 7 days for the librarian to process your request.

If you do not see the words Orchestra Library L2, then we do not own the parts. Don't despair; your private teacher may be a good source for hard-to-find orchestral excerpts.

Download the Excerpt Request Form here (Word document), here (HTML), or here (PDF).