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Audition Positions
2010-2011 Season

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
St. Joseph, Michigan
Robin P. Fountain, Music Director
Announces auditions for the following positions:

2nd Flute
Piccolo/3rd Flute
Utility Oboe
Contrabassoon
Principal Viola
Assistant Principal Viola
Section Violin
Section Viola
Assistant Principal Bass
Principal Harp
Section Percussion (1-year)

Audition dates: September 11 & 12, 2010
Resume deadline: September 1, 2010
TO PRESERVE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ALL CANDIDATES,
AUDITIONS ARE HELD BEHIND A SCREEN. 

Email, send or fax resume to
Betsy Bogner Wong, Personnel Manager
SMSO, 513 Ship Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085
Email: betsy@smso.org   |   Fax: 269-982-4181

SMSO is a per-service orchestra with approximately 35 services for the 2010-2011 season. 
Per-service rates (currently under negotiation) are:
$77 Principal; $66 Assistant; and $55 Section.
Travel and per diem allowance in Master Agreement.


Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Robin Fountain, Music Director
2010-2011 Season
Audition List

General:
Excerpts will be chosen from the following list for your instrument.
All auditionees are expected to play a solo of their choice (unaccompanied). .
Sight-reading may be requested.

Winning candidates will be required to show proof of US citizenship or
eligibility to work at time of audition.

Any inquiries regarding audition repertoire should be directed to
Shirley Auringer, SMSO librarian, at sauringer52@peoplepc.com
VIOLIN - -all positions play first parts
Schumann
Symphony No.2
Scherzo
Brahms
Symphony No.1
Mvt. I, first page
Mozart
Symphony No. 39
Mvt. IV, mm.1-41
Strauss
Don Juan
Beginning to letter D
VIOLA
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5

Mvt II, beginning to m. 10 m. 98 to m. 106
Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture
3 m. after 1 to 6 m. before 4
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6
Mvt. I, 6 m. before Allegro non troppo to 5 m. after Allegro non troppo
Wagner
Die Meistersinger Overture
Letter E to letter G (E Major, sehr zarf),
Letter J to K (C Major Marcato)
Brahms
Symphony No. 4
Mvt. IV
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo
For Principal, add the following: 
Berlioz 
Symphony Fantastique
Mvt. V, mm 71- 75
FLUTE (Flute I parts unless otherwise noted):
Beethoven
Leonora Overture #3
mm 29-61 after E
Brahms
 Symphony #4
mvt. IV, mm 97-105        
Mendelssohn
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Scherzo, flute solo
Smetana (2nd flute part)
 The Moldau Opening to A
Piccolo excerpts:
Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major K 313, Mvt. II, Adagio - TO BE PLAYED ON PICCOLO
Rimsky-Korsakov
 Scheherazade 
4th mvt, mm 17 after V to 28
Tchaikovsky
 Symphony No. 4
Mvt. III -  scherzo, 2 after E-G; Mvt IV- mm 3-12 after H       
Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra

mvt III Elegia, solos at [29]; [57]; and [123] to end
Beethoven Symphony #9 Finale, mm 343 (16 before H)-431 (K)
Ravel Bolero piccolo solo (appears in 2nd flute part, 2 after [8]-[9]
Ravel
 Piano Concerto in G Maj Mvt I, beginning to [2]
PRINCIPAL HARP
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Mvt. I, m. 154 – 198; Mvt IV, m. 42-58; Finale, m 345 – 356
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Un Bal, (1st Hp)
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Var. I & Fugue, I to end
Strauss Don Juan D to E
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Waltz of the Flowers Cadenza
Verdi La Forza del Destino Overture (complete)
Mahler Symphony #5 Adagietto (complete)
UTILITY OBOE/ENGLISH HORN
Bartok

Concerto for Orchestra

 Mvt. II, m. 25 – 45, 181 – 197 (oboe 2)
Brahms Haydn Variations m. 1 – 29 with repeats  (oboe 2)
Rossini Scala di Seta Overture m. 5 – rehearsal 1, rehearsal 2 – 3 (oboe 1)
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Mvt. 1 opening – rehearsal 2 (oboe 1)
De Falla Three Cornered Hat

Miller’s Dance cadenza (E.H.)
Dvorak New World Symphony Mvt. II beginning – rehearsal 1 (E.H.)
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture m. 21 – 7 measures before rehearsal 2,   (E.H.)
Rossini William Tell Overture

20 measures before F – 18 before H (E.H)

BASSOON
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 (bsn 1)
2sn Mvt - m. 274 to the end
Brahms
Violin Concerto (bsn 2)
2nd Mvt - m. 1-32
Mozart
Marriaage of Figaro Overture (bsn 2)
m. 139-171
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique (bsn 3)
4th Mvt - 15 before #51 through 2 after #52
5th Mvt - #63 through 4 after #64
Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra (bsn 3)
2nd Mvt
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 (bsn 2)
3rd Mvt
Contrabassoon excerpts:
Gliere
Symphony #3

2nd mvt - opening solo to #4; #71 to end
Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
4th mvt
Ravel
Concerto for Left Hand

Opening solo through bar 2 of #2;  #49-#50
Beethoven
Symphony #5
4th mvt - m. 28-54; m. 78-91 (no 1st ending)
BASS
Solo of choice selected from the following:   

Standard concerto movement
OR
Bach Cello Suite movement
OR
Baroque sonata movement

Orchestral Excerpts:   
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 Mvt I, 4 mm after letter B to Letter C
Beethoven Symphony #5 Mvt III, mm. 141-177
Beethoven Symphony #9

Mvt. IV, recitative
Mozart Symphony #40

Mvt. I, mm 114-135
Mozart     Symphony #41 Mvt. II
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Var. H
For Asst. Principal, add the following:
Mahler Symphony #1  

Mvt. III, bass solo
Prokofiev   Lieutenant Kije bass solo
PERCUSSION/TIMPANI 
Dvorak
Carnival Overture

tambourine
Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite, Trepak
tambourine
Dukas
Sorcerer’s Apprentice
glockenspiel solo
Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
xylophone
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1
triangle
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite, Mvt. I snare drum solo
Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra, Mvt. II (Giuoco coppie)
snare drum
Rimsky-Korsakov Cappricio Espagnol snare drum
Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever snare drum
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Mvt III cymbals
Stravinksky Rite of Spring bass drum, end of Part 1
Beethoven Symphony No. 1, Mvt. III timp
     
     

 

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