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Audition Positions
2008-2009 Season
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
St. Joseph, Michigan
Robin P. Fountain, Music Director
Announces auditions for the following positions:
Associate Concertmaster
Principal Viola
Assistant Principal Second Violin
Section Violin
Section Viola
Section Cello
Third Horn (1 year position)
Third Bassoon/Contrabassoon
Principal Keyboard (1 year position)
Auditions to be held September 6 & 7, 2008
Resume deadline:
Monday, August 25, 2008 (in-office deadline)
The SMSO is a quality per service
orchestra.
Email, mail or fax resume to:
Betsy Bogner Wong, Personnel Manager
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
513 Ship Street,
St. Joseph, MI 49085
Email: betsy@smso.org
Fax: 269-982-4181
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Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Robin Fountain, Music Director
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.
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VIOLIN – all positions play “first” parts |
Schumann |
Symphony No.2 |
Scherzo |
Brahms |
Symphony No.1 |
Mvt. 1, 1st page |
Mozart |
Symphony No. 39 |
Mvt. IV, mm.1-41 |
Strauss |
Don Juan |
Beginning to letter D |
For Associate Concertmaster add the following: |
Rimsky-Korsakov |
Scheherazade |
Last mvt. Solo |
Brahms |
Symphony No.1 |
Mvt. 11, all solos |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 7 |
Mvt. 1, mm. 84-116 |
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VIOLA |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 5 |
Mvt. 11, beginning to m. 10, m. 98 to m. 106, 3 m. after #1 to 6 m. before #4 |
Berlioz |
Roman Carnival Overture |
3 m. after #1 to 6 m. before #4 |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 6 |
Mvt. I, 6m. 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 letter K (C Major Marcato) |
Brahms |
Symphony No. 4 |
Mvt. IV |
| Mendelsson |
Midsummer Night's Dream |
scherzo |
For Principal, add the following: |
Bach |
Bradenburg Concerto No. 6 |
Mvt. I, mm. 1-40 |
Berlioz |
Symphony Fantastique |
Mvt. V, #71 to #75 |
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CELLO: |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 8 |
Mvt. III, trio |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 5 |
Mvt. 11, beginning to fermata after letter C, Mvt. III, beginning to 15 mm. after letter A, Mvt. III, double bar to 16 mm. after letter B |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 4 |
Mvt. I, mm. 27-36, 17 after D to F, H to I, Mvt. II, mm. 21-42 |
Mozart |
Symphony No. 35 |
Mvt. IV, 135-end |
For Principal ad Assistant Principal, add the following: |
Brahms |
Piano Concerto No. 2 |
Andante, beginning to letter A |
Rossini |
William Tell Overture |
Andante, 1st solo |
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BASS |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 4 |
Mvt. I, 4 mm. after letter B to letter C |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 5 |
Mvt. III, mm. 141-171 |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 9 |
Mvt. IV, recititive |
Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 |
Mvt. I, mm. 114-135 |
Mozart |
Symphony No. 41 |
Mvt. II |
For Asst. Principal, add the following: |
Mahler |
Symphony No.1 |
Mvt. III, Bass solo |
Prokofiev |
Lieutenaut Kiji |
Bass solo |
Bach |
Wedding Cantata, Weichet Nur detruebte Schatten |
Aria 3/8 |
Bach |
Cello Suite |
1 mvt. of candidate's choice |
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| FLUTE (1st flute parts unless noted) |
Beethoven |
Leonora Overture No. 3 |
m. 29-61 after E |
Brahms |
Symphony No. 4: |
4th movement, m. 97-105 |
Mendelssohn |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Scherzo, two before P-end |
Smetana |
The Moldau – 2nd flute part |
opening to A |
PICCOLO |
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| Rimsky-Korsakov |
Scheherazade: 4th movement |
m. 17-28 after V |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 4 |
3rd movement, Scherzo, two after E-G; and 4th movement, m. 3-12 after H |
Bartok |
Concerto for Orchestra |
Elegia (3rd movement) solos at [29]; [57]; and [123] to end |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 9 |
Finale, mm 343 (16 before H)-431 (K) |
Ippolitov-Ivanov |
“March of the Sardar” from Caucasian Sketches |
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Ravel |
Boléro |
1º piccolo solo (appears in 2nd flute part), 2 after [8] to [9] |
Ravel |
Piano Concerto in G major |
1st movement, beginning to [2] |
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OBOE (1st Parts unless noted) |
Rossini |
La scala di seta Overture |
slow and fast solos |
Strauss |
Don Juan |
Letter L solo |
Ravel |
Le Tombean de Couperin |
opening of Prelude |
Brahms |
Haydn Variations |
2nd oboe part, theme |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 3 |
Finale |
Bartok |
Concerto for Orchestra |
Mvt. II, duet sections (2nd parts) |
English Horn excerpts: |
Berlioz |
Roman Carnival Overture |
Solo |
Dvorak |
New World Symphony |
Mvt. II solo |
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CLARINET |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 8 |
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Rimsky-Korsakov |
Capriccio espagnol |
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Rachmaninof |
Symphony No. 2 |
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Mendelssohn |
Scherzo |
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Zoltan |
Galantai Tancok |
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PRINCIPAL BASSOON |
Mozart |
Symphony No. 35 |
Mvt. IV |
Mozart |
Marriage of Figaro Overture |
opening |
Prokofiev |
Classical Symphony |
Mvt. IV, 1mm. before D to 5 mm. After Letter F |
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Peter and the Wolf |
“Grandfather” solo |
Stravinsky |
Firebird Suite |
Berceuse |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 4 |
Mvt. IV, opening to letter A |
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2nd BASSOON (2nd bassoon parts) |
Bartok |
Concerto for Orchestra |
Mvt. II, mm. 8-24, 165-180 |
Brahms |
Violin Concerto |
Mvt. II, mm. 1-22, 72-78 |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 6 |
Mvt. III |
Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique |
Mvt. IV, 15 m. before #51 to 2 m. After #52 |
Mozart |
Marriage of Figaro |
Overture, opening |
Ravel |
Rhapsodie Espagnole |
Cadenza |
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3rd BASSOON |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony #4 |
Solo at end of Mvt. II |
Mozart |
Marriage of Figaro Overture |
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Brahms |
Violin Concerto |
Mvt. II |
Bartok |
Concerto for Orchestra |
Mvt. II |
Berlioz |
Symphony Fantastique |
Mvt. 4 & 5 |
Contrabassoon excerpts: |
Ravel |
Mother Goose Suite |
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Ravel |
Concert for Left Hand |
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Brahms |
Symphony #1 |
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Gliere |
Symphony #3 |
Mvt. II |
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PRINCIPAL HORN |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 3 |
Mvt. III (trio) |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 5 |
Mvt. II Solo |
Brahms |
Piano Concert No. 2 |
Mvt. I, opening |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 4 |
Mvt. I, opening & Letter J |
Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 5 |
Mvt. I, #17 |
Strauss |
Till Eulenspiegels lustinge Streiche |
opening |
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TRUMPET |
Mahler |
Symphony No. 5 |
Opening |
Ravel |
Piano Concert |
Mvt. I |
Strauss |
Don Juan |
solos |
Messorgsky |
Pictures at an Exhibition |
1st Promenade, beg. To #2 |
Handel |
Messiah (Trumpet Shall Sound) |
beginning to letter A |
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TROMBONE (tenor) |
Berlioz |
Hungarian March |
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Brahms |
Symphony No. 1 |
Mvt. IV |
Mozart |
Requiem |
tuba mirum |
Ravel |
Bolero |
solo |
Wagner |
Ride of the Valkyries |
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TUBA |
Wagner |
Ride of the Valkeries |
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Wagner |
Die Meistersinger |
opening section and solo |
Holst |
Mars from "The Planets" |
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Berlioz |
Hungarian March |
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Stravinsky |
Petrouchka |
4th Tableaux, “Bear Solo” |
Strauss |
Til Eulingspeigel |
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Mussorgsky |
Pictures of an Exhibition |
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PERCUSSION/TIMPANI |
Dvorak |
Carnical 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 |
Rachmaninoff |
Piano Concerto No. 2 |
cymbals, Mvt. III |
Stravinksky |
Rite of Spring |
bass drum, end of Part 1 |
Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique |
timp, Mvt. IV |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 1 |
timp, Mvt. III |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 8 |
timp, Mvt. IV |
Bartok |
Concerto for Orchestra |
timp, Mvt. IV & V (opening & glissando passage) |
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