PRINCIPAL TRUMPET
ONE YEAR POSITION: August 26, 2012 - August 24, 2013
NATIONAL AUDITION
Pending results of Local auditions in February
National Auditions may be held May 28 & 29, 2012
Resume Deadline: March 15, 2012
PRINCIPAL TRUMPET REPERTOIRE (List is the same for both Local and National Auditions)
SOLO WORK
ORCHESTRAL WORKS (All excerpts are for first trumpet unless otherwise specified)
| J.S. Bach | Mass in B minor | Credo - M. 29-47 |
| *Bartók | Concerto for Orchestra | Mvt. I – M. 39-51; M. 334-396
Mvt. V – M. 211-256; M. 508-573 |
| Beethoven | Lenore Overture No. 3 | M. 272-277 (offstage call) |
| Brahms | Symphony No. 2 | Mvt. I - M. 282-298
Mvt. IV - M. 297-end |
| *Gershwin | Piano Concerto in F | Mvt. II - Beginning - Rehearsal 1 |
| Mahler | Symphony No. 1 | Mvt. IV - Rehearsal 52-4 m before Rehearsal 57 |
| Symphony No. 3 | Mvt. III - Posthorn solo - 1m. before Rehearsal |
| Symphony No. 5 | Mvt. I (complete |
| *Mussorgsky/Ravel | Pictures at an Exhibition | Promenade (Opening) |
| *Ravel | Piano Concerto in G | Mvt. I - Beginning-Rehearsal;
Rehearsal 34-end |
| *Respighi | Pines of Rome | Mvt. I - Beginning-7m. before
Rehearsal 3; Rehearsal 5-1m
after Rehearsal 8
Mt. II - Complete (offstage solo) |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade | Mvt. IV - Pickup to Rehearsal C - 1 after
Rehearsal E; Rehearsal Q-
Rehearsal U |
| **Schumann | Symphony No. 2 (Rotary) | Mvt. I - Beginning-m.14 |
| *Shostakovich | Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 | Mvt. II - Rehearsal 34-Rehearsal 35;
Mvt. IV - 1m. after Rehearsal 63-1m.
after Rehearsal 65 |
| Strauss | Alpine Symphony | Pickup to Rehearsal 68-Rehearsal 71;
Rehearsal 75-1m. before Rehearsal 76;
2 m. after Rehearsal 91-6m. before Rehearsal 94 |
| *Stravinsky | Petroushka (1947) | Pickup to Rehearsal 134-Rehearsal 143 |
| **Wagner | Parsifal (Rotary) | Prelude - Beginning-5m. before Rehearsal 3 |
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Excerpt provided by ASO
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Rotary Trumpet is preferred but not required.
POSSIBLE SIGHT READING
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Note: Candidates are responsible for obtaining the repertoire listed above from any of the following sources: orchestral scores, standard excerpt books, and individual parts for sale through various publishers. Aside from works which are under copyright and available through rental only, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will not provide copies of any excerpts.
Only highly qualified applicants should send a one-page resume to be received by the deadlines above:
Please send to:
The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting professional standards at these auditions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
SECTION VIOLA
ONE YEAR POSITION: August 26, 2012 – August 24, 2013
NATIONAL AUDITION
Pending results of Local auditions in February
National Auditions may be held May 27 & 29, 2012
Resume Deadline: March 15, 2012
SECTION VIOLA REPERTOIRE (List is the same for both Local and National Auditions)
SOLO WORKS
- First movement from a concerto of the candidate’s choosing
-and-
- Two contrasting movements from one of the following Bach works: The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, or the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (transcribed for viola)
ORCHESTRAL WORKS (All excerpts are for first trumpet unless otherwise specified)
| Beethoven | Symphony #5 | Mvt. II
Mvt. III - Measures 146-161 |
Brahms | Symphony #2 | All |
| *Mahler | Symphony #10 | Mvt. I - Opening to 1; 4-5; 12-13 |
| W.A. Mozart | Symphony #35 | Mvt. I
Mvt. IV |
| *Shostakovich | Symphony #5 | Mvt. I - 15-17 |
| R. Strauss | Don Juan | Opening - D |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony #5 | Mvt. III - Measures 105-144 |
| Symphony #6 | Mvt. I |
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Excerpt provided by ASO
POSSIBLE SIGHT READING
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Note: Candidates are responsible for obtaining the repertoire listed above from any of the following sources: orchestral scores, standard excerpt books, and individual parts for sale through various publishers. Aside from works which are under copyright and available through rental only, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will not provide copies of any excerpts.
Only highly qualified applicants should send a one-page resume to be received by the deadlines above:
Please send to:
The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting professional standards at these auditions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
CHORUS AUDITIONS
Auditions for the chorus are held annually, each August.
For more information, please visit http://asochorus.org
or email Jeffrey Baxter, ASO Choral Administrator at jeff.baxter@Woodruffcenter.org or call at (404) 733-4876.